Juan C Zenteno1,2, Rocio Arce-Gonzalez3, Rodrigo Matsui4, Antonio Lopez-Bolaños5, Luis Montes3, Alan Martinez-Aguilar4, Oscar F Chacon-Camacho3,6. 1. Department of Genetics, Institute of Ophthalmology "Conde de Valenciana", Chimalpopoca 14, Col. Obrera, Cuauhtemoc, CP 06800, Mexico City, Mexico. jczenteno@institutodeoftalmologia.org. 2. Biochemistry Department, Faculty of Medicine, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Mexico City, Mexico. jczenteno@institutodeoftalmologia.org. 3. Department of Genetics, Institute of Ophthalmology "Conde de Valenciana", Chimalpopoca 14, Col. Obrera, Cuauhtemoc, CP 06800, Mexico City, Mexico. 4. Retinal Dystrophies Clinic, Institute of Ophthalmology "Conde de Valenciana", Mexico City, Mexico. 5. Retina Department, Institute of Ophthalmology "Conde de Valenciana", Mexico City, Mexico. 6. Carrera de Médico Cirujano, Facultad de Estudios Superiores Iztacala, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Tlalnepantla, Estado de México, Mexico.
Abstract
PURPOSE: To describe the results of clinical and molecular analyses in a group of patients suffering from inherited macular dystrophies, in which next-generation sequencing (NGS) efficiently detected rare causative mutations. METHODS: A total of eight unrelated Mexican subjects with a clinical and multimodal imaging diagnosis of macular dystrophy were included. Visual assessment methods included best corrected visual acuity, color fundus photography, Goldmann visual field tests, kinetic perimetry, dark/light adapted chromatic perimetry, full-field electroretinography, autofluorescence imaging, and spectral domain-optical coherence tomography imaging. Genetic screening was performed by means of whole exome sequencing with subsequent Sanger sequencing validation of causal variants. RESULTS: All patients exhibited a predominantly macular or cone-dominant disease. Patients' ages ranged from 12 to 60 years. Three cases had mutations in genes associated with autosomal dominant inheritance (UNC119 and PRPH2) while the remaining five cases had mutations in genes associated with autosomal recessive inheritance (CNGA3, POC1B, BEST1, CYP2U1, and PROM1). Of the total of 11 different pathogenic alleles identified, three were previously unreported disease-causing variants. CONCLUSIONS: Macular dystrophies can be caused by defects in genes that are not routinely analyzed or not included in NGS gene panels. In this group of patients, whole exome sequencing efficiently detected rare genetic causes of hereditary maculopathies, and our findings contribute to expanding the current knowledge of the clinical and mutational spectrum associated with these disorders.
PURPOSE: To describe the results of clinical and molecular analyses in a group of patients suffering from inherited macular dystrophies, in which next-generation sequencing (NGS) efficiently detected rare causative mutations. METHODS: A total of eight unrelated Mexican subjects with a clinical and multimodal imaging diagnosis of macular dystrophy were included. Visual assessment methods included best corrected visual acuity, color fundus photography, Goldmann visual field tests, kinetic perimetry, dark/light adapted chromatic perimetry, full-field electroretinography, autofluorescence imaging, and spectral domain-optical coherence tomography imaging. Genetic screening was performed by means of whole exome sequencing with subsequent Sanger sequencing validation of causal variants. RESULTS: All patients exhibited a predominantly macular or cone-dominant disease. Patients' ages ranged from 12 to 60 years. Three cases had mutations in genes associated with autosomal dominant inheritance (UNC119 and PRPH2) while the remaining five cases had mutations in genes associated with autosomal recessive inheritance (CNGA3, POC1B, BEST1, CYP2U1, and PROM1). Of the total of 11 different pathogenic alleles identified, three were previously unreported disease-causing variants. CONCLUSIONS: Macular dystrophies can be caused by defects in genes that are not routinely analyzed or not included in NGS gene panels. In this group of patients, whole exome sequencing efficiently detected rare genetic causes of hereditary maculopathies, and our findings contribute to expanding the current knowledge of the clinical and mutational spectrum associated with these disorders.
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