TY - JOUR
T1 - Protein expression patterns for ubiquitous and tissue specific calpains in the developing mouse lens
AU - Reed, Nathan A.
AU - Castellini, Meryl A.
AU - Ma, Hong
AU - Shearer, Thomas R.
AU - Duncan, Melinda K.
N1 - Funding Information:
Partially supported by NIH grants EY12221 to MKD and EY05786 to TRS. Dr Shearer has a significant financial interest (research contracts and consulting fees) in Senju Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
PY - 2003/4/1
Y1 - 2003/4/1
N2 - Calcium activated proteases (calpains) have been implicated in the processing of lens crystallins during lens maturation and cataract formation. Ubiquitous type calpain 2 and calpain 10 and lens specific Lp82 and Lp85 protein distribution were determined using immunohistochemistry and immunoblotting in embryonic and post-natal mouse eyes. Calpain 2 was first expressed late in embryonic development and localized to the lens epithelium and transition zone. Lp82 was expressed at E9·5 in the lens placode, head ectoderm, and throughout the fiber cells during embryonic lens maturation. Lp82 co-localized at sites of crystallin modification in the juvenile lens. In the adult lens, Lp82 protein was maintained in cortical fibers but could not be detected in the lens nucleus. Lp85, the slightly larger splice variant of Lp82, was first observed at E9·5 and throughout early embryonic lens development. Abundant localization of this enzyme was observed in the cell nuclei of lens epithelium, elongating fibers, and undifferentiated mesoderm. Robust peri-nuclear localization of calpain 10 was observed in the head ectoderm, lens placode, and optic vesicle during early eye induction. Further, calpain 10 protein was maintained in the lens epithelium of pre- and post-natal lens. These data support the hypothesis that Lp82 in rodent lens has an important role in crystallin proteolysis during normal lens maturation. In contrast, calpain 2, Lp85, and calpain 10 may have roles in cell signaling pathways.
AB - Calcium activated proteases (calpains) have been implicated in the processing of lens crystallins during lens maturation and cataract formation. Ubiquitous type calpain 2 and calpain 10 and lens specific Lp82 and Lp85 protein distribution were determined using immunohistochemistry and immunoblotting in embryonic and post-natal mouse eyes. Calpain 2 was first expressed late in embryonic development and localized to the lens epithelium and transition zone. Lp82 was expressed at E9·5 in the lens placode, head ectoderm, and throughout the fiber cells during embryonic lens maturation. Lp82 co-localized at sites of crystallin modification in the juvenile lens. In the adult lens, Lp82 protein was maintained in cortical fibers but could not be detected in the lens nucleus. Lp85, the slightly larger splice variant of Lp82, was first observed at E9·5 and throughout early embryonic lens development. Abundant localization of this enzyme was observed in the cell nuclei of lens epithelium, elongating fibers, and undifferentiated mesoderm. Robust peri-nuclear localization of calpain 10 was observed in the head ectoderm, lens placode, and optic vesicle during early eye induction. Further, calpain 10 protein was maintained in the lens epithelium of pre- and post-natal lens. These data support the hypothesis that Lp82 in rodent lens has an important role in crystallin proteolysis during normal lens maturation. In contrast, calpain 2, Lp85, and calpain 10 may have roles in cell signaling pathways.
KW - Cornea
KW - Immunohistochemistry
KW - Lens fibers
KW - Lens placode
KW - Mouse
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U2 - 10.1016/S0014-4835(02)00336-6
DO - 10.1016/S0014-4835(02)00336-6
M3 - Article
C2 - 12634108
AN - SCOPUS:0037375291
SN - 0014-4835
VL - 76
SP - 433
EP - 443
JO - Experimental Eye Research
JF - Experimental Eye Research
IS - 4
ER -