Frequency of CEP290 c.2991_1655A>G mutation in 175 Spanish families affected with Leber congenital amaurosis and early-onset retinitis pigmentosa.

نویسندگان

  • Elena Vallespin
  • Miguel-Angel Lopez-Martinez
  • Diego Cantalapiedra
  • Rosa Riveiro-Alvarez
  • Jana Aguirre-Lamban
  • Almudena Avila-Fernandez
  • Cristina Villaverde
  • Maria-Jose Trujillo-Tiebas
  • Carmen Ayuso
چکیده

PURPOSE Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA) is the most severe inherited retinopathy with the earliest age of onset. To date, eleven genes have been reported to cause the non-syndromic LCA phenotype. The CEP290 gene has been shown to account for Joubert and Senior-Loken syndromes and to represent a frequent cause of non-syndromic LCA. The aim of the present study was to establish the prevalence of CEP290 c.2991_1655A>G in non-syndromic Spanish patients having LCA or early-onset retinitis pigmentosa (RP). METHODS We used automated sequencing to examine 49 non-syndromic Spanish families with LCA and 126 Spanish families with early-onset RP for the CEP290 c.2991_1655A>G mutation. As a control, we recruited 50 unrelated Spanish healthy individuals. RESULTS The frequencies of mutated alleles were 6% in LCA cases and 0% in early-onset RP and healthy individual controls. These results were compared to other populations. CONCLUSIONS The CEP290 c.2991_1655A>G mutation frequency in Spanish non-syndromic LCA families is lower than that of other countries.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Molecular vision

دوره 13  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2007