title: Mutation analysis and expression of the mottled gene in the macular mouse model of Menkes disease.
abstract: The gene for Menkes disease, an X-linked disorder of copper transport, has recently been identified and shown to encode a copper-transporting P-type ATPase. The macular mutant mouse has been proposed as an animal model for Menkes disease. In the present study, we report the finding of a missense mutation in the mottled gene of the macular mouse. A single base change, T to C, at nucleotide position 4223, is predicted to result in an amino acid change from serine to proline at residue 1382 in the eighth transmembrane domain. This mutation differs from the 6-bp deletion we find in brindled cDNA. With validation of macular as an animal model of Menkes disease, we compared mottled gene expression in the intestine, kidney, and brain of macular and normal mice. In Northern analyses an 8.3-kb transcript was detected in the intestine, kidney, and brain of both normal and macular mice, with the level of transcript in macular approximately 80% that of normal. In situ hybridization studies revealed that the mottled gene was clearly expressed in intestinal epithelial cells, Paneth cells, and renal proximal tubular cells of both normal and macular mice. In normal brain, mottled gene expression was most intensely observed in the choroid plexus, in Ammon's born and the dentate gyrus in the hippocampus, in Purkinje cells, and the granular layer of the cerebellum. The intensity and localization of the signals in the brain of macular mice were similar to those of the controls. The distribution of expression of mottled is correlated with cells and tissues showing histopathology or abnormal copper sequestration in macular and other mutants.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Murata
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kodama
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Abe
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ishida
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nishimura
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Levinson
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gitschier
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Packman
mesh_terms: D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases / Q000235:genetics*; D000818:Animals; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D001921:Brain / Q000166:cytology; D001923:Brain Chemistry; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D027682:Cation Transport Proteins; D003300:Copper / Q000378:metabolism; D000073840:Copper-Transporting ATPases; D004252:DNA Mutational Analysis; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D015870:Gene Expression; D017403:In Situ Hybridization; D007422:Intestines / Q000737:chemistry / Q000166:cytology; D007668:Kidney / Q000737:chemistry / Q000166:cytology; D008099:Liver / Q000737:chemistry / Q000166:cytology; D008297:Male; D007706:Menkes Kinky Hair Syndrome / Q000235:genetics*; D051379:Mice; D008809:Mice, Inbred C3H; D008817:Mice, Mutant Strains; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D017421:Sequence Analysis
chemical_list: C486201:Atp7a protein, mouse; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D027682:Cation Transport Proteins; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D003300:Copper; D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases; D000073840:Copper-Transporting ATPases