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ArticleScientific reports2017

Generation of a new mouse model of glaucoma characterized by reduced expression of the AP-2β and AP-2δ proteins.

Maria Monica Barzago, Mami Kurosaki, Maddalena Fratelli, Marco Bolis, Chiara Giudice, Laura Nordio, Elisa Cerri, Luciano Domenici, Mineko Terao, Enrico Garattini

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Article in Scientific reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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10 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Maria Monica BarzagoLaboratory of Molecular Biology, IRCCS-Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche "Mario Negri", via La Masa 19, 20156, Milano, Italy.
Mami KurosakiLaboratory of Molecular Biology, IRCCS-Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche "Mario Negri", via La Masa 19, 20156, Milano, Italy.
Maddalena FratelliLaboratory of Molecular Biology, IRCCS-Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche "Mario Negri", via La Masa 19, 20156, Milano, Italy.
Marco BolisLaboratory of Molecular Biology, IRCCS-Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche "Mario Negri", via La Masa 19, 20156, Milano, Italy.
Chiara GiudiceDIVET, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Milan, Italy, Via Celoria 10, 20113, Milano, Italy.
Laura NordioDIVET, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Milan, Italy, Via Celoria 10, 20113, Milano, Italy.
Elisa CerriConsiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Neuroscience Institute, Pisa, Italy.
Luciano DomeniciConsiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Neuroscience Institute, Pisa, Italy.
Mineko TeraoLaboratory of Molecular Biology, IRCCS-Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche "Mario Negri", via La Masa 19, 20156, Milano, Italy. mineko.terao@marionegri.it.
Enrico GarattiniLaboratory of Molecular Biology, IRCCS-Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche "Mario Negri", via La Masa 19, 20156, Milano, Italy. enrico.garattini@marionegri.it.ORCID 0000-0001-8983-886X
Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research · ITUniversity of Milan · ITNeuroscience Institute · ITUniversity of L'Aquila · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We generated 6 transgenic lines with insertion of an expression plasmid for the R883/M xanthine dehydrogenase (XDH) mutant protein. Approximately 20% of the animals deriving from one of the transgenic lines show ocular abnormalities and an increase in intra-ocular pressure which are consistent with glaucoma. The observed pathologic phenotype is not due to expression of the transgene, but rather the consequence of the transgene insertion site, which has been defined by genome sequencing. The insertion site maps to chromosome 1qA3 in close proximity to the loci encoding AP-2β and AP-2δ, two proteins expressed in the eye. The insertion leads to a reduction in AP-2β and AP-2δ levels. Down-regulation of AP-2β expression is likely to be responsible for the pathologic phenotype, as conditional deletion of the Tfap2b gene in the neural crest has recently been shown to cause defective development of the eye anterior segment and early-onset glaucoma. In these conditional knock-out and our transgenic mice, the morphological/histological features of the glaucomatous pathology are surprisingly similar. Our transgenic mouse represents a model of angle-closure glaucoma and a useful tool for the study of the pathogenesis and the development of innovative therapeutic strategies.

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Disease SusceptibilityGene ExpressionAnimalsChromosomesDisease Models, AnimalGene DosageGene OrderGenetic VectorsGlaucomaImmunohistochemistryMiceMice, TransgenicMutagenesis, InsertionalPhenotypeTranscription Factor AP-2Xanthine DehydrogenaseTranscription Factor AP-2Xanthine Dehydrogenase

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