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1From the Department of Molecular Genetics, Institute of Ophthalmology, London, United Kingdom; 2Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, United Kingdom; the 3Department of Medical Genetics, St. George’s Hospital Medical School, London, United Kingdom; 4The Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine; and the 5Department of Molecular Biology and 6Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Göteborg University, Göteborg, Sweden.
PURPOSE. Mutations in murine and human versions of an ancestrally related gene usually result in similar phenotypes. However, interspecies differences exist, and in the case of two forkhead transcription factor genes (FOXC1 and FOXC2), these differences include corneal or anterior segment phenotypes, respectively. This study was undertaken to determine whether such discrepancies provide an opportunity for identifying novel human–murine ocular phenotypes.
METHODS. Four pedigrees with early-onset glaucoma phenotypes secondary to segmental chromosomal duplications or deletions encompassing FOXC1 and 18 individuals from 9 FOXC2 mutation pedigrees underwent detailed ocular phenotyping. Subsequently, mice with mutations in Foxc1 or a related forkhead gene, Foxe3, were assessed for features of the human phenotypes.
RESULTS. A significant increase in central corneal thickness was present in affected individuals from the segmental duplication pedigrees compared with their unaffected relatives (mean increase 13%, maximum 35%, P < 0.05). Alterations in corneal thickness were present in mice heterozygous and homozygous for Foxe3 mutations but neither in Foxc1 heterozygotes nor the small human segmental deletion pedigree. Mutations in FOXC2 resulted in ocular anterior segment anomalies. These were more severe and prevalent with mutations involving the forkhead domain.
CONCLUSIONS. Normal corneal development is dependent on the precise dose and levels of activity of certain forkhead transcription factors. The altered corneal thickness attributable to increased forkhead gene dosage is particularly important, because it may affect the clinical management of certain glaucoma subtypes and lead to excessive treatment. The FOXC1 and Foxe3 data, taken together with the novel ocular phenotypes of FOXC2 mutations, highlight the remarkable cross-species conservation of function among forkhead genes.
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