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Loss of REP1 impacts choroidal melanogenesis and vasculogenesis in choroideremia
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- Sarkar, Hajrah (author)
- UCL Inst Ophthalmol, England; Francis Crick Inst, England
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- Tracey-White, Dhani (author)
- UCL Inst Ophthalmol, England
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- Hagag, Ahmed M. (author)
- UCL Inst Ophthalmol, England; Moorfields Eye Hosp NHS Fdn Trust, England; Boehringer Ingelheim Ltd, England
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- Burgoyne, Thomas (author)
- UCL Inst Ophthalmol, England
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- Nair, Neelima (author)
- UCL Inst Ophthalmol, England; Francis Crick Inst, England
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- Jensen, Lasse (author)
- Linköpings universitet,Avdelningen för diagnostik och specialistmedicin,Medicinska fakulteten,Region Östergötland, Klinisk farmakologi
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- Edwards, Malia M. (author)
- Johns Hopkins Sch Med, MD USA
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- Moosajee, Mariya (author)
- UCL Inst Ophthalmol, England; Moorfields Eye Hosp NHS Fdn Trust, England; Francis Crick Inst, England
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- ELSEVIER, 2024
- 2024
- English.
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In: Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Molecular Basis of Disease. - : ELSEVIER. - 0925-4439 .- 1879-260X. ; 1870:2
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- Choroideremia (CHM) is a rare X-linked chorioretinal dystrophy affecting the photoreceptors, retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) and choroid, however, the involvement of the choroid in disease progression is not fully understood. CHM is caused by mutations in the CHM gene, encoding the ubiquitously expressed Rab escort protein 1 (REP1). REP1 plays an important role in intracellular trafficking of vesicles, including melanosomes. In this study, we examined the ultrastructure of the choroid in chm(ru848) fish and Chm(null/WT) mouse models using transmission electron and confocal microscopy. Significant pigmentary disruptions were observed, with lack of melanosomes in the choroid of chm(ru848) fish from 4 days post fertilisation (4dpf), and a reduction in choroidal blood vessel diameter and interstitial pillars suggesting a defect in vasculogenesis. Total melanin and expression of melanogenesis genes tyr, tryp1a, mitf, dct and pmel were also reduced from 4dpf. In Chm(null/WT) mice, choroidal melanosomes were significantly smaller at 1 month, with reduced eumelanin at 1 year. The choroid in CHM patients were also examined using spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) and OCTangiography (OCT-A) and the area of preserved choriocapillaris (CC) was found to be smaller than that of overlying photoreceptors, suggesting that the choroid is degenerating at a faster rate. Histopathology of an enucleated eye from a 74-year-old CHM male patient revealed isolated areas of RPE but no associated underlying CC. Pigmentary disruptions in CHM animal models reveal an important role for REP1 in melanogenesis, and drugs that improve melanin production represent a potential novel therapeutic avenue.
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- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Medicinska och farmaceutiska grundvetenskaper -- Medicinsk genetik (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Basic Medicine -- Medical Genetics (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- Choroideremia; Transmission electron microscopy; Melanogenesis; Vasculogenesis; Optical coherence tomography
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- ref (subject category)
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