Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2018
College/Unit
School of Medicine
Department/Program/Center
Neurology
Abstract
Photoreceptor cells are specialized neurons with a sensory cilium carrying an elaborate membrane structure, the outer segment (OS). Inherited mutations in genes involved in ciliogenesis frequently result in OS malformation and blindness. ADP-ribosylation factor-like 2 (ARL2) has recently been implicated in OS formation through its association with Binder of ARL2 (BART or ARL2BP), a protein linked to inherited blinding disease. To test the role of ARL2 in vision we created a transgenic mouse model expressing a tagged-dominant active form of human ARL2 (ARL2-Q70L) under a rod-specific promoter. Transgenic ARL2-Q70L animals exhibit reduced photoreceptor cell function as early as post-natal day 16 and progressive rod degeneration. We attribute loss of photoreceptor function to the defective OS morphogenesis in the ARL2-Q70L transgenic model. ARL2-Q70L expression results in shortened inner and outer segments, shortened and mislocalized axonemes and cytoplasmic accumulation of rhodopsin. In conclusion, we show that ARL2-Q70L is crucial for photoreceptor neuron sensory cilium development. Future research will expand upon our hypothesis that ARL2-Q70L mutant interferes with microtubule maintenance and tubulin regulation resulting in impaired growth of the axoneme and elaboration of the photoreceptor outer segment.
Digital Commons Citation
Wright, Zachary C.; Loskutov, Yuriy; Murphy, Daniel; Stoilov, Peter; Pugacheva, Elena; Goldberg, Andrew F.X.; and Ramamurthy, Visvanathan, "ADP-Ribosylation Factor-Like 2 (ARL2) regulates cilia stability and development of outer segments in rod photoreceptor neurons" (2018). Faculty & Staff Scholarship. 1273.
https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/faculty_publications/1273
Source Citation
Wright, Z. C., Loskutov, Y., Murphy, D., Stoilov, P., Pugacheva, E., Goldberg, A. F. X., & Ramamurthy, V. (2018). ADP-Ribosylation Factor-Like 2 (ARL2) regulates cilia stability and development of outer segments in rod photoreceptor neurons. Scientific Reports, 8(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-35395-3
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