Renal failure associated with mucopolysaccharidosis type I in a cat from a MPS I research colony.

Renal failure was diagnosed in an 11-mo-old male domestic shorthair cat from a colony with mucopolysaccharidosis type I lysosomal storage disease. Grossly, the kidneys were enlarged and bulged on cut section. Histology revealed tubular necrosis and regeneration with severe interstitial macrophage accumulation.

Mutation identification in a canine model of X-linked ectodermal dysplasia.

X-linked hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia (XHED), an inherited disease recognized in humans, mice, and cattle, is characterized by hypotrichosis, a reduced number or absence of sweat glands, and missing or malformed teeth. In a subset of affected individuals and animals, mutations in the EDA gene (formerly EDI), coding for ectodysplasin, have been found to cause this phenotype. Ectodysplasin is a homotrimeric transmembrane protein with an extracellular TNF-like domain, which has been shown to be involved in the morphogenesis of hair follicles and tooth buds during fetal development.