Molecular genetic analysis of pakistani families with autosomal recessive congenital cataracts by homozygosity screening

Jianjun Chen, Qiwei Wang, Patricia E. Cabrera, Zilin Zhong, Wenmin Sun, Xiaodong Jiao, Yabin Chen, Gowthaman Govindarajan, Muhammad Asif Naeem, Shaheen N. Khan, Muhammad Hassaan Ali, Muhammad Zaman Assir, Fawad Ur Rahman, Zaheeruddin A. Qazi, Sheikh Riazuddin, Javed Akram, S. Amer Riazuddin, J. Fielding Hejtmancik

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Abstract

PURPOSE. To identify the genetic origins of autosomal recessive congenital cataracts (arCC) in the Pakistani population. METHODS. Based on the hypothesis that most arCC patients in consanguineous families in the Punjab areas of Pakistan should be homozygous for causative mutations, affected individuals were screened for homozygosity of nearby highly informative microsatellite markers and then screened for pathogenic mutations by DNA sequencing. A total of 83 unmapped consanguineous families were screened for mutations in 33 known candidate genes. RESULTS. Patients in 32 arCC families were homozygous for markers near at least 1 of the 33 known CC genes. Sequencing the included genes revealed homozygous cosegregating sequence changes in 10 families, 2 of which had the same variation. These included five missense, one nonsense, two frame shift, and one splice site mutations, eight of which were novel, in EPHA2, FOXE3, FYCO1, TDRD7, MIP, GALK1, and CRYBA4. CONCLUSIONS. The above results confirm the usefulness of homozygosity mapping for identifying genetic defects underlying autosomal recessive disorders in consanguineous families. In our ongoing study of arCC in Pakistan, including 83 arCC families that underwent homozygosity mapping, 3 mapped using genome-wide linkage analysis in unpublished data, and 30 previously reported families, mutations were detected in approximately 37.1% (43/ 116) of all families studied, suggesting that additional genes might be responsible in the remaining families. The most commonly mutated gene was FYCO1 (14%), followed by CRYBB3 (5.2%), GALK1 (3.5%), and EPHA2 (2.6%). This provides the first comprehensive description of the genetic architecture of arCC in the Pakistani population.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)2207-2217
Number of pages11
JournalInvestigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science
Volume58
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 2017

Keywords

  • Autosomal recessive congenital cataracts
  • Consanguineous
  • Genetic analysis
  • Homozygosity mapping

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Ophthalmology
  • Sensory Systems
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience

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