Genetic Screening of LCA in Belgium: Predominance of CEP290 and Identification of Potential Modifier Alleles in AHI1 of CEP290-Related Phenotypes

Leber Congenital Amaurosis (LCA), the most severe inherited retinal dystrophy, is genetically heterogeneous, with 14 genes accounting for 70% of patients. Here, 91 LCA probands underwent LCA chip analysis and subsequent sequencing of 6 genes (CEP290, CRB1, RPE65, GUCY2D, AIPL1and CRX), revealing mutations in 69% of the cohort, with major involvement of CEP290 (30%). In addition, 11 patients with early-onset retinal dystrophy (EORD) and 13 patients with Senior-Loken syndrome (SLS), LCA-Joubert syndrome (LCA-JS) or cerebello-oculo-renal syndrome (CORS) were included. Exhaustive re-inspection of... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Coppieters, F
Casteels, I
Meire, F
De Jaegere, S
Hooghe, S
van Regemorter, N
Van Esch, H
Matuleviciene, A
Nunes, L
Meersschaut, V
Walraedt, S
Standaert, L
Coucke, P
Hoeben, H
Kroes, H
Vande Walle, J
de Ravel, T
Leroy, B
De Baere, E
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2010
Verlag/Hrsg.: Wiley-Liss
Inc
Schlagwörter: Adaptor Proteins / Signal Transducing / Adolescent / Adult / Antigens / Neoplasm / Belgium / Child / Preschool / DNA Mutational Analysis / Gene Expression Profiling / Genotype / Humans / Infant / Leber Congenital Amaurosis / Middle Aged / Neoplasm Proteins / Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis / Phenotype / Proteins / Retinal Degeneration / Retinal Dystrophies / Young Adult / Alleles / Genetic Testing / HDE - GEN
Sprache: Englisch
Permalink: https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-28932518
Datenquelle: BASE; Originalkatalog
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Link(s) : http://hdl.handle.net/10400.17/2486

Leber Congenital Amaurosis (LCA), the most severe inherited retinal dystrophy, is genetically heterogeneous, with 14 genes accounting for 70% of patients. Here, 91 LCA probands underwent LCA chip analysis and subsequent sequencing of 6 genes (CEP290, CRB1, RPE65, GUCY2D, AIPL1and CRX), revealing mutations in 69% of the cohort, with major involvement of CEP290 (30%). In addition, 11 patients with early-onset retinal dystrophy (EORD) and 13 patients with Senior-Loken syndrome (SLS), LCA-Joubert syndrome (LCA-JS) or cerebello-oculo-renal syndrome (CORS) were included. Exhaustive re-inspection of the overall phenotypes in our LCA cohort revealed novel insights mainly regarding the CEP290-related phenotype. The AHI1 gene was screened as a candidate modifier gene in three patients with the same CEP290 genotype but different neurological involvement. Interestingly, a heterozygous novel AHI1 mutation, p.Asn811Lys, was found in the most severely affected patient. Moreover, AHI1 screening in five other patients with CEP290-related disease and neurological involvement revealed a second novel missense variant, p.His758Pro, in one LCA patient with mild mental retardation and autism. These two AHI1 mutations might thus represent neurological modifiers of CEP290-related disease.