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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-5-9
pubmed:abstractText
Rupture of lens cataract (RLC) in the mouse is a spontaneous mutation inherited by a single autosomal recessive gene mapped on chromosome 14. Fine mapping of the mutant locus revealed a nucleotide deletion of 27-bp at the end of 15th exon of Dock5 (Dedicator of cytokinesis-5), a member of the Dock gene superfamily. Since the deletion occurred in-frame, the RLC-DOCK5 protein had a deletion of 9 amino acids (a.a. 506-514) in the DHR1 (DOCK homology region-1) domain that is essential for DOCK5, a GTP-exchanger for Rac1. Although Dock5 mRNA was intensely expressed equally in mutant and wild-type lenses, DOCK5 protein was hardly detectable in the mutant lens. In contrast, expression of Dock180, another member of Dock subfamily A, was not affected in RLC. Immunohistochemically, DOCK5 was stained intensely in the cytoplasm of the anterior epithelial cells and weakly in lens fiber of the wild type lenses, but little in RLC lens. These observations suggest that the mutation may somehow destabilize DOCK5 protein. We propose to designate the mutant allele of rlc as Dock5rlc. Relevance of the signaling pathway involving DOCK5-RAC1 in maintenance of lens integrity of growing lens is discussed.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0014-4835
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
86
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
828-34
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:18396277-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:18396277-Cataract, pubmed-meshheading:18396277-Chromosome Mapping, pubmed-meshheading:18396277-DNA, Complementary, pubmed-meshheading:18396277-Disease Models, Animal, pubmed-meshheading:18396277-Eye Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:18396277-Genes, Recessive, pubmed-meshheading:18396277-Genetic Predisposition to Disease, pubmed-meshheading:18396277-Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors, pubmed-meshheading:18396277-Haplotypes, pubmed-meshheading:18396277-Lens, Crystalline, pubmed-meshheading:18396277-Male, pubmed-meshheading:18396277-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:18396277-Mice, Inbred BALB C, pubmed-meshheading:18396277-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:18396277-Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:18396277-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:18396277-Rupture, Spontaneous, pubmed-meshheading:18396277-Signal Transduction
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Mutation of Dock5, a member of the guanine exchange factor Dock180 superfamily, in the rupture of lens cataract mouse.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pathology and Biology of Diseases, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't