Tomoko Kutsuma1, Satoshi Katagiri1, Takaaki Hayashi2,3, Kazutoshi Yoshitake4, Daisuke Iejima4, Tamaki Gekka1, Kenichi Kohzaki1, Kei Mizobuchi1, Yukari Baba1, Ryo Terauchi1, Tomokazu Matsuura5, Shinji Ueno6, Takeshi Iwata4, Tadashi Nakano1. 1. Department of Ophthalmology, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. 2. Department of Ophthalmology, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. taka@jikei.ac.jp. 3. Department of Ophthalmology, Katsushika Medical Center, The Jikei University School of Medicine, 6-41-2 Aoto, Katsushika-ku, Tokyo, 125-8506, Japan. taka@jikei.ac.jp. 4. National Institute of Sensory Organs, National Hospital Organization Tokyo Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan. 5. Department of Laboratory Medicine, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. 6. Department of Ophthalmology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan.
Abstract
PURPOSE: To report clinical and genetic features including long-term full-field electroretinography (FF-ERG) findings of a patient with cone dystrophy with supernormal rod responses (CDSRR). METHODS: Ophthalmological medical records including FF-ERG were retrospectively reviewed. Genetic analysis using whole-exome sequencing (WES) was performed. Identified KCNV2 variants were confirmed by Sanger sequencing. RESULTS: A 30-year-old female patient was referred to our hospital for assessment of decreased vision from childhood. Funduscopy showed macular atrophy in both eyes. FF-ERG showed decreased amplitudes and delayed peak time of b-waves for dark-adapted (DA) 0.01 ERG, increased b/a-wave ratio with a slightly diminished a-wave for DA 3.0 and DA 25.7 ERG, residual a-waves and almost extinguished b-waves for light-adapted (LA) 3.0 ERG, and extremely diminished amplitudes in LA 30-Hz flicker responses. At 45 years of age, funduscopy showed progressive macular atrophy, whereas the responses for her FF-ERG remained unchanged compared to those observed at 30 years of age. WES identified the compound heterozygous KCNV2 variants (p.W67X and p.D174GfsX198) in the patient. These variants have previously been unreported as pathogenic variants. Each parent had one of the variants. Subsequently, the patient was finally diagnosed with CDSRR with the novel compound heterozygous KCNV2 variants. CONCLUSIONS: Biallelic loss-of-function KCNV2 variants (p.W67X and p.D174GfsX198) were identified as the cause of CDSRR. Long-term FF-ERG findings demonstrated there were no ERG changes during 15 years of observation, indicating that there was no evidence of progressive peripheral retinal dysfunction, in spite of worsening macular atrophy.
PURPOSE: To report clinical and genetic features including long-term full-field electroretinography (FF-ERG) findings of a patient with cone dystrophy with supernormal rod responses (CDSRR). METHODS: Ophthalmological medical records including FF-ERG were retrospectively reviewed. Genetic analysis using whole-exome sequencing (WES) was performed. Identified KCNV2 variants were confirmed by Sanger sequencing. RESULTS: A 30-year-old female patient was referred to our hospital for assessment of decreased vision from childhood. Funduscopy showed macular atrophy in both eyes. FF-ERG showed decreased amplitudes and delayed peak time of b-waves for dark-adapted (DA) 0.01 ERG, increased b/a-wave ratio with a slightly diminished a-wave for DA 3.0 and DA 25.7 ERG, residual a-waves and almost extinguished b-waves for light-adapted (LA) 3.0 ERG, and extremely diminished amplitudes in LA 30-Hz flicker responses. At 45 years of age, funduscopy showed progressive macular atrophy, whereas the responses for her FF-ERG remained unchanged compared to those observed at 30 years of age. WES identified the compound heterozygous KCNV2 variants (p.W67X and p.D174GfsX198) in the patient. These variants have previously been unreported as pathogenic variants. Each parent had one of the variants. Subsequently, the patient was finally diagnosed with CDSRR with the novel compound heterozygous KCNV2 variants. CONCLUSIONS: Biallelic loss-of-function KCNV2 variants (p.W67X and p.D174GfsX198) were identified as the cause of CDSRR. Long-term FF-ERG findings demonstrated there were no ERG changes during 15 years of observation, indicating that there was no evidence of progressive peripheral retinal dysfunction, in spite of worsening macular atrophy.
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Cone dystrophy with supernormal rod response; Japanese; KCNV2; Next-generation sequencing
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