RRC ID 17569
著者 Kunte MM, Choudhury S, Manheim JF, Shinde VM, Miura M, Chiodo VA, Hauswirth WW, Gorbatyuk OS, Gorbatyuk MS.
タイトル ER stress is involved in T17M rhodopsin-induced retinal degeneration.
ジャーナル Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci
Abstract PURPOSE:The human rhodopsin (Rho) mutation T17M leads to autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa (adRP). The goal of our study was to elucidate the role of endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress in retinal degeneration in hT17M Rho mice and identify potential candidates for adRP gene therapy.
METHODS:We used transgenic mice expressing the ER stress-activated indicator (ERAI) and hT17M Rho to evaluate the activation of ER stress responses. Quantitative reverse transcription PCR (qRT-PCR) was used to analyze changes in the expression of 30 unfolded protein response (UPR)-associated genes at P12, 15, 18, 21, and 25. The cytosolic fraction of hT17M Rho retinal cells was used to measure the release of cytochrome C and apoptotic inducing factor-1 (AIF1) by Western blotting. Optical coherence tomography (OCT) analysis was performed for 1-month-old hT17M Rho mice.
RESULTS:hT17M Rho was localized in the outer nuclear layer (ONL) of T17M(+/-)ERAI(+/-) photoreceptors as well as C57BL/6 retinas injected with AAV-hT17M Rho-GFP. In P15 hT17M Rho retinas, we observed an up-regulation of UPR genes (Atf4, Eif2α, Xbp1, Bip, Canx, and Hsp90), autophagy genes and proapoptotic Bcl2 genes. OCT, and the downregulation of Nrl and Crx gene expression confirmed that cell death occurs in 55% of photoreceptors via the up-regulation of caspase-3 and caspase-12, and the release of AIF1 from the mitochondria.
CONCLUSIONS:The ER stress response is involved in retinal degeneration in hT17M Rho mice. The final demise of photoreceptors occurs via apoptosis involving ER stress-associated and mitochondria-induced caspase activation. We identified Atg5, Atg7, Bax, Bid, Bik, and Noxa as potential therapeutic targets for adRP treatment.
巻・号 53(7)
ページ 3792-800
公開日 2012-6-20
DOI 10.1167/iovs.11-9235
PII iovs.11-9235
PMID 22589437
PMC PMC3390184
MeSH Animals Apoptosis / genetics Apoptosis Inducing Factor / metabolism Autophagy / genetics Blotting, Western Caspase 12 / metabolism Caspase 3 / metabolism Cytochrome c Group / metabolism Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress / genetics* Genes, bcl-2 Mice Mice, Inbred C57BL Mice, Transgenic Retinal Degeneration / genetics* Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction Rhodopsin / genetics* Tomography, Optical Coherence Unfolded Protein Response / genetics
IF 3.47
引用数 59
WOS 分野 OPHTHALMOLOGY
リソース情報
実験動物マウス RBRC01099