A mouse model for Finnish variant late infantile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis, CLN5, reveals neuropathology associated with early aging
Copyright policy )A mouse model for Finnish variant late infantile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis, CLN5, reveals neuropathology associated with early aging
Neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses (NCL) comprise the most common group of childhood encephalopathies caused by mutations in eight genetic loci, CLN1-CLN8. Here, we have developed a novel mouse model for the human vLINCL (CLN5) by targeted deletion of exon 3 of the mouse Cln5 gene. The Cln5-/- mice showed loss of vision and accumulation of autofluorescent storage material in the central nervous system (CNS) and peripheral tissues without prominent brain atrophy. The ultrastructure of the storage material accurately replicated the abnormalities in human patients revealing mixture of lamellar profiles including fingerprint profiles as well as curvilinear and rectilinear bodies in electronmicroscopic analysis. Prominent loss of a subset of GABAergic interneurons in several brain areas was seen in the Cln5-/- mice. Transcript profiling of the brains of the Cln5-/- mice revealed altered expression in several genes involved in neurodegeneration, as well as in defense and immune response, typical of age-associated changes in the CNS. Downregulation of structural components of myelin was detected and this agrees well with the hypomyelination seen in the human vLINCL patients. In general, the progressive pathology of the Cln5-/- brain mimics the symptoms of the corresponding neurodegenerative disorder in man. Since the Cln5-/- mice do not exhibit significant brain atrophy, these mice could serve as models for studies on molecular processes associated with advanced aging.
- Erasmus University Rotterdam Netherlands
- University of Helsinki Finland
- University of California, Los Angeles United States
Mice, Knockout, Aging, Base Sequence, Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, Gene Expression Profiling, Brain, Membrane Proteins, Immunohistochemistry, Lysosomal Membrane Proteins, Disease Models, Animal, Mice, Neuronal Ceroid-Lipofuscinoses, Animals, Humans, Lysosomes, EMC MGC-02-96-01, gamma-Aminobutyric Acid, DNA Primers
Mice, Knockout, Aging, Base Sequence, Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, Gene Expression Profiling, Brain, Membrane Proteins, Immunohistochemistry, Lysosomal Membrane Proteins, Disease Models, Animal, Mice, Neuronal Ceroid-Lipofuscinoses, Animals, Humans, Lysosomes, EMC MGC-02-96-01, gamma-Aminobutyric Acid, DNA Primers
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