کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
10767578 1050775 2007 5 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Neuron-specific TGF-β signaling deficiency results in retinal detachment and cataracts in mice
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری بیوشیمی، ژنتیک و زیست شناسی مولکولی زیست شیمی
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Neuron-specific TGF-β signaling deficiency results in retinal detachment and cataracts in mice
چکیده انگلیسی
We generated a mouse model (cKO) with a conditional deletion of TGF-β signaling in the retinal neurons by crossing TGF-β receptor I (TGF-β RI) floxed mice with nestin-Cre mice. Almost all of the newborn cKO mice had retinal detachment at the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE)/photoreceptor layer junction of the neurosensory retina (NSR). The immunostaining for chondroitin-6-sulfate showed a very weak reaction in cKO mice in contrast to intense staining in the photoreceptor layer in wild-type mice. Macroscopic cataracts, in one or both eyes, were observed in 50% of the mice by 6 months of age, starting as early as the first month after birth. The cKO mouse model demonstrates that the TGF-β signaling deficiency in retinal cells leads to decreased levels of chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan in the retinal interphotoreceptor matrix. This in turn causes retinal detachment due to the loss of adhesion of the NSR to RPE.
ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications - Volume 352, Issue 2, 12 January 2007, Pages 418-422
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