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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-3-26
pubmed:abstractText
Purpose. Mutations in the NR2E3 and NRL genes have been implicated in both autosomal dominant and autosomal recessive retinitis pigmentosa (RP). In this study, the mutation profiles of these two genes were investigated in Chinese RP patients. Methods. In 172 RP patients and 360 normal control subjects (180 from Hong Kong and 180 from Beijing), the coding exons and the exon-intron boundaries of NR2E3 and NRL were screened by direct DNA sequencing after PCR. Association analysis was performed for common single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), whereas in silico programs were used for analysis of rare missense variants. Results. In NR2E3, 14 novel sequence changes have been identified. Two missense variants, p.G56R and p.V118M, were exclusively found in RP patients with frequencies at 1.2% (2/172) and 1.7% (3/172), respectively. All five patients were found to be heterozygous for these two mutations. Computational analysis suggested functional defects on the NR2E3 protein, indicating disease-causing roles. The p.E121K variant of NR2E3, which reportedly caused enhanced S-cone syndrome (ESCS) in Caucasians, was found concurrently in RP patients (13.4%) and control subjects from Hong Kong (10.5%) and Beijing (12.8%). In NRL, six novel sequence changes were identified, none of them associated with RP. Conclusions. In this study, NR2E3 mutations (p.G56R, p.V118M) were found to be responsible for approximately 2.9% of overall RP in Chinese patients, comparable to the contributions of RHO and RP1 mutations. The p.E121K in NR2E3 is a common SNP in the Chinese, suggesting another genetic or environmental factor is involved in its causative role in ESCS in Caucasians.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
1552-5783
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
51
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2229-35
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:19933183-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:19933183-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:19933183-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:19933183-Aged, 80 and over, pubmed-meshheading:19933183-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:19933183-Asian Continental Ancestry Group, pubmed-meshheading:19933183-Basic-Leucine Zipper Transcription Factors, pubmed-meshheading:19933183-Child, pubmed-meshheading:19933183-China, pubmed-meshheading:19933183-DNA Mutational Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:19933183-Eye Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:19933183-Female, pubmed-meshheading:19933183-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:19933183-Male, pubmed-meshheading:19933183-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:19933183-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:19933183-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:19933183-Orphan Nuclear Receptors, pubmed-meshheading:19933183-Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:19933183-Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, pubmed-meshheading:19933183-Retinitis Pigmentosa, pubmed-meshheading:19933183-Sequence Analysis, DNA, pubmed-meshheading:19933183-Young Adult
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Association of NR2E3 but not NRL mutations with retinitis pigmentosa in the Chinese population.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't