DESCRIPTION:

"High Prevalence of PRPH2 in Autosomal Dominant Retinitis Pigmentosa in France and Characterization of Biochemical and Clinical Features" by Manes et al. 2015

LABEL:

Sanger/western blot

SCORE TYPE:

Binary

DATE ADDED:

None

DATE UPDATED:

2024-04-25

SPECIES:

AUTHORS:

Manes G, Guillaumie T, Vos WL, Devos A, Audo I, Zeitz C, Marquette V, Zanlonghi X, Defoort-Dhellemmes S, Puech B, Said SM, Sahel JA, Odent S, Dollfus H, Kaplan J, Dufier JL, Le Meur G, Weber M, Faivre L, Cohen FB, Picot MC, Verdier C, Baudoin C, Bocquet B, Findlay JB, Meunier I, Dhaenens CM, Hamel CP

TITLE:

High Prevalence of PRPH2 in Autosomal Dominant Retinitis Pigmentosa in France and Characterization of Biochemical and Clinical Features.

JOURNAL:

American journal of ophthalmology Feb 2015, Vol 159, pp. 302-14

ABSTRACT:

To assess the prevalence of PRPH2 in autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa (adRP), to report 6 novel mutations, to characterize the biochemical features of a recurrent novel mutation, and to study the clinical features of adRP patients.Retrospective clinical and molecular genetic study.Clinical investigations included visual field testing, fundus examination, high-resolution spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (OCT), fundus autofluorescence imaging, and electroretinogram (ERG) recording. PRPH2 was screened by Sanger sequencing in a cohort of 310 French families with adRP. Peripherin-2 protein was produced in yeast and analyzed by Western blot.We identified 15 mutations, including 6 novel and 9 previously reported changes in 32 families, accounting for a prevalence of 10.3% in this adRP population. We showed that a new recurrent p.Leu254Gln mutation leads to protein aggregation, suggesting abnormal folding. The clinical severity of the disease in examined patients was moderate with 78% of the eyes having 1-0.5 of visual acuity and 52% of the eyes retaining more than 50% of the visual field. Some patients characteristically showed vitelliform deposits or macular involvement. In some families, pericentral RP or macular dystrophy were found in family members while widespread RP was present in other members of the same families.The mutations in PRPH2 account for 10.3% of adRP in the French population, which is higher than previously reported (0%-8%) This makes PRPH2 the second most frequent adRP gene after RHO in our series. PRPH2 mutations cause highly variable phenotypes and moderate forms of adRP, including mild cases, which could be underdiagnosed. PUBMED: 25447119
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