| Literature DB >> 17223009 |
Nabanita Nag1, Katherine Peterson, Keith Wyatt, Sonja Hess, Sugata Ray, Jack Favor, Debora Bogani, Mary Lyon, Graeme Wistow.
Abstract
No3 (nuclear opacity 3) is a novel congenital nuclear cataract in mice. Microsatellite mapping placed the No3 locus on chromosome 1 between D1Mit480 (32cM) and D1Mit7 (41cM), a region containing seven crystallin genes; Cryba2 and the Cryga-Crygf cluster. Although polymorphic variants were observed, no candidate mutations were found for six of the genes. However, DNA walking identified a murine endogenous retrovirus (IAPLTR1: ERVK) insertion in exon 3 of Cryge, disrupting the coding sequence for gammaE-crystallin. Recombinant protein for the mutant gammaE was completely insoluble. The No3 cataract is mild compared with the effects of similar mutations of gammaE. Quantitative RT-PCR showed that gammaE/F mRNA levels are reduced in No3, suggesting that the relatively mild phenotype results from suppression of gammaE levels due to ERVK insertion. However, the severity of cataract is also strain dependent suggesting that genetic background modifiers also play a role in the development of opacity.Entities:
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Year: 2007 PMID： 17223009 PMCID： PMC1868556 DOI： 10.1016/j.ygeno.2006.12.003
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Genomics ISSN： 0888-7543 Impact factor: 5.736