Journal
HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS
Volume 11, Issue 22, Pages 2709-2721Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/11.22.2709
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- NINDS NIH HHS [R01 NS033648, NS 32099, NS 33648] Funding Source: Medline
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Juvenile-onset neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis (JNCL; Batten. disease) features hallmark membrane deposits and loss of central nervous system (CNS) neurons: Most cases of the disease are due to recessive inheritance of an similar to1 kb deletion in the CLN3 gene, encoding battenin. To investigate the common JNCL mutation, we have introduced an identical genomic DNA deletion into the murine CLN3 homologue (Cln3) to create Cln3(Deltaex7/8) knock-in mice. The Cln3(Deltaex7/8) allele produced alternatively spliced mRNAs, including a variant predicting non-truncated protein, as well as mutant battenin that was detected in the cytoplasm of cells in the periphery and CNS. Moreover, Cln3(Deltaex7/8) homozygotes exhibited accrual of JNCL-like membrane deposits from before birth, in proportion to battenin levels, which were high in liver and select neuronal populations. However, liver enzymes and CNS development were normal. Instead, Cln3(Deltaex7/8) mice displayed recessively inherited degenerative changes in retina, cerebral cortex and cerebellum, as well as neurological deficits and premature death. Thus, the harmful impact of the common JNCL mutation on the CNS was not well correlated with membrane deposition per se, suggesting instead a specific battenin activity that is essential for the survival of CNS neurons.
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