Loss of the chloride channel ClC-7 leads to lysosomal storage disease and neurodegeneration.
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Loss of the chloride channel ClC-7 leads to lysosomal storage disease and neurodegeneration. / Kasper, Dagmar; Planells-Cases, Rosa; Fuhrmann, Jens C; Scheel, Olaf; Zeitz, Oliver; Ruether, Klaus; Schmitt, Anja; Poët, Mallorie; Steinfeld, Robert; Schweizer, Michaela; Kornak, Uwe; Jentsch, Thomas J.
In: EMBO J, Vol. 24, No. 5, 5, 2005, p. 1079-1091.Research output: SCORING: Contribution to journal › SCORING: Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Loss of the chloride channel ClC-7 leads to lysosomal storage disease and neurodegeneration.
AU - Kasper, Dagmar
AU - Planells-Cases, Rosa
AU - Fuhrmann, Jens C
AU - Scheel, Olaf
AU - Zeitz, Oliver
AU - Ruether, Klaus
AU - Schmitt, Anja
AU - Poët, Mallorie
AU - Steinfeld, Robert
AU - Schweizer, Michaela
AU - Kornak, Uwe
AU - Jentsch, Thomas J
PY - 2005
Y1 - 2005
N2 - ClC-7 is a chloride channel of late endosomes and lysosomes. In osteoclasts, it may cooperate with H(+)-ATPases in acidifying the resorption lacuna. In mice and man, loss of ClC-7 or the H(+)-ATPase a3 subunit causes osteopetrosis, a disease characterized by defective bone resorption. We show that ClC-7 knockout mice additionally display neurodegeneration and severe lysosomal storage disease despite unchanged lysosomal pH in cultured neurons. Rescuing their bone phenotype by transgenic expression of ClC-7 in osteoclasts moderately increased their lifespan and revealed a further progression of the central nervous system pathology. Histological analysis demonstrated an accumulation of electron-dense material in neurons, autofluorescent structures, microglial activation and astrogliosis. Like in human neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis, there was a strong accumulation of subunit c of the mitochondrial ATP synthase and increased amounts of lysosomal enzymes. Such alterations were minor or absent in ClC-3 knockout mice, despite a massive neurodegeneration. Osteopetrotic oc/oc mice, lacking a functional H(+)-ATPase a3 subunit, showed no comparable retinal or neuronal degeneration. There are important medical implications as defects in the H(+)-ATPase and ClC-7 can underlie human osteopetrosis.
AB - ClC-7 is a chloride channel of late endosomes and lysosomes. In osteoclasts, it may cooperate with H(+)-ATPases in acidifying the resorption lacuna. In mice and man, loss of ClC-7 or the H(+)-ATPase a3 subunit causes osteopetrosis, a disease characterized by defective bone resorption. We show that ClC-7 knockout mice additionally display neurodegeneration and severe lysosomal storage disease despite unchanged lysosomal pH in cultured neurons. Rescuing their bone phenotype by transgenic expression of ClC-7 in osteoclasts moderately increased their lifespan and revealed a further progression of the central nervous system pathology. Histological analysis demonstrated an accumulation of electron-dense material in neurons, autofluorescent structures, microglial activation and astrogliosis. Like in human neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis, there was a strong accumulation of subunit c of the mitochondrial ATP synthase and increased amounts of lysosomal enzymes. Such alterations were minor or absent in ClC-3 knockout mice, despite a massive neurodegeneration. Osteopetrotic oc/oc mice, lacking a functional H(+)-ATPase a3 subunit, showed no comparable retinal or neuronal degeneration. There are important medical implications as defects in the H(+)-ATPase and ClC-7 can underlie human osteopetrosis.
M3 - SCORING: Zeitschriftenaufsatz
VL - 24
SP - 1079
EP - 1091
JO - EMBO J
JF - EMBO J
SN - 0261-4189
IS - 5
M1 - 5
ER -