April 2010
Volume 51, Issue 13
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ARVO Annual Meeting Abstract  |   April 2010
DHRS3 (retSDR1) from the Family of Short-Chain Dehydrogenases/Reductases: Analysis of Enzyme Activity, Expression, and Sequence Variants
Author Affiliations & Notes
  • D. A. Thompson
    Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences,
    Biological Chemistry,
    University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan
  • K. L. Feathers
    Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences,
    University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan
  • J. D. Chrispell
    Biological Chemistry,
    University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan
  • C. L. McHenry
    Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences,
    University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan
  • P. A. Sieving
    Section for Translational Research in Retinal and Macular Degeneration, NIDCD, NEI, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland
  • S. G. Jacobson
    Sheie Eye Institute, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • J. R. Heckenlively
    Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences,
    University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan
  • A. Swaroop
    Neurobiology Neurodegeneration and Repair Laboratory, NEI, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland
  • M. I. Othman
    Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences,
    University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan
  • Footnotes
    Commercial Relationships  D.A. Thompson, None; K.L. Feathers, None; J.D. Chrispell, None; C.L. McHenry, None; P.A. Sieving, None; S.G. Jacobson, None; J.R. Heckenlively, None; A. Swaroop, None; M.I. Othman, None.
  • Footnotes
    Support  Grants from: NIH R01 EY11115, P30 EY07003, T32 EY13934; Foundation Fighting Blindness; Research to Prevent Blindness.
Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science April 2010, Vol.51, 1109. doi:
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      D. A. Thompson, K. L. Feathers, J. D. Chrispell, C. L. McHenry, P. A. Sieving, S. G. Jacobson, J. R. Heckenlively, A. Swaroop, M. I. Othman; DHRS3 (retSDR1) from the Family of Short-Chain Dehydrogenases/Reductases: Analysis of Enzyme Activity, Expression, and Sequence Variants. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2010;51(13):1109.

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Abstract

Purpose: : Members of the family of short-chain dehydrogenases/reductases include the retinoid dehydrogenases (RDHs) that participate in vitamin A metabolism in the retina. DHRS3 (retSDR1) was the first member of this family whose expression was localized to photoreceptor cells. The purpose of our studies was to evaluate the potential role of DHRS3 in photoreceptor retinoid metabolism and the causes of inherited retinal degeneration.

Methods: : DHRS3 expression was assayed using immunohistochemical analysis with a novel anti-peptide antibody, and by quantitative PCR and microarray analysis. Retinoid dehydrogenase/reductase activity of recombinant mouse and human DHRS3 was assayed using HPLC analysis. Mutation screening was performed by sequencing DNA amplicons from over 250 individuals with autosomal recessive retinal dystrophy.

Results: : DHRS3 immunoreactivity localized to photoreceptor inner segments and the outer nuclear layer. Expression markedly increased during postnatal development in wild-type mice, but not in Nrl-deficient mice having a model all-cone retina. Assays of the dehydrogenase and reductase activity of recombinant DHRS3 showed no significant reactivity with all-trans and 11-cis retinol and retinal substrates relative to that of recombinant RDH12 assayed under the same conditions. DHRS3 sequence analysis revealed a number of common and two novel rare SNPs (R71Q, S131G), but no disease-associated variants.

Conclusions: : The finding that DHRS3 localizes to photoreceptor inner segments and apparently does not act on visual cycle retinoid substrates revises earlier suggestions that it functions to reduce all-trans retinal in cone outer segments. Although its expression pattern suggests an important role in photoreceptor physiology, mutations in DHRS3 apparently do not contribute to the common causes of inherited retinal degeneration.

Keywords: gene/expression • candidate gene analysis • photoreceptors 
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