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The Journal of Neuroscience, March 15, 2000, 20(6):2150-2154

Expression of Bcl-2 Protects against Photoreceptor Degeneration in retinal degeneration slow (rds) Mice

Izhak Nir¹, Wojciech Kedzierski², Jeannie Chen³, and Gabriel H. Travis²

¹ Department of Pharmacology, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas 78284, ² Center for Basic Neuroscience and Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75235, and ³ Mary D. Allen Laboratory for Vision Research, Doheny Eye Institute, Departments of Ophthalmology and of Cell and Neurobiology, Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90033

The retinal degeneration slow or rds gene encodes rds/peripherin, an integral membrane glycoprotein in the outer segments of rod and cone photoreceptors. Mice homozygous for a null mutation in rds fail to develop outer segments and undergo subsequent degeneration of photoreceptors by the apoptotic pathway. Mutations in the human RDS gene are responsible for several forms of inherited blindness including autosomal-dominant retinitis pigmentosa and macular degeneration. Here, we examined the effects of ectopic Bcl-2 expression in transgenic photoreceptors on the rate of retinal degeneration in rds mutant mice. We observed an approximately twofold preservation of photoreceptors compared with nontransgenic rds mutant mice at 3 months. Immunoblot analysis showed similar levels of Bcl-2 in 2-, 3-, and 4-week-old transgenic mice. Expression of Bcl-2 in the rds mouse did not lead to outer segment formation and did not induce cell death. These results suggest that Bcl-2 expression may be an effective therapeutic strategy in humans with mutations in RDS or other genes that affect the integrity of photoreceptor outer segments.

Key words: rds mice; rds/peripherin; retinal degeneration; retinitis pigmentosa; Bcl-2; transgene; apoptosis

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