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ArticleBiochemical and biophysical research communications2016

Lens transcriptome profile during cataract development in Mip-null mice.

Thomas M Bennett, Yuefang Zhou, Alan Shiels

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Article in Biochemical and biophysical research communications, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Thomas M BennettDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Yuefang ZhouDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Alan ShielsDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA. Electronic address: shiels@vision.wustl.edu.
Washington University in St. Louis · US

Funding

Washington University Center for Cellular ImagingP30CA091842 · NCI · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI AIMEE S JAMES · 2001 to 2026
$128.0M
Washington University Institute of Clinical and Translational SciencesUL1TR000448 · NCATS · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI EVANOFF, BRADLEY A · 2012 to 2016
$41.4M
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY CENTER VISION RESEARCHP30EY002687 · NEI · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI Philip Raymond Williams · 1985 to 2026
$18.4M
Research Training Program in the Vision SciencesT32EY013360 · NEI · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI SHIMING CHEN, Daniel Kerschensteiner · 2000 to 2026
$5.6M
HUMAN LENS CONNEXIN GENES IN HEREDITARY CATARACTR01EY012284 · NEI · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI SHIELS, ALAN · 1998 to 2014
$5.4M
EPH-RECEPTOR SIGNALING IN LENS DEVELOPMENT AND AGINGR01EY023549 · NEI · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI SHIELS, ALAN · 2013 to 2017
$1.7M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR000448NCI NIH HHS P30 CA091842NEI NIH HHS P30 EY002687NEI NIH HHS R01 EY012284NEI NIH HHS R01 EY023549NEI NIH HHS T32 EY013360
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Major intrinsic protein or aquaporin-0 (MIP/AQP0) functions as a water channel and a cell-junction molecule in the vertebrate eye lens. Loss of MIP function in the lens leads to degraded optical quality and cataract formation by pathogenic mechanisms that are unclear. Here we have used microarray-hybridization analysis to detect lens transcriptome changes during cataract formation in mice that are functionally null for MIP (Mip-/-). In newborn Mip-/- lenses (P1) 11 genes were up-regulated and 18 were down-regulated (>2-fold, p=<0.05) and a similar number of genes was differentially regulated at P7. The most up-regulated genes (>6-fold) in the Mip-/- lens at P1 included those coding for a mitochondrial translocase (Timmdc1), a matrix metallopeptidase (Mmp2), a Rho GTPase-interacting protein (Ubxn11) and a transcription factor (Twist2). Apart from Mip, the most down-regulated genes (>4-fold) in the Mip-/- lens at P1 included those coding for a proteasome sub-unit (Psmd8), a ribonuclease (Pop4), and a heat-shock protein (Hspb1). Lens fiber cell degeneration in the Mip-/- lens was associated with increased numbers of TUNEL-positive cell nuclei and dramatically elevated levels of calpain-mediated proteolysis of αII-spectrin. However red-ox status, measured by glutathione and free-radical levels, was similar to that of wild-type. These data suggest that while relatively few genes (∼1.5% of the transcriptome) were differentially regulated >2-fold in the Mip-/- lens, calpain hyper-activation acts as a terminal pathogenic event during lens fiber cell death and cataract formation.

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AnimalsAquaporinsCalpainCataractCell DeathDNA FragmentationEye ProteinsGene Expression ProfilingImmunoblottingIn Situ Nick-End LabelingLens, CrystallineMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutOligonucleotide Array Sequence AnalysisPhenotypeTranscriptomeaquaporin 0AquaporinsCalpainEye ProteinsAquaporin-0CalpainCataractHspb1LensTranscriptome

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PMID27524245
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