Jaroszynska, N;
Salzinger, A;
Tsarouchas, TM;
Becker, CG;
Becker, T;
Lyons, DA;
MacDonald, RB;
(2024)
C9ORF72 Deficiency Results in Neurodegeneration in the Zebrafish Retina.
Journal of Neuroscience
, 44
(25)
, Article e2128232024. 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2128-23.2024.
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Abstract
Hexanucleotide repeat expansions within the gene C9ORF72 are the most common cause of the neurodegenerative diseases amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD). This disease-causing expansion leads to a reduction in C9ORF72 expression levels in patients, suggesting loss of C9ORF72 function could contribute to disease. To further understand the consequences of C9ORF72 deficiency in vivo, we generated a c9orf72 mutant zebrafish line. Analysis of the adult female spinal cords revealed no appreciable neurodegenerative pathology such as loss of motor neurons or increased levels of neuroinflammation. However, detailed examination of adult female c9orf72−/− retinas showed prominent neurodegenerative features, including a decrease in retinal thickness, gliosis, and an overall reduction in neurons of all subtypes. Analysis of rod and cone cells within the photoreceptor layer showed a disturbance in their outer segment structure and rhodopsin mislocalization from rod outer segments to their cell bodies and synaptic terminals. Thus, C9ORF72 may play a previously unappreciated role in retinal homeostasis and suggests C9ORF72 deficiency can induce tissue specific neuronal loss.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | C9ORF72 Deficiency Results in Neurodegeneration in the Zebrafish Retina |
| Location: | United States |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2128-23.2024 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1523/jneurosci.2128-23.2024 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright © 2024 Jaroszynska et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license, which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium provided that the original work is properly attributed. |
| Keywords: | ALS, C9ORF72, FTD, neurodegeneration, zebrafish, Animals, Zebrafish, Female, C9orf72 Protein, Retina, Animals, Genetically Modified, Zebrafish Proteins, Proteins, Retinal Degeneration, Neurodegenerative Diseases, Spinal Cord |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Institute of Ophthalmology |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10194274 |
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