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Journal of Heredity 2003:94(1)
© 2003 The American Genetic Association 94:27-30

Canine Models of Ocular Disease: Outcross Breedings Define a Dominant Disorder Present in the English Mastiff and Bull Mastiff Dog Breeds

J. W. Kijas, B. J. Miller, S. E. Pearce-Kelling, G. D. Aguirre, and G. M. Acland

From the James A. Baker Institute for Animal Health, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853.

Address correspondence to Gregory M. Acland at the address above, or e-mail: gma2{at}cornell.edu.

Progressive retinal atrophies (PRA) are a heterogeneous group of inherited eye diseases common to both dogs and man. Over 100 individual canine breeds display some sort of retinal degeneration, making the dog an extremely valuable resource both for finding the genetic determinants of inherited blindness and for developing naturally occurring animal models that mimic human disease. Progressive retinal atrophies within the English mastiff displayed an ambiguous mode of inheritance. By conducting outcross matings between affected English mastiffs and normal animals from other breeds, the mode of inheritance was confirmed as dominant. This directed candidate gene analysis and led to identification of two synonymous mutations and one nonsynonymous mutation within the canine rhodopsin gene. The nonsynonymous mutation (T4R) is the cause of PRA in the English mastiff, and a test was developed to investigate its presence in 17 additional breeds. Testing of PRA-affected animals from 16 breeds revealed that none carry the T4R mutation, indicating a different cause of PRA. Analysis of two affected bull mastiffs revealed one heterozygote (+/T4R) and one homozygous normal individual (+/+). These findings suggest that the genetic origin of PRA is often breed specific and underline the value of outcross mating to circumvent problems that act to mask the mode of inheritance.


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