A 5-bp insertion in Mip causes recessive congenital cataract in KFRS4/Kyo rats.
We discovered a new cataract mutation, kfrs4, in the Kyoto Fancy Rat Stock (KFRS) background. Within 1 month of birth, all kfrs4/kfrs4 homozygotes developed cataracts, with severe opacity in the nuclei of the lens. In contrast, no opacity was observed in the kfrs4/+ heterozygotes. We continued to ob...
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doaj-32c5807dc6b440f4859c675debee53632020-11-25T01:17:08ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032012-01-01711e5073710.1371/journal.pone.0050737A 5-bp insertion in Mip causes recessive congenital cataract in KFRS4/Kyo rats.Kei WatanabeKenta WadaTomoko OhashiSaki OkuboKensuke TakekumaRyoichi HashizumeJun-Ichi HayashiTadao SerikawaTakashi KuramotoYoshiaki KikkawaWe discovered a new cataract mutation, kfrs4, in the Kyoto Fancy Rat Stock (KFRS) background. Within 1 month of birth, all kfrs4/kfrs4 homozygotes developed cataracts, with severe opacity in the nuclei of the lens. In contrast, no opacity was observed in the kfrs4/+ heterozygotes. We continued to observe these rats until they reached 1 year of age and found that cataractogenesis did not occur in kfrs4/+ rats. To define the histological defects in the lenses of kfrs4 rats, sections of the eyes of these rats were prepared. Although the lenses of kfrs4/kfrs4 homozygotes showed severely disorganised fibres and vacuolation, the lenses of kfrs4/+ heterozygotes appeared normal and similar to those of wild-type rats. We used positional cloning to identify the kfrs4 mutation. The mutation was mapped to an approximately 9.7-Mb region on chromosome 7, which contains the Mip gene. This gene is responsible for a dominant form of cataract in humans and mice. Sequence analysis of the mutant-derived Mip gene identified a 5-bp insertion. This insertion is predicted to inactivate the MIP protein, as it produces a frameshift that results in the synthesis of 6 novel amino acid residues and a truncated protein that lacks 136 amino acids in the C-terminal region, and no MIP immunoreactivity was observed in the lens fibre cells of kfrs4/kfrs4 homozygous rats using an antibody that recognises the C- and N-terminus of MIP. In addition, the kfrs4/+ heterozygotes showed reduced expression of Mip mRNA and MIP protein and the kfrs4/kfrs4 homozygotes showed no expression in the lens. These results indicate that the kfrs4 mutation conveys a loss-of-function, which leads to functional inactivation though the degradation of Mip mRNA by an mRNA decay mechanism. Therefore, the kfrs4 rat represents the first characterised rat model with a recessive mutation in the Mip gene.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3511373?pdf=render |
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Kei Watanabe Kenta Wada Tomoko Ohashi Saki Okubo Kensuke Takekuma Ryoichi Hashizume Jun-Ichi Hayashi Tadao Serikawa Takashi Kuramoto Yoshiaki Kikkawa A 5-bp insertion in Mip causes recessive congenital cataract in KFRS4/Kyo rats. PLoS ONE |
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Kei Watanabe Kenta Wada Tomoko Ohashi Saki Okubo Kensuke Takekuma Ryoichi Hashizume Jun-Ichi Hayashi Tadao Serikawa Takashi Kuramoto Yoshiaki Kikkawa |
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A 5-bp insertion in Mip causes recessive congenital cataract in KFRS4/Kyo rats. |
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A 5-bp insertion in Mip causes recessive congenital cataract in KFRS4/Kyo rats. |
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A 5-bp insertion in Mip causes recessive congenital cataract in KFRS4/Kyo rats. |
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A 5-bp insertion in Mip causes recessive congenital cataract in KFRS4/Kyo rats. |
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A 5-bp insertion in Mip causes recessive congenital cataract in KFRS4/Kyo rats. |
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5-bp insertion in mip causes recessive congenital cataract in kfrs4/kyo rats. |
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We discovered a new cataract mutation, kfrs4, in the Kyoto Fancy Rat Stock (KFRS) background. Within 1 month of birth, all kfrs4/kfrs4 homozygotes developed cataracts, with severe opacity in the nuclei of the lens. In contrast, no opacity was observed in the kfrs4/+ heterozygotes. We continued to observe these rats until they reached 1 year of age and found that cataractogenesis did not occur in kfrs4/+ rats. To define the histological defects in the lenses of kfrs4 rats, sections of the eyes of these rats were prepared. Although the lenses of kfrs4/kfrs4 homozygotes showed severely disorganised fibres and vacuolation, the lenses of kfrs4/+ heterozygotes appeared normal and similar to those of wild-type rats. We used positional cloning to identify the kfrs4 mutation. The mutation was mapped to an approximately 9.7-Mb region on chromosome 7, which contains the Mip gene. This gene is responsible for a dominant form of cataract in humans and mice. Sequence analysis of the mutant-derived Mip gene identified a 5-bp insertion. This insertion is predicted to inactivate the MIP protein, as it produces a frameshift that results in the synthesis of 6 novel amino acid residues and a truncated protein that lacks 136 amino acids in the C-terminal region, and no MIP immunoreactivity was observed in the lens fibre cells of kfrs4/kfrs4 homozygous rats using an antibody that recognises the C- and N-terminus of MIP. In addition, the kfrs4/+ heterozygotes showed reduced expression of Mip mRNA and MIP protein and the kfrs4/kfrs4 homozygotes showed no expression in the lens. These results indicate that the kfrs4 mutation conveys a loss-of-function, which leads to functional inactivation though the degradation of Mip mRNA by an mRNA decay mechanism. Therefore, the kfrs4 rat represents the first characterised rat model with a recessive mutation in the Mip gene. |
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