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(Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science. 2001;42:826-833.)
© 2001 by The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, Inc.

Mutant Rhodopsin Transgene Expression on a Null Background

Jeanne M. Frederick1, Nataliia V. Krasnoperova2, Kirstin Hoffmann4, Jill Church–Kopish1, Klaus Rüther4,5, Kimberly Howes1, Janis Lem2,3,6 and Wolfgang Baehr1

1 From the Moran Eye Center, University of Utah Health Science Center, Salt Lake City; the 2 Department of Ophthalmology and the 3 Molecular Cardiology Research Institute, New England Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts; 4 Charité–Virchow Augenklinik, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany; and the 5 Program in Genetics, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts.

PURPOSE. To study mechanisms leading to photoreceptor degeneration in mouse models for autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa (adRP) based on the rhodopsin P23H mutation.

METHODS. Mice of a transgenic line expressing a rhodopsin triple mutant, V20G, P23H, and P27L (GHL), were mated with rhodopsin (rho) knockout mice. Littermates of various ages and genotypes (GHL+rho+/+, GHL+rho+/-, and GHL+rho-/-) were examined for outer nuclear layer thickness and outer segment formation (histology), fate of mutant rhodopsin (immunocytochemistry), and photoreceptor function (electroretinogram; ERG).

RESULTS. Mice expressing GHL-rhodopsin in the absence of wild-type rhodopsin had severe retinopathy, which was nearly complete by postnatal day (P)30. GHL-rhodopsin formed homodimers nearly exclusively on sodium dodecyl sulfate–polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis gels, whereas wild-type rhodopsin predominantly formed monomers. Expression level of mutant rhodopsin in predegenerate (P10) GHL+rho-/- retinas was low, approximately 10% to 25% of normal levels. No elaboration of disc membrane or outer segment formation was observed at any time point examined. The mutant rhodopsin was found mostly in perinuclear locales (endoplasmic reticulum; ER) as evidenced by colocalization using the antibodies Rho1D4 and calnexin-NT.

CONCLUSIONS. GHL-rhodopsin dimerizes, localizes to the ER, and fails to transport and support outer segment formation. Additionally, the mutant protein does not support a scotopic ERG a-wave and accelerates photoreceptor degeneration over that occurring with the rhodopsin knockout alone. These findings indicate a cytotoxic effect of the mutant protein, probably elicited by an unfolded protein response.




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