Dhdds T206A and Dhdds K42E knock-in mouse models of retinitis pigmentosa 59 are phenotypically similar.

ABSTRACT: Dehydrodolichyl diphosphate synthase complex subunit (DHDDS) is required for protein glycosylation in eukaryotes, and variants. Surprisingly, three variant alleles (K42E/K42E, T206A/K42E and R98W/K42E) have been reported to cause retinitis pigmentosa 59 (RP59). Because T206A only has been reported to occur heterozygously with K42E, we generated homozygous and hererozygous mutants - i.e. T206A/T206A and T206A/K42E, respectively - in mice to assess the effect of the T206A allele. By postnatal age of 12 month (PN 12-mo), T206A/T206A and T206A/K42E mice exhibited reduction of inner nuclear layer thickness as observed in K42E/K42E mice. Electroretinography (ERG) revealed a reduction in b-waves, but spared reduction in a-wave amplitudes. By PN 3-mo, ERG c- and d-waves were significantly attenuat

SUBMITTER: Nguyen MN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12352288 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature