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Restoration of mutant bestrophin-1 expression, localisation and function in a polarised epithelial cell model.
Disease models & mechanisms - 1 Nov 2016
Uggenti Carolina, Briant Kit, Streit Anne-Kathrin, Thomson Steven, Koay Yee Hui, Baines Richard A, Swanton Eileithyia, Manson Forbes D
Abstract excerpt
Autosomal recessive bestrophinopathy (ARB) is a retinopathy caused by mutations in the bestrophin-1 protein, which is thought to function as a Ca2+-gated Cl- channel in the basolateral surface of the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE). Using a stably transfected polarised epithelial cell model, we show that four ARB mutant bestrophin-1 proteins were mislocalised and subjected to proteasomal degradation. In contrast...
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