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ARL2BP, a protein linked to retinitis pigmentosa, is needed for normal photoreceptor cilia doublets and outer segment structure.


ABSTRACT: The outer segment (OS) of photoreceptor cells is an elaboration of a primary cilium with organized stacks of membranous disks that contain the proteins needed for phototransduction and vision. Though ciliary formation and function has been well characterized, little is known about the role of cilia in the development of photoreceptor OS. Nevertheless, progress has been made by studying mutations in ciliary proteins, which often result in malformed OSs and lead to blinding diseases. To investigate how ciliary proteins contribute to OS formation, we generated a knockout (KO) mouse model for ARL2BP, a ciliary protein linked to retinitis pigmentosa. The KO mice display an early and progressive reduction in visual response. Before photoreceptor degeneration, we observed disorganization of the photoreceptor OS, with vertically aligned disks and shortened axonemes. Interestingly, ciliary doublet microtubule (MT) structure was also impaired, displaying open B-tubule doublets, paired with loss of singlet MTs. On the basis of results from this study, we conclude that ARL2BP is necessary for photoreceptor ciliary doublet formation and axoneme elongation, which is required for OS morphogenesis and vision.

SUBMITTER: Moye AR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6080659 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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ARL2BP, a protein linked to retinitis pigmentosa, is needed for normal photoreceptor cilia doublets and outer segment structure.

Moye Abigail R AR   Singh Ratnesh R   Kimler Victoria A VA   Dilan Tanya L TL   Munezero Daniella D   Saravanan Thamaraiselvi T   Goldberg Andrew F X AFX   Ramamurthy Visvanathan V  

Molecular biology of the cell 20180502 13


The outer segment (OS) of photoreceptor cells is an elaboration of a primary cilium with organized stacks of membranous disks that contain the proteins needed for phototransduction and vision. Though ciliary formation and function has been well characterized, little is known about the role of cilia in the development of photoreceptor OS. Nevertheless, progress has been made by studying mutations in ciliary proteins, which often result in malformed OSs and lead to blinding diseases. To investigat  ...[more]

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