Journal
GENOMICS
Volume 81, Issue 4, Pages 361-368Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/S0888-7543(03)00029-6
Keywords
cataracts; aquaporin-0; major intrinsic protein; gain-of function mutation; transgenic mice
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Cataract Tohoku (Cat(Tohm)) is a dominant cataract mutation that leads to severe degeneration of lens fiber cells. Linkage analysis showed that the Cat(Tohm) mutation is located on mouse chromosome 10, close to the gene for aquaporm-0 (Aqp0), which encodes a membrane protein that is expressed specifically in lens fiber cells. Sequence analysis of Aqp0 revealed a 12-bp deletion without any change in the reading frame, which resulted in a deletion of four amino acids within the second transmembrane region of the AQP0 protein. Targeted expression of the mutated Aqp0 caused lens opacity in transgenic mice, the pathological severity of which depended on the expression level of the transgene. The mutated AQP0 protein was localized to the intracellular and perinuclear spaces rather than to the plasma membranes of the lens fiber cells. The cataract phenotype of Cat(Tohm). is caused by a gain-of-function mutation in the mutated AQP0 protein and not by a loss-of-function mutation. (C) 2003 Elsevier Science (USA). All rights reserved.
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