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Hydrocephalus in a rat model of Meckel Gruber syndrome with a TMEM67 mutation.

ABSTRACT: Transmembrane protein 67 (TMEM67) is mutated in Meckel Gruber Syndrome type 3 (MKS3) resulting in a pleiotropic phenotype with hydrocephalus and renal cystic disease in both humans and rodent models. The precise pathogenic mechanisms remain undetermined. Herein it is reported for the first time that a point mutation of TMEM67 leads to a gene dose-dependent hydrocephalic phenotype in the Wistar polycystic kidney (Wpk) rat. Animals with TMEM67 heterozygous mutations manifest slowly progressing hydrocephalus, observed during the postnatal period and continuing into adulthood. These animals have no overt renal phenotype. The TMEM67 homozygous mutant rats have severe ventriculomegaly as well as severe polycystic kidney disease and die during the neonatal period. Protein localization in choroid plexus epithelial cells indicates that aquaporin 1 and claudin-1 both remain normally polarized in all genotypes. The choroid plexus epithelial cells may have selectively enhanced permeability as evidenced by increased Na+, K+ and Cl- in the cerebrospinal fluid of the severely hydrocephalic animals. Collectively, these results suggest that TMEM67 is required for the regulation of choroid plexus epithelial cell fluid and electrolyte homeostasis. The Wpk rat model, orthologous to human MKS3, provides a unique platform to study the development of both severe and mild hydrocephalus.

SUBMITTER: Shim JW

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6355840 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Hydrocephalus in a rat model of Meckel Gruber syndrome with a TMEM67 mutation.

Shim Joon W JW Territo Paul R PR Simpson Stefanie S Watson John C JC Jiang Lei L Riley Amanda A AA McCarthy Brian B Persohn Scott S Fulkerson Daniel D Blazer-Yost Bonnie L BL

Scientific reports 20190131 1

Transmembrane protein 67 (TMEM67) is mutated in Meckel Gruber Syndrome type 3 (MKS3) resulting in a pleiotropic phenotype with hydrocephalus and renal cystic disease in both humans and rodent models. The precise pathogenic mechanisms remain undetermined. Herein it is reported for the first time that a point mutation of TMEM67 leads to a gene dose-dependent hydrocephalic phenotype in the Wistar polycystic kidney (Wpk) rat. Animals with TMEM67 heterozygous mutations manifest slowly progressing hyd ...[more]

PMID: 30705305

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Hydrocephalus in a rat model of Meckel Gruber syndrome with a TMEM67 mutation.

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Hydrocephalus in a rat model of Meckel Gruber syndrome with a TMEM67 mutation.

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