May 2003
Volume 44, Issue 13
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ARVO Annual Meeting Abstract  |   May 2003
A Novel GCAP1 Missense Mutation in a Family with Autosomal Dominant Cone-Rod Dystrophy
Author Affiliations & Notes
  • W.J. Dupps
    Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States
  • M.P. Rauen
    Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States
  • J.A. Andorf
    Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States
  • K.M. Schrum
    Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States
  • K.A. Melendez
    Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States
  • E.M. Stone
    Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States
  • Footnotes
    Commercial Relationships  W.J. Dupps, None; M.P. Rauen, None; J.A. Andorf, None; K.M. Schrum, None; K.A. Melendez, None; E.M. Stone, None.
Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science May 2003, Vol.44, 1527. doi:
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      W.J. Dupps, M.P. Rauen, J.A. Andorf, K.M. Schrum, K.A. Melendez, E.M. Stone; A Novel GCAP1 Missense Mutation in a Family with Autosomal Dominant Cone-Rod Dystrophy . Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2003;44(13):1527.

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Abstract

Abstract: : Purpose: Guanylate cyclase activating protein 1 (GCAP1) is a calcium-dependent photoreceptor regulatory protein that has been localized to human cones and rods. Two GCAP1 mutations have previously been reported in association with autosomal dominant cone dystrophy (Y99C) and cone-rod dystrophy (P50L). In this study, a pedigree affected with autosomal dominant cone-rod dystrophy previously linked to a chromosome 6p21 locus was screened for disease-causing sequence variations in the GCAP1 gene. Methods: Twenty-three members of a CRD pedigree underwent clinical examination and genetic analysis. Clinical testing included visual acuity, color testing, Goldmann perimetry, standardized full-field ERG, dark adaptometry and fundus photography. DNA prepared from peripheral blood of family members, 3 unaffected spouses and 200 normal subjects was screened for mutations in the coding sequence of the GCAP1 gene using automated DNA sequencing and SSCP analysis. Results: Affected family members (12/23) experienced dyschromatopsia, photophobia and/or reduced visual acuity by the second decade of life. Characteristic features included a pigmentary maculopathy with central and paracentral scotomas, abnormal dark adaptation, and eventual progression to non-recordable cone responses on ERG (with attenuated rod responses). Linkage was demonstrated between the CRD phenotype and genetic markers from 6p21. Direct sequencing of the RDS gene revealed no disease-causing sequence variations. Sequencing of the GCAP1 gene in the proband detected a C to T missense mutation that would be expected to cause a Leu151Phe change in the GCAP1 protein. This change was present in all 12 affected family members, but absent from 11 unaffected family members, 3 unaffected spouses and 200 unrelated normal subjects. Conclusions: A novel mutation (L151F) in the predicted calcium-binding EF4 hand domain of GCAP1 is associated with autosomal dominant cone-rod dystrophy.

Keywords: genetics • mutations • retinal degenerations: hereditary 
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