Probing the sub-cellular mechanisms of LCA5-Leber Congenital Amaurosis and associated gene therapy with expansion microscopy

Author:

Faber SiebrenORCID,Mercey OlivierORCID,Junger KatrinORCID,Garanto AlejandroORCID,Ueffing MariusORCID,Collin Rob W.J.ORCID,Boldt KarstenORCID,Guichard PaulORCID,Hamel VirginieORCID,Roepman RonaldORCID

Abstract

AbstractLeber Congenital Amaurosis (LCA) is a group of Inherited Retinal Diseases (IRDs) characterized by the early onset and rapid loss of photoreceptor cells. Despite the discovery of a growing number of genes associated with this disease, the molecular mechanisms of photoreceptor cell degeneration of most LCA subtypes remain poorly understood. Here, using retina-specific affinity proteomics combined with Ultrastructure Expansion Microscopy (U-ExM), we revealed the structural and molecular defects underlying LCA type 5 (LCA5) with unprecedented resolution. We showed thatLCA5-encoded lebercilin, together with Retinitis Pigmentosa 1 protein (RP1) and the intraflagellar transport (IFT) proteins IFT81 and IFT88, localize at the bulge region of the photoreceptor outer segment (OS), a region crucial for OS membrane disc formation. Next, we demonstrated that mutant mice deficient for lebercilin exhibit early axonemal defects at the bulge region and the distal OS, accompanied by reduced level of RP1 and IFT proteins, affecting membrane disc formation and presumably leading to photoreceptor death. Finally, we probed theLCA5gene augmentation therapy strategy using U-ExM by monitoring its subcellular outcome. We found that, expression ofLCA5partially restores the bulge region, preserves OS axoneme structure and membrane disc formation, as well as photoreceptor survival.

Publisher

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

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