PMID: 12766039May 27, 2003Paper

Ocular and scleral alterations in gene-targeted lumican-fibromodulin double-null mice

Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science
Shukti ChakravartiDavid E Birk

Abstract

To elucidate the role of leucine-rich proteoglycans lumican and fibromodulin in the sclera. Lumican- and fibromodulin-null heterozygous mice were intercrossed to obtain wild-type (Lum(+/+)Fmod(+/+)), lumican-null (Lum(-/-)Fmod(+/+)), fibromodulin-null (Lum(+/+)Fmod(-/-)), and double-null (Lum(-/-)Fmod(-/-)) littermates. Axial length was measured on enucleated whole eyes, and ocular structural changes were examined by histology. The morphology of collagen fibrils in the sclera was examined by transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Compared with the ocular axial length in wild type mice, the axial length was increased by 10% in Lum(-/-)Fmod(-/-) (P = 0.02) mice. Retinal detachment was frequent in the double-null and rare in the lumican-null animals. Compared with the wild-type sclera, the sclera in all null mutants was significantly thinner with fewer lamellae (P < 0.05). The double-null sclera contained abnormally large-diameter (120-160 nm) and small-diameter (30-60 nm) collagen fibrils, whereas the fibromodulin-null sclera was enriched for the small-diameter fibrils. The collagen fibril diameter distribution in the lumican-null sclera was similar to that of the wild-type. An increase in small-diameter fibrils in the fibromodu...Continue Reading

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