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JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION
Volume 122, Issue 8, Pages 2989-3001Publisher
AMER SOC CLINICAL INVESTIGATION INC
DOI: 10.1172/JCI64427
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- NIH [EY008061, EY019478, K08EY019880, P30 EY11373, T32 EY007157]
- NCRR [RR12305]
- Research to Prevent Blindness Foundation
- Foundation Fighting Blindness
- Fight for Sight
- Ohio Lions Eye Research Foundation
- CWRU [T32GM007250]
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Disruption of cellular processes affected by multiple genes and accumulation of numerous insults throughout life dictate the progression of age-related disorders, but their complex etiology is poorly understood. Postmitotic neurons, such as photoreceptor cells in the retina and epithelial cells in the adjacent retinal pigmented epithelium, are especially susceptible to cellular senescence, which contributes to age-related retinal degeneration (ARD). The multigenic and complex etiology of ARD in humans is reflected by the relative paucity of effective compounds for its early prevention and treatment. To understand the genetic differences that drive ARD pathogenesis, we studied A/J mice, which develop ARD more pronounced than that in other inbred mouse models. Although our investigation of consomic strains failed to identify a chromosome associated with the observed retinal deterioration, pathway analysis of RNA-Seq data from young mice prior to retinal pathological changes revealed that increased vulnerability to ARD in A/J mice was due to initially high levels of inflammatory factors and low levels of homeostatic neuroprotective factors. The genetic signatures of an uncompensated preinflammatory state and ARD progression identified here aid in understanding the susceptible genetic loci that underlie pathogenic mechanisms of age-associated disorders, including several human blinding diseases.
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