Ophthalmic GeneticsPub Date : 2024-12-01Epub Date: 2024-08-15DOI: 10.1080/13816810.2024.2371875
Blake M Hauser, Emily Place, Rachel Huckfeldt, Demetrios G Vavvas
{"title":"A novel homozygous nonsense variant in <i>CABP4</i> causing stationary cone/rod synaptic dysfunction.","authors":"Blake M Hauser, Emily Place, Rachel Huckfeldt, Demetrios G Vavvas","doi":"10.1080/13816810.2024.2371875","DOIUrl":"10.1080/13816810.2024.2371875","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Variants in the <i>CABP4</i> gene cause a phenotype to be included in the spectrum of congenital stationary night blindness, though some reports suggest that the clinical abnormalities are more accurately categorized as a synaptic disease of the cones and rods. We report a novel homozygous nonsense variant in <i>CABP4</i> in a patient complaining of non-progressive reduced visual acuity and photophobia but not nyctalopia.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Complete ocular examination, fundus photographs, autofluorescence, optical coherence tomography, electroretinography, and targeted sequencing of known inherited retinal disease-associated genes.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A 25-year-old man monitored for 13 years complains of a lifelong history of stable reduced visual acuity (20/150), impaired color vision (1 of 14 plates), small-amplitude nystagmus, and photophobia without nyctalopia. He is also hyperopic (+7D), and his electroretinography shows significantly reduced rod and cone responses. Targeted genetic analysis revealed a novel homozygous variant in the <i>CABP4</i> gene at c.181C>T, p. (Gln61*) underlying his clinical presentation.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>A novel variant in <i>CABP4</i> is associated with stationary cone and rod dysfunction resulting in decreased acuity, color deficit, and photophobia, but not nyctalopia.</p>","PeriodicalId":19594,"journal":{"name":"Ophthalmic Genetics","volume":" ","pages":"640-645"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11629301/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141988547","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ophthalmic GeneticsPub Date : 2024-12-01Epub Date: 2024-07-17DOI: 10.1080/13816810.2024.2374886
Shreya Sirivolu, Michael J Schmidt, Rishvanth K Prabakar, Peter Kuhn, James Hicks, Jesse L Berry, Liya Xu
{"title":"Single-cell somatic copy number alteration profiling of vitreous humor seeds in retinoblastoma.","authors":"Shreya Sirivolu, Michael J Schmidt, Rishvanth K Prabakar, Peter Kuhn, James Hicks, Jesse L Berry, Liya Xu","doi":"10.1080/13816810.2024.2374886","DOIUrl":"10.1080/13816810.2024.2374886","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Heterogeneity can impact biomarker identification. Thus, we investigated the somatic copy number alterations (SCNAs) of individual tumor cells in the vitreous humor of a retinoblastoma patient using single-cell whole-genome profiling and explored the genomic concordance among vitreous and aqueous humor, vitreous seeds, and tumor.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Aqueous humor (AH), vitreous humor (VH), and tumor biopsy were obtained from an enucleated globe with retinoblastoma and vitreous seeding. Micromanipulation was used to manually isolate 39 live single tumor cells from vitreous seeds harvested from the VH. The SCNA profiles of these individual cells were generated via whole-genome sequencing and analyzed alongside profiles from the tumor mass and cell-free DNA (cfDNA) from AH and VH.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Heatmap of VH single-cell SCNA profiles demonstrates heterogeneity among individual vitreous seeds with one clearly dominant subclone (23 of 37 cells). The SCNA profiles from the cells in this subclone demonstrate an average concordance of 98% with cfDNA profiles from acellular AH and VH and with the tumor profile.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Our findings reveal some heterogeneity among single-cell SCNA profiles in individual VH seeds. Despite this heterogeneity, the dominant vitreous subclone exhibits extremely (>98%) high concordance with the SCNA profile from tumor and AH, suggesting AH cfDNA is representative of the dominant genomic subclone. This may facilitate tumoral biomarker identification via the AH. This preliminary work supports the potential of applying single-cell technology to VH seeds in retinoblastoma as a platform to study tumor subclones, which may provide insight into the genomic complexity of disease.</p>","PeriodicalId":19594,"journal":{"name":"Ophthalmic Genetics","volume":" ","pages":"646-649"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11598666/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141627239","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ophthalmic GeneticsPub Date : 2024-12-01Epub Date: 2024-07-03DOI: 10.1080/13816810.2024.2373248
