Takaaki Hayashi1,2, Hiroyuki Kondo3, Itsuka Matsushita3, Kei Mizobuchi4, Akinori Baba4, Kie Iida4, Hiroyuki Kubo4, Tadashi Nakano4. 1. Department of Ophthalmology, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 105-8461, Japan. taka@jikei.ac.jp. 2. 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. 3. Department of Ophthalmology, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, 807-8555, Japan. 4. Department of Ophthalmology, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 105-8461, Japan.
Abstract
PURPOSE: To characterize the clinical and genetic features of a Japanese male patient with foveal hypoplasia caused by a homozygous single nucleotide duplication in the SLC38A8 gene. METHODS: We performed a comprehensive ophthalmic examination including full-field electroretinography (FF-ERG) and pattern-reversal visual evoked potentials (PR-VEPs). Whole-exome sequencing (WES) was performed to identify the disease-causing variant; Sanger sequencing was used for confirmation. RESULTS: In the WES analysis, a homozygous single nucleotide duplication (c.995dupG; p.Trp333MetfsTer35) was identified in SLC38A8 of the patient. His unaffected mother carried the variant heterozygously. The patient exhibited hyperopia, congenital nystagmus, low visual acuity, and grade 4 foveal hypoplasia. Slit-lamp examination revealed mild posterior embryotoxon and goniodysgenesis. Fundus examination revealed the absence of foveal hyperpigmentation and foveal avascularity, but there were no retinal degenerative lesions. In the FF-ERG, the amplitudes of rod ERG, standard-flash, and bright-flash ERG were within the normal range; cone-mediated responses also showed nearly normal amplitudes. The PR-VEP findings revealed delayed P100 latencies and decreased amplitudes of the P100 components, but no chiasmal misrouting. CONCLUSIONS: This report is the first report on the clinical and genetic characteristics of SLC38A8-associated foveal hypoplasia in the Japanese population. This is also the first report of normal rod- and cone-mediated responses in a patient with this disorder.
PURPOSE: To characterize the clinical and genetic features of a Japanese male patient with foveal hypoplasia caused by a homozygous single nucleotide duplication in the SLC38A8 gene. METHODS: We performed a comprehensive ophthalmic examination including full-field electroretinography (FF-ERG) and pattern-reversal visual evoked potentials (PR-VEPs). Whole-exome sequencing (WES) was performed to identify the disease-causing variant; Sanger sequencing was used for confirmation. RESULTS: In the WES analysis, a homozygous single nucleotide duplication (c.995dupG; p.Trp333MetfsTer35) was identified in SLC38A8 of the patient. His unaffected mother carried the variant heterozygously. The patient exhibited hyperopia, congenital nystagmus, low visual acuity, and grade 4 foveal hypoplasia. Slit-lamp examination revealed mild posterior embryotoxon and goniodysgenesis. Fundus examination revealed the absence of foveal hyperpigmentation and foveal avascularity, but there were no retinal degenerative lesions. In the FF-ERG, the amplitudes of rod ERG, standard-flash, and bright-flash ERG were within the normal range; cone-mediated responses also showed nearly normal amplitudes. The PR-VEP findings revealed delayed P100 latencies and decreased amplitudes of the P100 components, but no chiasmal misrouting. CONCLUSIONS: This report is the first report on the clinical and genetic characteristics of SLC38A8-associated foveal hypoplasia in the Japanese population. This is also the first report of normal rod- and cone-mediated responses in a patient with this disorder.
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