Human Molecular Genetics Advance Access published online on July 15, 2003
Human Molecular Genetics, doi:10.1093/hmg/ddg236
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1 Academic Medical Center, Laboratory of Genetic Metabolic Diseases, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: r.j.wanders{at}amc.uva.nl.
Rhizomelic chondrodysplasia punctata is a human autosomal recessive disorder characterized by skeletal, eye and brain abnormalities. The disorder is caused by mutations in the PEX7 gene, which encodes the receptor for a class of peroxisomal matrix enzymes. We describe the generation and characterization of a Pex7 mouse knockout (Pex7-/-). Pex7-/- mice are born severely hypotonic and have a growth impairment. Mortality in Pex7-/- mice is highest in the perinatal period although some Pex7-/- mice survived beyond 18 months. Biochemically Pex7-/- mice display the abnormalities related to a Pex7 deficiency, i.e., a severe depletion of plasmalogens, impaired
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Impaired neuronal migration and endochondral ossification in Pex7 knockout mice: a model for rhizomelic chondrodysplasia punctata
2 Academic Medical Center, Laboratory of Genetic Metabolic Diseases, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Present address: Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Clinical Biochemistry Lab5.2, Cambridge, UK
3 INSERM E9935, Hôpital Robert-Debré, Paris, France
4 Academic Medical Center, Department of Cell Biology and Histology, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
5 Center for Transgene Technology and Gene Therapy, Flanders Institute for Biotechnology, Leuven, Belgium
6 Thromb-X, Leuven, Belgium
7 Academic Medical Center, Laboratory of Genetic Metabolic Diseases F0-224, Meibergdreef 9, 1105AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands
8 Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Laboratory of Clinical Chemistry, Leuven, Belgium
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-oxidation of phytanic acid and impaired 
-oxidation of very-long-chain fatty acids. In the intermediate zone of the developing cerebral cortex Pex7-/- mice have an increase in neuronal density. In vivo neuronal birthdating revealed that Pex7-/- mice have a delay in neuronal migration. Analysis of bone ossification in newborn Pex7-/- mice revealed a defect in ossification of distal bone elements of the limbs as well as parts of the skull and vertebrae. These findings demonstrate that Pex7 knockout mice provide an important model to study the role of peroxisomal functioning in the pathogenesis of the human disorder.
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