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Vps35 haploinsufficiency results in degenerative-like deficit in mouse retinal ganglion neurons and impairment of optic nerve injury-induced gliosis

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Title
Vps35 haploinsufficiency results in degenerative-like deficit in mouse retinal ganglion neurons and impairment of optic nerve injury-induced gliosis
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Molecular Brain, February 2014
DOI 10.1186/1756-6606-7-10
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Wei Liu, Fu-Lei Tang, Joanna Erion, Hang Xiao, Jian Ye, Wen-Cheng Xiong

Abstract

VPS35 (vacuolar protein sorting 35) is a major component of retromer that selectively promotes endosome-to-Golgi retrieval of transmembrane proteins. Dysfunction of retromer is a risk factor for the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease (PD) and Alzheimer's disease (AD), both neuro-degeneration disorders. However, VPS35/retromer's function in retina or the contribution of Vps35-deficiency to retinal neuro-degenerative disorders has not been investigated. Here we provide evidence for a role of VPS35 in mouse retinal ganglion cell (RGC) survival and regeneration. VPS35 is selectively expressed in developing mouse RGCs. RGCs from young adult Vps35 heterozygotes (Vps35+/m) show degenerative-like features, such as dystrophic dendrites, reduced axon fibers, and increased TUNEL labeled RGCs. Additionally, gliosis in the optic nerve is transiently elevated in neonatal, but reduced in aged Vps35+/m mice. Optic nerve injury-induced gliosis is also attenuated in Vps35+/m mice. These results suggest that Vps35 is necessary for mouse RGC survival and regeneration, and Vps35-deficiency may contribute to the pathogenesis of retinal ganglion neuro-degeneration, a critical pathology leading to the blindness of many retinal degenerative disorders.

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Country Count As %
India 1 2%
Netherlands 1 2%
Australia 1 2%
Unknown 42 93%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 15 33%
Researcher 6 13%
Student > Master 5 11%
Other 4 9%
Lecturer > Senior Lecturer 2 4%
Other 6 13%
Unknown 7 16%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Neuroscience 12 27%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 9 20%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 7 16%
Medicine and Dentistry 6 13%
Computer Science 1 2%
Other 3 7%
Unknown 7 16%
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