April 2011
Volume 52, Issue 14
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ARVO Annual Meeting Abstract  |   April 2011
Mutations In IMPG2 Are Causative For Autosomal Recessive Retinitis Pigmentosa Combined With Bull’s Eye Maculopathy
Author Affiliations & Notes
  • Ramon v. Huet
    Ophthalmology,
    Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
  • L. I. van den Born
    Ophthalmology, The Rotterdam Eye Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
  • Kornelia Neveling
    Human Genetics,
    Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
  • Anna M. Siemiatkowska
    Human Genetics,
    Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
  • Anneke I. den Hollander
    Ophthalmology,
    Human Genetics,
    Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
  • Frans P. Cremers
    Human Genetics,
    Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
  • Rob W. Collin
    Ophthalmology,
    Human Genetics,
    Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
  • B. J. Klevering
    Ophthalmology,
    Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
  • Footnotes
    Commercial Relationships  Ramon V. Huet, None; L. I. van den Born, None; Kornelia Neveling, None; Anna M. Siemiatkowska, None; Anneke I. den Hollander, None; Frans P. Cremers, None; Rob W. Collin, None; B. J. Klevering, None
  • Footnotes
    Support  FP7 Grant 223143
Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science April 2011, Vol.52, 4984. doi:
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      Ramon v. Huet, L. I. van den Born, Kornelia Neveling, Anna M. Siemiatkowska, Anneke I. den Hollander, Frans P. Cremers, Rob W. Collin, B. J. Klevering; Mutations In IMPG2 Are Causative For Autosomal Recessive Retinitis Pigmentosa Combined With Bull’s Eye Maculopathy. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2011;52(14):4984.

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Abstract

Purpose: : Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) is a group of inherited retinal diseases characterized by night blindness, visual field defects, and loss of visual acuity caused by photoreceptor degeneration. Both genetically and clinically, RP is highly heterogeneous. Here, we aim to identify clinical features that might be distinct for a specific genetic subtype, and hence to improve genotype-phenotype correlations for autosomal recessive RP (arRP).

Methods: : In 100 RP patients with an unknown genetic cause of disease, next-generation sequencing (NGS) was performed to simultaneously analyze 110 known retinal dystrophy genes. Mutations were confirmed via Sanger sequencing. Patients that were shown to carry mutations in IMPG2 underwent detailed clinical examination that included ophthalmologic examination, kinetic perimetry, fundus photography, spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (OCT), auto fluorescence imaging and full-field and multifocal electroretinography (ERG).

Results: : The IMPG2 gene was recently identified as a cause of arRP. In one of the families that were originally reported with mutations in IMPG2, affected individuals showed a bull’s eye maculopathy with typical RP findings in the periphery. In one of the 100 probands that were analyzed with NGS, novel compound heterozygous mutations were identified (c.3423-8_3423-5del and p.Arg127X), which were also found in her affected brother. The two affected siblings (aged 59 and 60) showed typical signs of RP, with a severe loss of rod-cone function on ERG, an age of onset before 20 years, and a relatively spared visual acuity. Interestingly, both patients also showed signs of a bull’s eye maculopathy.

Conclusions: : This study indicates that a bull’s eye maculopathy might be a distinctive feature in arRP patients with mutations in IMPG2.

Keywords: retinal degenerations: hereditary • genetics 
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