Vanita Berry, Manav B Ponnekanti, Nikolas Pontikos, Roy A Quinlan, Michel Michaelides
{"title":"A novel frameshift variant in <i>BCOR</i> causes congenital nuclear cataract.","authors":"Vanita Berry, Manav B Ponnekanti, Nikolas Pontikos, Roy A Quinlan, Michel Michaelides","doi":"10.1080/13816810.2024.2373248","DOIUrl":"10.1080/13816810.2024.2373248","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>BCL6 co-repressor (<i>BCOR</i>) gene variants are involved in oculofaciocardiodental (OFCD) syndrome, acute myeloid leukaemia, renal tumours, and photoreceptor degenerative diseases. Here, we describe a British family with a pathogenic heterozygous variant in the <i>BCOR</i> gene causing congenital nuclear cataract.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Whole-exome sequencing was conducted on an individual affected by X-linked dominant congenital cataract in a three-generation family to establish the underlying genetic basis. Bioinformatics analysis confirmed the variants with damaging pathogenicity scores.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A novel likely pathogenic frameshift variant <i>BCOR</i> NM_001123385.1: c.3621del; p.Lys1207AsnfsTer31, was identified and found to co-segregate with the disease in this family.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This is apparently the first report of a variant in <i>BCOR</i> causing X-linked dominant congenital cataract which is potentially isolated or presenting with a remarkably mild systemic phenotype. Our findings extend the genetic basis for congenital cataract and add to the phenotypic spectrum of <i>BCOR</i> variants.</p>","PeriodicalId":19594,"journal":{"name":"Ophthalmic Genetics","volume":" ","pages":"591-595"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11614040/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141492862","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ophthalmic GeneticsPub Date : 2024-12-01Epub Date: 2024-08-15DOI: 10.1080/13816810.2024.2390008
Alice A Beneke, Jon D Wiese, Kevin T Root, Kamil Taneja, Casey J Beal
{"title":"Lack of genetic association of non-melanoma skin cancer and pseudoexfoliative glaucoma.","authors":"Alice A Beneke, Jon D Wiese, Kevin T Root, Kamil Taneja, Casey J Beal","doi":"10.1080/13816810.2024.2390008","DOIUrl":"10.1080/13816810.2024.2390008","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Prior research has shown a positive association of pseudoexfoliative glaucoma (PXG) in patients with non-melanoma skin cancer (NMSC), likely due to an increase in ultraviolet exposure associated with both. However, the role of NMSC as a genetic risk factor for PXG has not been examined. Thus, the goal of this study is to utilize Mendelian randomization with genome-wide association studies to evaluate for genetic causality while controlling for environmental confounders.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We conducted a MR using the inverse variance weighted method (MR-IVW) as our primary analysis. Genomic data was sourced from GWASs for patients with NMSC (10,382 cases, 208,410 controls) and PXG (1,515 cases and 210,201 controls), originating from the FinnGen Biobank.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Despite previous association of history of NMSC with occurrence of PXG, we found no evidence for a causal association between SNPs associated with NMSC and risk of PXG following MR analysis (MR-IVW, odds ratio (OR): 0.98, 95% CI: 0.85-1.14, P = 0.87).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Here, we found no evidence for a causal association between SNPs associated with NMSC and the risk of PXG following a MR analysis.</p>","PeriodicalId":19594,"journal":{"name":"Ophthalmic Genetics","volume":" ","pages":"623-625"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141988549","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ophthalmic GeneticsPub Date : 2024-12-01Epub Date: 2024-09-12DOI: 10.1080/13816810.2024.2402534
Yiyun Zhou, Tarek Saad Shoala, Antonie D Kline, Clair A Francomano, Mary Louise Z Collins, Marcia Ferguson, Jennifer Billiet, Janet S Sunness, Michelle Bianchi, Sharon Payne, Bin Guan, Sairah Yousaf, Alex V Levin
