Differential effects of Best disease causing missense mutations on bestrophin-1 trafficking
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Mutations in bestrophin-1 (Best1) cause Best vitelliform macular dystrophy (BVMD), a dominantly inherited retinal degenerative disease. Best1 is a homo-oligomeric anion channel localized to the basolateral surface of retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells. A number of Best1 mutants mislocalize in Madin-Darby canine kidney (MDCK) cells. However, many proteins traffic differently in MDCK and RPE cells, and MDCK cells do not express endogenous Best1. Thus, effects of Best1 mutations on localization in MDCK cells may not translate to RPE cells. To determine whether BVMD causing mutations affect Best1 localization, we compared localization and oligomerization of Best1 with Best1 mutants V9M, W93C, and R218C. In MDCK cells, Best1 and Best1(R218C) were basolaterally localized. Best1(W93C) and Best1(V9M) accumulated in cells. In cultured fetal human retinal pigment epithelium cells (fhRPE) expressing endogenous Best1, Best1(R218C) and Best1(W93C) were basolateral. Best1(V9M) was intracellular. All three mutants exhibited similar fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) efficiencies to, and co-immunoprecipitated with Best1, indicating unimpaired oligomerization. When human Best1 was expressed in RPE in mouse eyes it was basolaterally localized. However, Best1(V9M) accumulated in intracellular compartments in mouse RPE. Co-expression of Best1 and Best1(W93C) in MDCK cells resulted in basolateral localization of both Best1 and Best1(W93C), but co-expression of Best1 with Best1(V9M) resulted in mislocalization of both proteins. We conclude that different mutations in Best1 cause differential effects on its localization and that this effect varies with the presence or absence of wild-type (WT) Best1. Furthermore, MDCK cells can substitute for RPE when examining the effects of BVMD causing mutations on Best1 localization if co-expressed with WT Best1.
- University of Arizona United States
- Emory University United States
- Vision-Sciences, Inc. United States
Mice, Inbred BALB C, Cell Membrane, Mutation, Missense, Mice, Transgenic, Eye, Ion Channels, Vitelliform Macular Dystrophy, Mice, Protein Transport, Gene Expression Regulation, Chloride Channels, Mutagenesis, Site-Directed, Animals, Humans, Mutant Proteins, Calcium Signaling, Bestrophins, Eye Proteins, Cells, Cultured
Mice, Inbred BALB C, Cell Membrane, Mutation, Missense, Mice, Transgenic, Eye, Ion Channels, Vitelliform Macular Dystrophy, Mice, Protein Transport, Gene Expression Regulation, Chloride Channels, Mutagenesis, Site-Directed, Animals, Humans, Mutant Proteins, Calcium Signaling, Bestrophins, Eye Proteins, Cells, Cultured
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