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Angiopoietin receptor TEK mutations underlie primary congenital glaucoma with variable expressivity.


ABSTRACT: Primary congenital glaucoma (PCG) is a devastating eye disease and an important cause of childhood blindness worldwide. In PCG, defects in the anterior chamber aqueous humor outflow structures of the eye result in elevated intraocular pressure (IOP); however, the genes and molecular mechanisms involved in the etiology of these defects have not been fully characterized. Previously, we observed PCG-like phenotypes in transgenic mice that lack functional angiopoietin-TEK signaling. Herein, we identified rare TEK variants in 10 of 189 unrelated PCG families and demonstrated that each mutation results in haploinsufficiency due to protein loss of function. Multiple cellular mechanisms were responsible for the loss of protein function resulting from individual TEK variants, including an absence of normal protein production, protein aggregate formation, enhanced proteasomal degradation, altered subcellular localization, and reduced responsiveness to ligand stimulation. Further, in mice, hemizygosity for Tek led to the formation of severely hypomorphic Schlemm's canal and trabecular meshwork, as well as elevated IOP, demonstrating that anterior chamber vascular development is sensitive to Tek gene dosage and the resulting decrease in angiopoietin-TEK signaling. Collectively, these results identify TEK mutations in patients with PCG that likely underlie disease and are transmitted in an autosomal dominant pattern with variable expressivity.

SUBMITTER: Souma T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4922711 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Angiopoietin receptor TEK mutations underlie primary congenital glaucoma with variable expressivity.

Souma Tomokazu T   Tompson Stuart W SW   Thomson Benjamin R BR   Siggs Owen M OM   Kizhatil Krishnakumar K   Yamaguchi Shinji S   Feng Liang L   Limviphuvadh Vachiranee V   Whisenhunt Kristina N KN   Maurer-Stroh Sebastian S   Yanovitch Tammy L TL   Kalaydjieva Luba L   Azmanov Dimitar N DN   Finzi Simone S   Mauri Lucia L   Javadiyan Shahrbanou S   Souzeau Emmanuelle E   Zhou Tiger T   Hewitt Alex W AW   Kloss Bethany B   Burdon Kathryn P KP   Mackey David A DA   Allen Keri F KF   Ruddle Jonathan B JB   Lim Sing-Hui SH   Rozen Steve S   Tran-Viet Khanh-Nhat KN   Liu Xiaorong X   John Simon S   Wiggs Janey L JL   Pasutto Francesca F   Craig Jamie E JE   Jin Jing J   Quaggin Susan E SE   Young Terri L TL  

The Journal of clinical investigation 20160606 7


Primary congenital glaucoma (PCG) is a devastating eye disease and an important cause of childhood blindness worldwide. In PCG, defects in the anterior chamber aqueous humor outflow structures of the eye result in elevated intraocular pressure (IOP); however, the genes and molecular mechanisms involved in the etiology of these defects have not been fully characterized. Previously, we observed PCG-like phenotypes in transgenic mice that lack functional angiopoietin-TEK signaling. Herein, we ident  ...[more]

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