Reiff, Charlotte and Owczarek-Lipska, Marta and Spital, Georg and Röger, Carsten and Hinz, Hebke and Jüschke, Christoph and Thiele, Holger and Altmüller, Janine and Nürnberg, Peter and Da Costa, Romain and Neidhardt, John (2016) The mutation p.E113K in the Schiff base counterion of rhodopsin is associated with two distinct retinal phenotypes within the same family. Scientific Reports, 6 (1). ISSN 2045-2322

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Abstract

The diagnoses of retinitis pigmentosa (RP) and stationary night blindness (CSNB) are two distinct clinical entities belonging to a group of clinically and genetically heterogeneous retinal diseases. The current study focused on the identification of causative mutations in the RP-affected index patient and in several members of the same family that reported a phenotype resembling CSNB. Ophthalmological examinations of the index patient confirmed a typical form of RP. In contrast, clinical characterizations and ERGs of another affected family member showed the Riggs-type CSNB lacking signs of RP. Applying whole exome sequencing we detected the non-synonymous substitution c.337G > A, p.E113 K in the rhodopsin (RHO) gene. The mutation co-segregated with the diseases. The identification of the pathogenic variant p.E113 K is the first description of a naturally-occurring mutation in the Schiff base counterion of RHO in human patients. The heterozygous mutation c.337G > A in exon 1 was confirmed in the index patient as well as in five CSNB-affected relatives. This pathogenic sequence change was excluded in a healthy family member and in 199 ethnically matched controls. Our findings suggest that a mutation in the biochemically well-characterized counterion p.E113 in RHO can be associated with RP or Riggs-type CSNB, even within the same family.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	Publiziert mit Hilfe des DFG-geförderten Open Access-Publikationsfonds der Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg.
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Eye diseases, mutation
Subjects:	Technology, medicine, applied sciences > Medicine and health
Divisions:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Department of Human Medicine
Date Deposited:	26 Sep 2017 06:48
Last Modified:	26 Sep 2017 06:48
URI:	https://oops.uni-oldenburg.de/id/eprint/3306
URN:	urn:nbn:de:gbv:715-oops-33871
DOI:	doi:10.1038/srep36208
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