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Publication : Core neuropathological abnormalities in progranulin-deficient mice are penetrant on multiple genetic backgrounds.

First Author  Petkau TL Year  2016
Journal  Neuroscience Volume  315
Pages  175-95 PubMed ID  26701296
Mgi Jnum  J:231178 Mgi Id  MGI:5767044
Doi  10.1016/j.neuroscience.2015.12.006 Citation  Petkau TL, et al. (2016) Core neuropathological abnormalities in progranulin-deficient mice are penetrant on multiple genetic backgrounds. Neuroscience 315:175-95
abstractText  Loss-of-function mutations in the progranulin gene (GRN) are a common cause of familial frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD). A high degree of heterogeneity in the age-of-onset, duration of disease, and clinical presentation of FTLD, even among families carrying the same GRN mutation, suggests that additional modifying genes may be important to pathogenesis. Progranulin-knockout mice display subtle behavioral abnormalities and progressive neuropathological changes, as well as altered dendritic morphology and synaptic deficits in the hippocampus. In this study we evaluated multiple neuropathological endpoints in aged progranulin knockout mice and their wild-type littermates on two different genetic backgrounds: C57Bl/6 and 129/SvImJ. We find that in most brain regions, both strains are susceptible to progranulin-mediated neuropathological phenotypes, including astrogliosis, microgliosis, and highly accelerated deposition of the aging pigment lipofuscin. Neuroinflammation due to progranulin deficiency is exaggerated in the B6 strain and present, but less pronounced, in the 129 strain. Differences between the strains in hippocampal neuron counts and neuronal morphology suggest a complex role for progranulin in the hippocampus. We conclude that core progranulin-mediated neurodegenerative phenotypes are penetrant on multiple inbred mouse strains, but that genetic background modulates progranulin's role in neuroinflammation and hippocampal biology.
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