May 2006
Volume 47, Issue 13
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ARVO Annual Meeting Abstract  |   May 2006
Clinical and Morphological Characterization of Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis (NCL) in the Polish Owczarek Nizinny Dog: Similarities Found With Human Infantile NCL (CLN1)
Author Affiliations & Notes
  • K. Narfstrom
    University of Missouri–Columbia, Columbia, MO
    Dept of Vet Med & Surgery,
  • A. Wrigstad
    Dept of Ophthalmology, University of Linkoping, Linkoping, Sweden
  • B. Ekesten
    Dept of Clinical Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
  • T. Awano
    University of Missouri–Columbia, Columbia, MO
    Dept of Pathobiology,
  • A.–L. Berg
    Research & Development, AstraZeneca, Sodertalje, Sweden
  • Footnotes
    Commercial Relationships  K. Narfstrom, None; A. Wrigstad, None; B. Ekesten, None; T. Awano, None; A. Berg, None.
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Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science May 2006, Vol.47, 912. doi:
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      K. Narfstrom, A. Wrigstad, B. Ekesten, T. Awano, A.–L. Berg; Clinical and Morphological Characterization of Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis (NCL) in the Polish Owczarek Nizinny Dog: Similarities Found With Human Infantile NCL (CLN1) . Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2006;47(13):912.

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Abstract

Purpose: : To characterize hereditary neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis (NCL) in the Polish Owczarek Nizinny (PON) dog using clinical and morphological methods.

Methods: : Nine closely related dogs, 1.5–8 years old, were used for evaluation of systemic abnormalities and specific ophthalmic and neurologic changes. Ophthalmic studies included examination of pupillary light reflexes (PLRs), ophthalmoscopy and full–field electroretinography (ERG), the latter using commercial ERG equipment and a protocol for evaluation of rod and cone function. Tissues from all dogs were obtained for histopathological studies including immunocytochemistry, light– and electron microscopy (EM), with methods previously described.

Results: : Behavioral abnormalities, motor disturbances, visual impairment, abnormal PLRs and funduscopic changes were found in the affected dogs. ERGs showed variable changes from nearly normal to non–recordable responses. Definite diagnosis of NCL was obtained through histopathologic findings of intracytoplasmatic storage bodies within neurons of the cerebral cortex, brain stem and retina. In 6 of the cases degenerative changes were observed in photoreceptors and the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) was hypertrophied with large amounts of PAS positive inclusion bodies. EM clearly delineated granular osmophilic dense deposits (GRODS) in brain and/or retina in all cases, further identified by immunocytochemistry to be sphingolipid activator proteins (SAPs).

Conclusions: : The NCL disease of PON dogs show few similarities to previously recorded cases in dog breeds with the exception of cases reported in the Miniature Schnauzer. The closest human equivalent is the infantile NCL (CLN1), in which the major stored proteins are SAPs and the ultrastructure of the inclusion bodies found is granular. Molecular genetic studies are in progress.

Keywords: degenerations/dystrophies • immunohistochemistry • visual impairment: neuro-ophthalmological disease 
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