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ArticleBMC research notes2012

Normal X-inactivation mosaicism in corneas of heterozygous FlnaDilp2/+ female mice--a model of human filamin A (FLNA) diseases.

Panagiotis Douvaras, Weijia Liu, Richard L Mort, Lisa McKie, Katrine M West, Sally H Cross, Steven D Morley, John D West

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Panagiotis DouvarasDivision of Reproductive and Developmental Sciences, Genes and Development Group, University of Edinburgh, Hugh Robson Building, George Square, Edinburgh EH8 9XD, UK.
Weijia Liu
Richard L Mort
Lisa McKie
Katrine M West
Sally H Cross
Steven D Morley
John D West
Western General Hospital · GBUniversity of Edinburgh · GBThe Queen's Medical Research Institute · GB

Funding

Medical Research Council G1002033
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundSome abnormalities of mouse corneal epithelial maintenance can be identified by the atypical mosaic patterns they produce in X-chromosome inactivation mosaics and chimeras. Human FLNA/+ females, heterozygous for X-linked, filamin A gene (FLNA) mutations, display a range of disorders and X-inactivation mosaicism is sometimes quantitatively unbalanced. FlnaDilp2/+ mice, heterozygous for an X-linked filamin A (Flna) nonsense mutation have variable eye, skeletal and other abnormalities, but X-inactivation mosaicism has not been investigated. The aim of this study was to determine whether X-inactivation mosaicism in the corneal epithelia of FlnaDilp2/+ mice was affected in any way that might predict abnormal corneal epithelial maintenance.

resultsX-chromosome inactivation mosaicism was studied in the corneal epithelium and a control tissue (liver) of FlnaDilp2/+ and wild-type (WT) female X-inactivation mosaics, hemizygous for the X-linked, LacZ reporter H253 transgene, using β-galactosidase histochemical staining. The corneal epithelia of FlnaDilp2/+ and WT X-inactivation mosaics showed similar radial, striped patterns, implying epithelial cell movement was not disrupted in FlnaDilp2/+ corneas. Corrected stripe numbers declined with age overall (but not significantly for either genotype individually), consistent with previous reports suggesting an age-related reduction in stem cell function. Corrected stripe numbers were not reduced in FlnaDilp2/+ compared with WT X-inactivation mosaics and mosaicism was not significantly more unbalanced in the corneal epithelia or livers of FlnaDilp2/+ than wild-type Flna+/+ X-inactivation mosaics.

conclusionsMosaic analysis identified no major effect of the mouse FlnaDilp2 mutation on corneal epithelial maintenance or the balance of X-inactivation mosaicism in the corneal epithelium or liver.

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MosaicismX Chromosome InactivationAge FactorsAnimalsbeta-GalactosidaseCell MovementEpithelium, CornealEye ProteinsFemaleFilaminsGenes, X-LinkedGenotypeHeterozygoteHistocytochemistryHumansLac Operonbeta-GalactosidaseEye ProteinsFilaminsFlnA protein, mouseNerve Tissue Proteins

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PMCPMC3305671
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