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Previously we have found that accumulated Asn 450 Tyr (N450Y) mutant myocilin impairs human trabecular meshwork (TM) cells by inducing chronic endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress response <jats:italic>in vitro<\/jats:italic>. However, it is unclear how ER stress leads to TM damage and whether N450Y myocilin mutation is associated with POAG <jats:italic>in vivo<\/jats:italic>. Here we found that N450Y mutant myocilin induces autophagy, which worsens cell viability, whereas inhibition of autophagy increases viability and decreases cell death in human TM\u00a0cells. Furthermore, we construct a transgenic mouse model of N450Y myocilin mutation (Tg-MYOC<jats:sup>N450Y<\/jats:sup>) and Tg-MYOC<jats:sup>N450Y<\/jats:sup> mice exhibiting glaucoma phenotypes: IOP elevation, retinal ganglion cell loss and visual impairment. Consistent with our published <jats:italic>in vitro<\/jats:italic> studies, mutant myocilin fails to secrete into aqueous humor, causes ER stress and actives autophagy in Tg-MYOC<jats:sup>N450Y<\/jats:sup> mice, and aqueous humor dynamics are altered in Tg-MYOC<jats:sup>N450Y<\/jats:sup> mice. 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