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A rat model of hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia carries a missense mutation in the Edaradd gene.

Authors: Kuramoto, Takashi  Yokoe, Mayuko  Hashimoto, Ryoko  Hiai, Hiroshi  Serikawa, Tadao 
Citation: Kuramoto T, etal., BMC Genet. 2011 Oct 21;12:91. doi: 10.1186/1471-2156-12-91.
RGD ID: 14398762
Pubmed: PMID:22013926   (View Abstract at PubMed)
PMCID: PMC3224228   (View Article at PubMed Central)
DOI: DOI:10.1186/1471-2156-12-91   (Journal Full-text)


BACKGROUND: Hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia (HED) is a congenital disorder characterized by sparse hair, oligodontia, and inability to sweat. It is caused by mutations in any of three Eda pathway genes: ectodysplasin (Eda), Eda receptor (Edar), and Edar-associated death domain (Edaradd), which encode ligand, receptor, and intracellular adaptor molecule, respectively. The Eda signaling pathway activates NF-κB, which is central to ectodermal differentiation. Although the causative genes and the molecular pathway affecting HED have been identified, no curative treatment for HED has been established. Previously, we found a rat spontaneous mutation that caused defects in hair follicles and named it sparse-and-wavy (swh). Here, we have established the swh rat as the first rat model of HED and successfully identified the swh mutation.
RESULTS: The swh/swh rat showed sparse hair, abnormal morphology of teeth, and absence of sweat glands. The ectoderm-derived glands, meibomian, preputial, and tongue glands, were absent. We mapped the swh mutation to the most telomeric part of rat Chr 7 and found a Pro153Ser missense mutation in the Edaradd gene. This mutation was located in the death domain of EDARADD, which is crucial for signal transduction and resulted in failure to activate NF-κB.
CONCLUSIONS: These findings suggest that swh is a loss-of-function mutation in the rat Edaradd and indicate that the swh/swh rat would be an excellent animal model of HED that could be used to investigate the pathological basis of the disease and the development of new therapies.



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Objects Annotated

Genes (Rattus norvegicus)
Edaradd  (EDAR associated via death domain)
EdaraddswhKyo  (EDAR-associated death domain;swh Kyo mutant)

Genes (Mus musculus)
Edaradd  (EDAR associated via death domain)

Genes (Homo sapiens)
EDARADD  (EDAR associated via death domain)

Strains
WTC-swh/Kyo  (NA)


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