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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-10-11
pubmed:abstractText
Ten new and seventeen previously reported Enhanced S Cone Syndrome (ESCS) subjects were used to search for genetic heterogeneity. All subjects were diagnosed with ESCS on the basis of clinical, psychophysical and/or electroretinography testing using published criteria. Mutation analysis was performed on the NR2E3 nuclear receptor gene by single strand conformation analysis and direct sequencing, which revealed either homozygous (N=13) or compound heterozygous (N=11) mutations in 24 subjects (89%), heterozygous mutations in 2 subjects (7%) and no mutations in 1 subject (4%). Fifteen different mutations were identified, including six not previously reported. The subject (Patient A) with no detected NR2E3 mutation had features not usually associated with ESCS, in particular moderate rod photoreceptor function in peripheral retina and an abnormally thick retinal nerve fibre layer. Mutation analysis of the NRL, CRX, NR1D1 and THRB genes in this individual revealed a heterozygous one base-pair insertion in exon 2 of the NRL gene, which results in a predicted truncation of the NRL protein. Loss-of-function NRL alleles have not been described previously in humans, but since the same mutation was present in unaffected family members, it raises the possibility that the abnormal ESCS phenotype in Patient A may result from a digenic mechanism, with a heterozygous NRL mutation and a mutation in another unknown gene.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
1098-1004
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 2004 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
24
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
439
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15459973-Abnormalities, Multiple, pubmed-meshheading:15459973-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:15459973-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:15459973-Alleles, pubmed-meshheading:15459973-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:15459973-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:15459973-Basic-Leucine Zipper Transcription Factors, pubmed-meshheading:15459973-DNA Mutational Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:15459973-DNA-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:15459973-Electroretinography, pubmed-meshheading:15459973-Exons, pubmed-meshheading:15459973-Eye Diseases, pubmed-meshheading:15459973-Eye Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:15459973-Female, pubmed-meshheading:15459973-Genetic Heterogeneity, pubmed-meshheading:15459973-Genetic Testing, pubmed-meshheading:15459973-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:15459973-Male, pubmed-meshheading:15459973-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:15459973-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:15459973-Orphan Nuclear Receptors, pubmed-meshheading:15459973-Phenotype, pubmed-meshheading:15459973-Polymorphism, Single-Stranded Conformational, pubmed-meshheading:15459973-Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear, pubmed-meshheading:15459973-Syndrome, pubmed-meshheading:15459973-Transcription Factors
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Mutation analysis of NR2E3 and NRL genes in Enhanced S Cone Syndrome.
pubmed:affiliation
MRC Human Genetics Unit, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, United Kingdom. alan.wright@hgu.mrc.uk
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural