Studies of mice with a large deletion of the ARPKD-associated Pkhd1 locus likely explain its GWAS association with glaucoma in humans
Ishimoto, Y.; Menezes, L. F.; Nakaya, N.; Barbosa, K.; Horie, Y.; Yoshida, T.; Reece, J.; Zhou, F.; Tomarev, S.; Kerosuo, L.; Germino, G. G.
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PKHD1, the gene primarily mutated in human autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease, is one of the top 20 genes associated with primary open angle glaucoma (POAG) and associated endophenotypes in Genome-Wide Association Studies. Here, we show that Pkhd1del3-67/del3-67 mutant mice develop congenital glaucoma due to anterior segment dysgenesis. Using a combination of genetic, epigenetic, bioinformatics and mouse developmental biology approaches, we show that Pkhd1del3-67/del3-67 mice lack Tfap2b and AP-2{beta} expression in a subset of periocular mesenchymal cells at E13.5 and its derivatives. Our data suggest that the Pkhd1del3-67 deletion disrupts features of the Pkhd1-Tfap2b genomic architecture essential for Tfap2b cell-specific activities. Consistent with this model, Pkhd1del3-67/+;Tfap2bko/+trans-heterozygotes lack Tfap2b and AP-2{beta} in relevant cell-types and have similar eye abnormalities as neural crest cell-specific Tfap2bko mutants. These findings provide a likely causal explanation for how SNPs associated with PKHD1 are functionally linked to POAG and add insight into understanding the complexity of disease-causing SNP associations and gene regulatory mechanisms.
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