Extraocular muscle morphogenesis and gene expression are regulated by Pitx2 gene dose.

Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science
Adam G DiehlPhilip Gage

Abstract

PITX2 gene dose plays a central role in Axenfeld-Rieger syndrome. The purpose of this study was to test the hypothesis that the effects of Pitx2 gene dose on eye development can be molecularly dissected in available Pitx2 mutant mice. A panel of mice with Pitx2 gene dose ranging from wild-type (+/+) to none (-/-) was generated. Eye morphogenesis was assessed in animals with each Pitx2 gene dose. We also compared global gene expression in eye primordia taken from e12.5 Pitx2+/+, Pitx2+/-, Pitx2-/- embryos using gene microarrays. The validity of microarray results was confirmed by qRT-PCR. Morphogenesis of all extraocular muscle bundles correlated highly with Pitx2 gene dose, but there were some differences in sensitivity among muscle groups. Superior and inferior oblique muscles were most sensitive and disappeared before the four rectus muscles. Expression of muscle-specific genes was globally sensitive to Pitx2 gene dose, including the muscle-specific transcription factor genes Myf5, Myog, Myod1, Smyd1, Msc, and Csrp3. Pitx2 gene dose regulates both morphogenesis and gene expression in developing extraocular muscles. The expression of key muscle-specific transcription factor genes is regulated by Pitx2 gene dose, suggesting tha...Continue Reading

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