RGD Reference Report - Heterozygosity for Lmna deficiency eliminates the progeria-like phenotypes in Zmpste24-deficient mice. - Rat Genome Database

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Heterozygosity for Lmna deficiency eliminates the progeria-like phenotypes in Zmpste24-deficient mice.

Authors: Fong, LG  Ng, JK  Meta, M  Cote, N  Yang, SH  Stewart, CL  Sullivan, T  Burghardt, A  Majumdar, S  Reue, K  Bergo, MO  Young, SG 
Citation: Fong LG, etal., Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 Dec 28;101(52):18111-6. Epub 2004 Dec 17.
RGD ID: 10003158
Pubmed: PMID:15608054   (View Abstract at PubMed)
PMCID: PMC536056   (View Article at PubMed Central)
DOI: DOI:10.1073/pnas.0408558102   (Journal Full-text)

Zmpste24 is a metalloproteinase required for the processing of prelamin A to lamin A, a structural component of the nuclear lamina. Zmpste24 deficiency results in the accumulation of prelamin A within cells, a complete loss of mature lamin A, and misshapen nuclear envelopes. Zmpste24-deficient (Zmpste24(-/-)) mice exhibit retarded growth, alopecia, micrognathia, dental abnormalities, osteolytic lesions in bones, and osteoporosis, which are phenotypes shared with Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome, a human disease caused by the synthesis of a mutant prelamin A that cannot undergo processing to lamin A. Zmpste24(-/-) mice also develop muscle weakness. We hypothesized that prelamin A might be toxic and that its accumulation in Zmpste24(-/-) mice is responsible for all of the disease phenotypes. We further hypothesized that Zmpste24(-/-) mice with half-normal levels of prelamin A (Zmpste24(-/-) mice with one Lmna knockout allele) would be subjected to less toxicity and be protected from disease. Thus, we bred and analyzed Zmpste24(-/-)Lmna(+/-) mice. As expected, prelamin A levels in Zmpste24(-/-)Lmna(+/-) cells were significantly reduced. Zmpste24(-/-)Lmna(+/-) mice were entirely normal, lacking all disease phenotypes, and misshapen nuclei were less frequent in Zmpste24(-/-)Lmna(+/-) cells than in Zmpste24(-/-) cells. These data suggest that prelamin A is toxic and that reducing its levels by as little as 50% provides striking protection from disease.



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Object SymbolSpeciesTermQualifierEvidenceWithNotesSourceOriginal Reference(s)
LMNAHumanprogeria  ISOLmna (Mus musculus) RGD 
LmnaRatprogeria  ISOLmna (Mus musculus) RGD 
LmnaMouseprogeria  IMP  RGD 

Objects Annotated

Genes (Rattus norvegicus)
Lmna  (lamin A/C)

Genes (Mus musculus)
Lmna  (lamin A)

Genes (Homo sapiens)
LMNA  (lamin A/C)


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