Evidence map›Paper›PMID 25791178›Full record

ArticleScientific reports2015

NHE8 is essential for RPE cell polarity and photoreceptor survival.

Chun-hong Xia, Haiquan Liu, Debra Cheung, Felicia Tang, Bo Chang, Mei Li, Xiaohua Gong

Open access · goldAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Scientific reports, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 31% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. The Physiological Function and Potential Role of the Ubiquitous NaInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2022
    Review
  2. Review
  3. Article
  4. Article
  5. The cell biology of the retinal pigment epithelium.Progress in retinal and eye research · 2020
    Review
  6. Article
  7. Article
  8. Loss of the NaThe Journal of biological chemistry · 2017
    Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Chun-hong XiaSchool of Optometry and Vision Science Program, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
Haiquan LiuSchool of Optometry and Vision Science Program, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
Debra CheungSchool of Optometry and Vision Science Program, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
Felicia TangSchool of Optometry and Vision Science Program, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
Bo ChangThe Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME 04609, USA.
Mei LiSchool of Optometry and Vision Science Program, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
Xiaohua GongSchool of Optometry and Vision Science Program, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
University of California, Berkeley · USJackson Laboratory · US

Funding

UC Berkeley Vision Science COREP30EY003176 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY · PI RICHARD H KRAMER · 1985 to 2026
$16.4M
Cataracts, Connexin Mutants and Genetic ModifiersR01EY013849 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY · PI Xiaohua Gong · 2002 to 2026
$8.2M
Eye Mutant ResourceR01EY019943 · NEI · JACKSON LABORATORY · PI CHANG, BO · 2010 to 2022
$6.1M
NEI NIH HHS P30 EY003176NEI NIH HHS R01 EY013849NEI NIH HHS R01 EY019943
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A new N-ethyl-N-nitrosourea (ENU)-induced mouse recessive mutation, identified by fundus examination of the eye, develops depigmented patches, indicating retinal disorder. Histology data show aberrant retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) and late-onset photoreceptor cell loss in the mutant retina. Chromosomal mapping and DNA sequencing reveal a point mutation (T to A) of the Slc9a8 gene, resulting in mutant sodium/proton exchanger 8 (NHE8)-M120K protein. The lysine substitution decreases the probability of forming the 3(rd) transmembrane helix, which impairs the pore structure of the Na(+)/H(+) exchanger. Various RPE defects, including mislocalization of the apical marker ezrin, and disrupted apical microvilli and basal infoldings are observed in mutant mice. We have further generated NHE8 knockout mice and confirmed similar phenotypes, including abnormal RPE cells and late-onset photoreceptor cell loss. Both in vivo and in vitro data indicate that NHE8 co-localizes with ER, Golgi and intracellular vesicles in RPE cells. Thus, NHE8 function is necessary for the survival of photoreceptor cells and NHE8 is important for RPE cell polarity and function. Dysfunctional RPE may ultimately lead to photoreceptor cell death in the NHE8 mutants. Further studies will be needed to elucidate whether or not NHE8 regulates pH homeostasis in the protein secretory pathways of RPE.

Indexed as

AnimalsCell PolarityMiceMutationPhotoreceptor Cells, VertebrateRetinal Pigment EpitheliumSodium-Hydrogen ExchangersSlc9a8 protein, mouseSodium-Hydrogen Exchangers

Identifiers

PMID25791178
PMCPMC4366848
OpenAlexW2037427739

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.