{"title":"Ophthalmic findings in Alström syndrome.","authors":"Yiyun Zhou, Tarek Saad Shoala, Antonie D Kline, Clair A Francomano, Mary Louise Z Collins, Marcia Ferguson, Jennifer Billiet, Janet S Sunness, Michelle Bianchi, Sharon Payne, Bin Guan, Sairah Yousaf, Alex V Levin","doi":"10.1080/13816810.2024.2402534","DOIUrl":"10.1080/13816810.2024.2402534","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Importance: </strong>Alström syndrome is a rare genetic disorder characterized by retinopathy and has life-threatening complications. Alström syndrome is frequently misdiagnosed or confused with other early childhood disorders with retinopathy. Understanding the spectrum of ocular manifestations of Alström syndrome is essential for ophthalmologists to recognize the cause and institute-appropriate care for this disorder that requires multidisciplinary attention.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To quantify and summarize the common ocular findings of Alström syndrome.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>Case series, clinical exam data obtained from 2015 to 2023.</p><p><strong>Setting: </strong>Semiannual multidisciplinary Alström syndrome clinics (2015-2023) at the Greater Baltimore Medical Center (GBMC), organized by Alström Syndrome International (ASI).</p><p><strong>Participants: </strong>Forty-eight patients (38 children, 10 adults) with a known diagnosis of Alström syndrome participated in the semiannual multidisciplinary Alström syndrome clinics. Patients apply to be seen and are accepted based on need and capacity.</p><p><strong>Intervention(s) or exposure(s): </strong>Not applicable.</p><p><strong>Main outcome(s) and measure(s): </strong>Clinical ocular findings.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Participants in this study had a median age of 8 years (15 months to 42 years). Visual acuity and progression of vision loss varied. The youngest patient who was legally blind was 2 years old. The oldest patient who maintained useful vision was 7 years old. All patients 8 years old or older were legally blind. Nystagmus (94%, 45 of 48) and photophobia (73%, 35 of 48) were the most common first presenting ocular symptoms in childhood. Retinal vascular attenuation (91%, 40 of 44) and retinal internal limiting membrane changes (68%, 30 of 44) were the most commonly documented retinal findings in both children and adults followed by optic nerve (ON) pallor and retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) mottling. Less than half of the children had ON pallor (38%, 14 of 37) and RPEmottling (38%, 14 of 37), while all adults had these two findings (100%, 7 of 7). Retinal pigment clumps were not common in children (11%, 4 of 37), while common in adults (86%, 6 of 7).</p><p><strong>Conclusions and relevance: </strong>Knowledge of these ocular findings is key to promptly recognize Alström syndrome. The ocular phenotype of Alström syndrome is largely dependent on age, suggesting that low vision interventions and potential gene-based therapeutics should target children with this disorder.</p>","PeriodicalId":19594,"journal":{"name":"Ophthalmic Genetics","volume":" ","pages":"596-601"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142292797","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Janice Min Li, Erika Tavares, Jacque L Duncan, Ajoy Vincent, Elise Héon
{"title":"Novel <i>BBS1</i> deletion and <i>BBS9</i> nonsense pathogenic variant in Bardet-Biedl syndrome.","authors":"Janice Min Li, Erika Tavares, Jacque L Duncan, Ajoy Vincent, Elise Héon","doi":"10.1080/13816810.2024.2434039","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13816810.2024.2434039","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS) is a rare syndromic ciliopathy characterized with retinal degeneration and a broad range of systemic features. Twenty-six BBS-associated genes have been identified to date and clinical genetic testing resolves around 80% of the cases. Two BBS cases unsolved by clinical genetic testing were recruited to identify causative variants using next-generation sequencing.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Genomic DNA of the probands from both families was extracted from peripheral blood. Whole genome or exome sequencing results were analyzed with comprehensive variant filtering on structural variants, single nucleotide variants (SNVs), insertions/deletions (indels).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Family 1: A novel rare deletion NM_024649.5(<i>BBS1</i>): c.830 + 554_1110 + 1052del; p.(Asp278Metfs*3) was identified in the female proband in trans with a known pathogenic missense variant p.(Met390Arg). This 3k base pair (bp) deletion was predicted to cause a loss in exons 10-11, resulting in a premature stop codon. Family 2: Variant filtering in the male proband identified two rare (gnomAD AF < 0.01%) nonsense SNVs in trans in <i>BBS9</i>, NM_198428.3: c.724 G>T; p.(Gly242*) and c.966 G>A; p.(Trp322*), one of them being a novel pathogenic variant.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>All the novel variants identified fell into the pathogenic variant classification following ACMG/AMP criteria. This report highlights the role of whole exome and genome sequencing in unsolved cases.</p>","PeriodicalId":19594,"journal":{"name":"Ophthalmic Genetics","volume":" ","pages":"1-7"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142770977","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ophthalmic GeneticsPub Date : 2024-12-01Epub Date: 2024-08-29DOI: 10.1080/13816810.2024.2390021
M Girón-Ortega, M J Morillo Sánchez, M Soto-Sierra, M Mena, G Antinolo, M Ramos-Jiménez, M López-Domínguez, E Rodríguez-de-la-Rúa
{"title":"Atypical fundoscopic manifestation with good visual prognosis in familial hypomagnesemia with hypercalciuria and nephrocalcinosis.","authors":"M Girón-Ortega, M J Morillo Sánchez, M Soto-Sierra, M Mena, G Antinolo, M Ramos-Jiménez, M López-Domínguez, E Rodríguez-de-la-Rúa","doi":"10.1080/13816810.2024.2390021","DOIUrl":"10.1080/13816810.2024.2390021","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Pathogenic variants in the CLDN19 gene are responsible for Familial Hypomagnesemia with Hypercalciuria and Nephrocalcinosis (FHHNC) with ocular pathology (MIM *248190). Our objective was to delineate the ophthalmological and genetic manifestations of a patient with FHHNC and a pathogenic variant in <i>CLDN19</i>.</p><p><strong>Case report: </strong>A 25-year-old woman presented with renal involvement and a best-corrected visual acuity of 20/25 in the right eye and finger-counting ability in the left eye. The patient exhibited high myopia, convergent strabismus, and chorioretinal atrophic plaques in the perifoveal and peripapillary areas. We conducted a comprehensive ophthalmological examination, including refraction, fundoscopy, color and autofluorescence retinography, optical coherence tomography, and electrophysiology tests. Additionally, next-generation sequencing was performed using Illumina NextSeq500. We identified a homozygous missense variant, c.59G>A p.Gly20Asp, in the <i>CLDN19</i> gene as the cause of renal and ocular manifestations.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>FHHNC is associated with various ocular alterations. The unique retinal disorders described in this article suggest a more favorable visual prognosis compared to those previously reported in the literature. Determining the phenotypic diversity of this disease may aid in the diagnosis and management of future cases.</p>","PeriodicalId":19594,"journal":{"name":"Ophthalmic Genetics","volume":" ","pages":"663-667"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142110484","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ophthalmic GeneticsPub Date : 2024-12-01Epub Date: 2024-10-15DOI: 10.1080/13816810.2024.2411257
Goura Chattannavar, Marina Ger, Jeyapoorani Balasubramanian, Sohini Mandal, Subhadra Jalali, Brijesh Takkar, Phattrawan Pisuchpen, Thales A C de Guimaraes, Jenina E Capasso, Srikanta Kumar Padhy, Alex V Levin
{"title":"Bardet-Biedl syndrome with chorioretinal coloboma: a case series and review of literature.","authors":"Goura Chattannavar, Marina Ger, Jeyapoorani Balasubramanian, Sohini Mandal, Subhadra Jalali, Brijesh Takkar, Phattrawan Pisuchpen, Thales A C de Guimaraes, Jenina E Capasso, Srikanta Kumar Padhy, Alex V Levin","doi":"10.1080/13816810.2024.2411257","DOIUrl":"10.1080/13816810.2024.2411257","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Bardet-Biedl Syndrome (BBS) is a ciliopathy causing developmental defects and progressive retinal dystrophy, whereas choroidal coloboma is a developmental defect causing structural deficiency in the posterior retina. Both are rarely reported together.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Here, we describe the phenotype and genotype of three unrelated patients with co-occurrence of Bardet-Biedl Syndrome and chorioretinal coloboma and review the pertinent literature.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We describe three unrelated patients, with variable clinical features of Bardet Biedl syndrome. None had family history of BBS or coloboma. Each carried biallelic variants in <i>BBS1</i>, <i>BBS9</i> and <i>TTC8</i> gene, respectively. Two had unilateral chorioretinal coloboma, while one had bilateral chorioretinal coloboma.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>Although there may be other explanatory factors yet to be revealed, our data suggests that chorioretinal coloboma may be associated with BBS. The Hedgehog (Hh) signaling pathway, an intercellular communicator for development of the eye, is dependent on the primary cilia and plays a crucial role in the closure of the optic fissure. Both disorders therefore involve disruption of primary cilia function which may explain their association.</p>","PeriodicalId":19594,"journal":{"name":"Ophthalmic Genetics","volume":" ","pages":"616-622"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142471637","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ophthalmic GeneticsPub Date : 2024-12-01Epub Date: 2024-09-04DOI: 10.1080/13816810.2024.2388579
David H Abramson
{"title":"What have we learned about intraarterial chemotherapy (Ophthalmic Artery Chemosurgery) for retinoblastoma in the past 18 years? The third A. Linn Murphree Lecture.","authors":"David H Abramson","doi":"10.1080/13816810.2024.2388579","DOIUrl":"10.1080/13816810.2024.2388579","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Intraarterial chemotherapy (Ophthalmic Artery Chemosurgery/OAC) for retinoblastoma has transformed management of retinoblastoma worldwide since Pierre Gobin MD and I introduced it in 2006. Case reports, institutional series, meta-analyses, and randomized trials have validated its effectiveness and safety. It allows more eyes to be saved (at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) as a result, we have gone from removing 96% of retinoblastoma eyes that presented with leukocoria (comparable to modern day International Classification \"D\" and \"E\" eyes) to saving 95% of these eyes with primary OAC management allows the majority of advanced intraocular eyes to be salvaged (both \"D\" and \"E\" eyes) prior to the chemoreduction era to saving 95% of these eyes with primary OAC management. OAC attains cures faster than intravenous protocols, has fewer systemic side effects, and is overall cheaper than intravenous approaches (because of the absence of side effects which are the main driver of cost in pediatric oncology). Unlike systemic chemotherapy no ports are needed (and no removal of ports for life threatening infections), it does not alter the immune system (so children can be immunized), it does not affect patient growth (and children who had received systemic chemotherapy catch up in growth during OAC), it does not affect hearing (which systemic Carboplatin does-especially in children <6 months of age), it eliminates the second cancers caused by radiation and systemic chemotherapy and does not compromise survival with all series showing patient survival >98%.</p>","PeriodicalId":19594,"journal":{"name":"Ophthalmic Genetics","volume":" ","pages":"551-557"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142133394","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ophthalmic GeneticsPub Date : 2024-12-01Epub Date: 2024-09-04DOI: 10.1080/13816810.2024.2369271
Grace A Borchert, Morag E Shanks, Jennifer Whitfield, Penny Clouston, Shabnam Raji, Sian Sperring, Jennifer A Thompson, Kanmin Xue, Samantha R De Silva, Susan M Downes, Robert E MacLaren, Jasmina Cehajic-Kapetanovic
{"title":"Expanding the genotypic and phenotypic spectra with a novel variant in the ciliopathy gene, <i>CFAP410</i>, associated with selective cone degeneration.","authors":"Grace A Borchert, Morag E Shanks, Jennifer Whitfield, Penny Clouston, Shabnam Raji, Sian Sperring, Jennifer A Thompson, Kanmin Xue, Samantha R De Silva, Susan M Downes, Robert E MacLaren, Jasmina Cehajic-Kapetanovic","doi":"10.1080/13816810.2024.2369271","DOIUrl":"10.1080/13816810.2024.2369271","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong><i>CFAP410</i> (Cilia and Flagella Associated Protein 410) encodes a protein that has an important role in the development and function of cilia. In ophthalmology, pathogenic variants in <i>CFAP410</i> have been described in association with cone rod dystrophy, retinitis pigmentosa, with or without macular staphyloma, or with systemic abnormalities such as skeletal dysplasia and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Herein, we report a consanguineous family with a novel homozygous <i>CFAP410</i> c.335_346del variant with cone only degeneration and no systemic features.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A retrospective analysis of ophthalmic history, examination, retinal imaging, electrophysiology and microperimetry was performed as well as genetic testing with <i>in silico</i> pathogenicity predictions and a literature review.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A systemically well 28-year-old female of Pakistani ethnicity with parental consanguinity and no relevant family history, presented with childhood-onset poor central vision and photophobia. Best-corrected visual acuity and colour vision were reduced (0.5 LogMAR, 6/17 Ishihara plates (right) and 0.6 LogMAR, 3/17 Ishihara plates (left). Fundus examination showed no pigmentary retinopathy, no macular staphyloma and autofluorescence was unremarkable. Optical coherence tomography showed subtle signs of intermittent disruption of the ellipsoid zone. Microperimetry demonstrated a reduction in central retinal sensitivity. Electrodiagnostic testing confirmed a reduction in cone-driven responses. Whole-genome sequencing identified an in-frame homozygous deletion of 12 base pairs at c.335_346del in <i>CFAP410</i>.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The non-syndromic cone dystrophy phenotype reported herein expands the genotypic and phenotypic spectra of <i>CFAP410</i>-associated ciliopathies and highlights the need for light of potential future genetic therapies.</p>","PeriodicalId":19594,"journal":{"name":"Ophthalmic Genetics","volume":" ","pages":"633-639"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11614046/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142133393","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}