May 2008
Volume 49, Issue 13
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ARVO Annual Meeting Abstract  |   May 2008
A Comparison of the Phenotypes of Bestrophin Knock-In and Knock-Out Mice: Implications for the Pathogenesis of Best Vitelliform Macular Degeneration
Author Affiliations & Notes
  • J. B. Stanton
    Ophthalmic Research, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
  • J. Wu
    Ophthalmic Research, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio
  • P. J. McLaughlin
    Ophthalmic Research, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
  • L. Y. Marmorstein
    Ophthalmic Research, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
  • N. Peachey
    Ophthalmic Research, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio
    Research Service, Cleveland VA Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio
  • A. D. Marmorstein
    Ophthalmic Research, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
  • Footnotes
    Commercial Relationships  J.B. Stanton, None; J. Wu, None; P.J. McLaughlin, None; L.Y. Marmorstein, None; N. Peachey, None; A.D. Marmorstein, None.
  • Footnotes
    Support  NIH EY13160, Macular Vision Research Foundation, Research to Prevent Blindness
Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science May 2008, Vol.49, 5188. doi:
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      J. B. Stanton, J. Wu, P. J. McLaughlin, L. Y. Marmorstein, N. Peachey, A. D. Marmorstein; A Comparison of the Phenotypes of Bestrophin Knock-In and Knock-Out Mice: Implications for the Pathogenesis of Best Vitelliform Macular Degeneration. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2008;49(13):5188.

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Abstract

Purpose: : To elucidate the physiological role of bestrophin-1 (Best1) in the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) and its relationship to the light peak (LP) of the electrooculogram (EOG).

Methods: : We have previously reported the generation and characteristics of Best1-/- mice (J. Gen. Physiol. 127(5):577-589, 2006). Knock-in mice carrying the mutation W93C were generated. Mice were examined using conventional electroretinography (ERG) to follow rod and cone function. RPE generated ERG responses were recorded by dc-ERG.

Results: : No differences in scotopic or photopic ERG responses were observed in Best1-/- or Best1 knock-in mice compared to Best1+/+ littermates. However, dc-ERG recordings revealed significant differences primarily in the LP component in comparison to wild type as well as between knockout and knock-in mice: LP responses of Best1+/ki and Best1ki/ki mice were enhanced at low stimulus intensities, and reduced in the middle of the intensity range. As a result, there was no modulation of LP amplitude across a 2-log unit intensity range (-1.0 to +1.0 log cd/m2) where the wild type response demonstrates a marked increase. In this intensity range, the Best1+/ki and Best1ki/ki mice also differ from Best1-/- mice, whose response is also modulated by stimulus intensity but is consistently greater than that of wild type mice. Analysis of the variance in LP luminance response functions amongst Knock-in, Knock-out, and wild type mice using ANOVA indicates significant differences between genotypes. Interestingly, neither Best1+/ki mice nor Best1ki/ki mice exhibited a maximum LP amplitude that was significantly diminished with respect to their wild type littermates.

Conclusions: : We conclude from this data that Best1+/ki and Best1ki/ki mice reproduce the sole fully penetrant symptom of BVMD, a diminished EOG LP. This is not likely due to a loss of Best1 function as the Best1-/- mice exhibit exactly the opposite effect of the knock-in mice. Based on these data we hypothesize that the diminished LP in human BVMD patients is due to a shift in the luminance-response function, a feature of the EOG that is not routinely examined.

Keywords: retinal degenerations: hereditary • transgenics/knock-outs • retinal pigment epithelium 
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