PUBLICATION
Early defects in photoreceptor outer segment morphogenesis in zebrafish ift57, ift88 and ift172 Intraflagellar Transport mutants
- Authors
- Sukumaran, S., and Perkins, B.D.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-090116-17
- Date
- 2009
- Source
- Vision Research 49(4): 479-489 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Perkins, Brian
- Keywords
- Retina, Photoreceptor, Intraflagellar transport, Connecting cilium, Outer segment
- MeSH Terms
-
- Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing/genetics*
- Animals
- Embryo, Nonmammalian/anatomy & histology
- Immunohistochemistry
- Microscopy, Electron, Transmission
- Morphogenesis/genetics
- Mutation
- Retinal Photoreceptor Cell Outer Segment/ultrastructure*
- Time Factors
- Zebrafish/embryology*
- Zebrafish/genetics*
- Zebrafish Proteins/genetics*
- PubMed
- 19136023 Full text @ Vision Res.
Citation
Sukumaran, S., and Perkins, B.D. (2009) Early defects in photoreceptor outer segment morphogenesis in zebrafish ift57, ift88 and ift172 Intraflagellar Transport mutants. Vision Research. 49(4):479-489.
Abstract
Intraflagellar Transport (IFT) refers to a highly conserved process occurring in eukaryotic ciliated structures. In vertebrate photoreceptors, IFT mediates protein trafficking to the outer segments. The IFT particle is a multi-subunit complex and mutations in many individual components causes photoreceptor defects. In zebrafish, mutations in the ift57, ift88, and ift172 genes result in retinal degeneration by 5 days post fertilization (dpf). Although the effects of these mutations on photoreceptor survival have been described, early developmental morphogenesis remains poorly understood. We used transmission electron microscopy and immunohistochemistry to examine these mutants at 60, 72, and 96h post fertilization (hpf) and describe early photoreceptor morphogenesis defects.
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Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping