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PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
卷 99, 期 6, 页码 4008-4013出版社
NATL ACAD SCIENCES
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.052692999
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- NEI NIH HHS [R37 EY006837-15S1, R37 EY006837, R37 EY006837-14, R37 EY006837-13, R37 EY006837-15] Funding Source: Medline
Vitelliform macular dystrophy (VMD/Best disease; MIM*153700) is an early-onset autosomal dominant disorder in which accumulation of lipofuscin-like material within and beneath the retinal pigment: epithelium is associated with a progressive loss of central vision. Bestrophin, the protein product of the VIVID gene, has four predicted transmembrane domains. There are multiple bestrophin homologues in the human, Drosophila, and Caenorhabditis elegans genomes, but no function has previously been ascribed to these proteins, and they show no detectable homology to other proteins of known function. Using heterologous expression, we show here that human, Drosophila,and C, elegans bestrophins form oligomeric chloride channels, and that human bestrophin is sensitive to intracellular calcium. Each of 15 missense mutations associated with VIVID greatly reduces or abolishes the membrane current. Four of these mutant bestrophins were coexpressed with the wild type and each dominantly inhibited the wild-type membrane current, consistent with the dominant nature of the disease. These experiments establish the existence of a new chloride channel family and VIVID as a channelopathy.
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