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Clinical and haplotypic variability of Slovenian USH2A patients homozygous for the c. 11864G>A nonsense mutation
ID Zupan, Andrej (Author), ID Fakin, Ana (Author), ID Battelino, Saba (Author), ID Jarc-Vidmar, Martina (Author), ID Hawlina, Marko (Author), ID Bonnet, Crystel (Author), ID Petit, Christine (Author), ID Glavač, Damjan (Author)

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Abstract
Purpose: to determine a detailed clinical and haplotypic variability of the Slovenian USH2A patients with homozygous c.11864G>A (p.Trp3955Ter) nonsense mutation and to develop sensitive, accurate and rapid screening test. Methods: Ten unrelated homozygous patients with detailed ophthalmological exam were included in our study. The High-Resolution Melting (HRM) method was developed for fast and reliable detection of the c.11864G>A mutation. Results: The c.11864G>A mutation represents the vast majority of pathogenic alleles in Slovenian USH2A-Usher syndrome population (84%). The median age of onset of nyctalopia was 16 years and all patients younger than 40 years had hyperautofluorescent rings on fundus autofluorescence imaging. The Kaplan Meier survival analysis showed a decline of central vision after the age of 40, with 50% patients reaching visual acuity (VA) ≤ 0.05 at the average age of 66 years visual field diameter less than 20° at the average age of 59 years. There was a relatively large phenotypic variability in the retinal and audiological phenotype. Analysis of the p.Trp3955Ter-homozygous patients revealed four different haplotypes, with the frequency of the most common haplotype ~65%. Disease severity did not correlate with the haplotype. Conclusions: According to the natural history of homozygous p.Trp3955Ter patients any therapy aimed to slow disease progression in these patients would be best started before the age of 40. Phenotypic variability suggests the presence of cis and/or trans factors outside the USH2A gene that are able to affect disease severity. High frequency of p.Trp3955Ter mutation in Slovenian USH2A gene pool appears to be initiated from different unrelated founders because of migrations from neighboring populations. The mutation on haplotype 2 seems to be the major founder allele.

Language:English
Keywords:USH2A, haplotypic variability, homozygous mutation, usher syndrome, founder effect, haplotype analysis, high resolution melting analysis
Work type:Article
Typology:1.01 - Original Scientific Article
Organization:MF - Faculty of Medicine
Publication status:Published
Publication version:Version of Record
Year:2019
Number of pages:12 str.
Numbering:Vol. 10, iss. 12, art. 1015
PID:20.500.12556/RUL-133089 This link opens in a new window
UDC:617.7
ISSN on article:2073-4425
DOI:10.3390/genes10121015 This link opens in a new window
COBISS.SI-ID:34616281 This link opens in a new window
Publication date in RUL:11.11.2021
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Title:Genes
Shortened title:Genes
Publisher:Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
ISSN:2073-4425
COBISS.SI-ID:523100185 This link opens in a new window

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License:CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
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Licensing start date:05.12.2019

Secondary language

Language:Slovenian
Keywords:USH2A, haplotipska spremenljivost, homozigotna mutacija

Projects

Funder:ARRS - Slovenian Research Agency
Project number:P3-0054
Name:Patologija in molekularna genetika

Funder:ARRS - Slovenian Research Agency
Project number:P3-0333
Name:Očesne bolezni odraslih in otrok

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