elevated oxidative membrane damage associated with genetic modifiers of lyst-mutant phenotypes提高氧化膜破坏lyst-mutant表型的遗传修饰符.pdfVIP

Elevated Oxidative Membrane Damage Associated with Genetic Modifiers of Lyst-Mutant Phenotypes 1 1 1 2 Colleen M. Trantow , Adam Hedberg-Buenz , Sachiyo Iwashita , Steven A. Moore , Michael G. Anderson1,3* 1 Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America, 2 Department of Pathology, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America, 3 Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America Abstract LYST is a large cytosolic protein that influences the biogenesis of lysosome-related organelles, and mutation of the encoding gene, LYST, can cause Chediak-Higashi syndrome. Recently, Lyst-mutant mice were recognized to also exhibit an iris disease resembling exfoliation syndrome, a common cause of glaucoma in humans. Here, Lyst-mutant iris phenotypes were used in a search for genes that influence Lyst pathways. In a candidate gene–driven approach, albino Lyst-mutant mice homozygous for a mutation in Tyr, whose product is key to melanin synthesis within melanosomes, exhibited complete rescue of Lyst-mutant iris phenotypes. In a genetic background–driven approach using a DBA/2J strain of congenic mice, an interval containing Tyrp1 enhanced Lyst-dependent iris phenotypes. Thus, both experimental approaches implicated the melanosome, an organelle that is a potential source of oxidative stress, as contributing to the disease phenotype. Confirming an association with oxidative damage, Lyst mutation resulted in genetic context–sensitive changes in iris lipid hydroperoxide levels, being lowest in albino and highest in DBA/2J mice. Surprisingly, the DBA/2J genetic background also ex