May 2008
Volume 49, Issue 13
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ARVO Annual Meeting Abstract  |   May 2008
Mechanistic Studies of AIPL1-Rod cGMP Phosphodiesterase (PDE6) Interaction
Author Affiliations & Notes
  • X. Liu
    Retina Foundation of the Southwest, Dallas, Texas
    Department of Ophthalmology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
  • Y. Chen
    Retina Foundation of the Southwest, Dallas, Texas
  • S. Sun
    Retina Foundation of the Southwest, Dallas, Texas
  • M. Klein
    Retina Foundation of the Southwest, Dallas, Texas
  • D. G. Birch
    Retina Foundation of the Southwest, Dallas, Texas
    Department of Ophthalmology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
  • Footnotes
    Commercial Relationships  X. Liu, None; Y. Chen, None; S. Sun, None; M. Klein, None; D.G. Birch, None.
  • Footnotes
    Support  Fight for Sight (Grant-in-Aid, GA 07005)
Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science May 2008, Vol.49, 164. doi:
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      X. Liu, Y. Chen, S. Sun, M. Klein, D. G. Birch; Mechanistic Studies of AIPL1-Rod cGMP Phosphodiesterase (PDE6) Interaction. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2008;49(13):164.

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Abstract

Purpose: : One subtype of Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA) is caused by a mutation in the gene encoding the aryl hydrocarbon receptor-interacting protein like 1 (AIPL1). Previous studies in mice have shown that rod cGMP phosphodiesterase (PDE6) holoenzyme, a critical phototransduction component, is concomitantly reduced in Aipl1 mutant retinas and that AIPL1 mutation leads to similar phenotypic changes as found in PDE6 mutant retinas. One PDE6 holoenzyme consists of 4 subunits (αβγ2). However, the mechanism underlying the AIPL1-PDE6 interaction is not fully understood. One aim of this study is to compare the retinal photoresponses between Aipl1 mutant mice and rd1 mice carrying a mutation in the β subunit of PDE6. The other aim is to reveal the AIPL1-PDE6 interacting mechanism by using cell biological and biochemical approaches.

Methods: : Electroretinograms (ERG) for rod photoreceptors were recorded for both Aipl1-/- and rd1 mice before obvious loss of photoreceptor cells (P12). Co-immunoprecipitation (Co-IP), silver staining and Nano-HPLC/MS/MS were applied to study the AIPL1-PDE6 interaction.

Results: : Both Aipl1-/- and rd1 mice showed severe reduction in amplitude in all elicited responses. In both groups, the severe deficits were evident in a-wave, b-wave and oscillatory potentials. Rod responses, standard combined responses, maximum combined responses in Aipl1-/- mice were significantly smaller in amplitude than in rd1 mice (p<0.009). It thus appears that the functional deficits in the Aipl1 mutant rods are more severe than those of the rd1 mice. Co-IP experiments found that the anti-AIPL1 antibody was able to pull down a 90-kDa protein. Sequence identification with Nano-HPLC/MS/MS indicated that this 90-kDa band contained α subunit of PDE6, which was also confirmed by immunoblotting. In addition, further binding assays demonstrated that the AIPL1-interacting motif is located in the C-terminal CAAX motif of α subunit, which is required for prenylation.

Conclusions: : More severe rod functional deficits in the Aipl1 mutant retina than rd1 mice suggest that AIPL1 deficiency affects more than just the β subunit of the PDE6 holoenzyme. The interaction between AIPL1 and the CAAX motif of PDE6 suggests that AIPL1 may play a role in PDE6 prenylation or PDE6 prenylation may regulate the AIPL1-PDE6 interaction.

Keywords: chaperones • retinal degenerations: cell biology • photoreceptors 
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