title: The PPCD1 mouse: characterization of a mouse model for posterior polymorphous corneal dystrophy and identification of a candidate gene.
abstract: The PPCD1 mouse, a spontaneous mutant that arose in our mouse colony, is characterized by an enlarged anterior chamber resulting from metaplasia of the corneal endothelium and blockage of the iridocorneal angle by epithelialized corneal endothelial cells. The presence of stratified multilayered corneal endothelial cells with abnormal patterns of cytokeratin expression are remarkably similar to those observed in human posterior polymorphous corneal dystrophy (PPCD) and the sporadic condition, iridocorneal endothelial syndrome. Affected eyes exhibit epithelialized corneal endothelial cells, with inappropriate cytokeratin expression and proliferation over the iridocorneal angle and posterior cornea. We have termed this the "mouse PPCD1" phenotype and mapped the mouse locus for this phenotype, designated "Ppcd1", to a 6.1 Mbp interval on Chromosome 2, which is syntenic to the human Chromosome 20 PPCD1 interval. Inheritance of the mouse PPCD1 phenotype is autosomal dominant, with complete penetrance on the sensitive DBA/2J background and decreased penetrance on the C57BL/6J background. Comparative genome hybridization has identified a hemizygous 78 Kbp duplication in the mapped interval. The endpoints of the duplication are located in positions that disrupt the genes Csrp2bp and 6330439K17Rik and lead to duplication of the pseudogene LOC100043552. Quantitative reverse transcriptase-PCR indicates that expression levels of Csrp2bp and 6330439K17Rik are decreased in eyes of PPCD1 mice. Based on the observations of decreased gene expression levels, association with ZEB1-related pathways, and the report of corneal opacities in Csrp2bp(tm1a(KOMP)Wtsi) heterozygotes and embryonic lethality in nulls, we postulate that duplication of the 78 Kbp segment leading to haploinsufficiency of Csrp2bp is responsible for the mouse PPCD1 phenotype. Similarly, CSRP2BP haploinsufficiency may lead to human PPCD.
authors.affiliation: McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America. alshen@wisc.edu
authors.forename: Anna L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.forename: Kathleen A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: O'Leary
authors.forename: Richard R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Dubielzig
authors.forename: Norman
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Drinkwater
authors.forename: Christopher J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Murphy
authors.forename: Charles B
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Kasper
authors.forename: Christopher A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Bradfield
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D033481:Chromosomes, Mammalian / Q000235:genetics; D055028:Comparative Genomic Hybridization; D003316:Corneal Diseases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D019573:Epithelium, Corneal / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D010641:Phenotype
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