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Published online before print March 13, 2001, 10.1101/gr.GR-1610R
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Vol. 11, Issue 4, 531-539, April 2001

Identification and Functional Analysis of Mutations in the Hypocretin (Orexin) Genes of Narcoleptic Canines

Marcel Hungs,1,3 Jun Fan,2,3 Ling Lin,1 Xiaoyan Lin,1 Richard A. Maki,2 and Emmanuel Mignot1,4

1 Stanford Center for Narcolepsy, Stanford University Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Palo Alto, California 94304-5485, USA; 2 Neurocrine Biosciences, San Diego, California 92121, USA

Narcolepsy is a sleep disorder affecting animals and humans. Exon skipping mutations of the Hypocretin/Orexin-receptor-2 (Hcrtr2) gene were identified as the cause of narcolepsy in Dobermans and Labradors. Preprohypocretin (Hcrt) knockout mice have symptoms similar to human and canine narcolepsy. In this study, 11 sporadic cases of canine narcolepsy and two additional multiplex families were investigated for possible Hcrt and Hcrtr2 mutations. Sporadic cases have been shown to have more variable disease onset, increased disease severity, and undetectable Hypocretin-1 levels in cerebrospinal fluid. The canine Hcrt locus was isolated and characterized for this project. Only one novel mutation was identified in these two loci. This alteration results in a single amino acid substitution (E54K) in the N-terminal region of the Hcrtr2 receptor and autosomal recessive transmission in a Dachshund family. Functional analysis of previously-described exon-skipping mutations and of the E54K substitution were also performed using HEK-293 cell lines transfected with wild-type and mutated constructs. Results indicate a truncated Hcrtr2 protein, an absence of proper membrane localization, and undetectable binding and signal transduction for exon-skipping mutated constructs. In contrast, the E54K abnormality was associated with proper membrane localization, loss of ligand binding, and dramatically diminished calcium mobilization on activation of the receptor. These results are consistent with a loss of function for all three mutations. The absence of mutation in sporadic cases also indicates genetic heterogeneity in canine narcolepsy, as reported previously in humans.

3 These authors contributed equally to this work.

4 Corresponding author.

11:531-539 ©2001 by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press  ISSN 1088-9051/01 $5.00
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