Journal article
Authors list: Zeitz, Christina; Labs, Stephan; Lorenz, Birgit; Forster, Ursula; Ueksti, Janne; Kroes, Hester Y.; De Baere, Elfride; Leroy, Bart P.; Cremers, Frans P. M.; Wittmer, Mariana; van Genderen, Maria M.; Sahel, Jose-Alain; Audo, Isabelle; Poloschek, Charlotte M.; Mohand-Said, Saddek; Fleischhauer, Johannes C.; Hueffmeier, Ulrike; Moskova-Doumanova, Veselina; Levin, Alex V.; Hamel, Christian P.; Leifert, Dorothee; Munier, Francis L.; Schorderet, Daniel F.; Zrenner, Eberhart; Friedburg, Christoph; Wissinger, Bernd; Kohl, Susanne; Berger, Wolfgang
Publication year: 2009
Pages: 5919-5926
Journal: Investigative ophthalmology & visual science
Volume number: 50
Issue number: 12
ISSN: 0146-0404
Open access status: Green
DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1167/iovs.09-3548
Publisher: Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology
PURPOSE. Congenital stationary night blindness (CSNB) is a clinically and genetically heterogeneous retinal disease. Although electroretinographic (ERG) measurements can discriminate clinical subgroups, the identification of the underlying genetic defects has been complicated for CSNB because of genetic heterogeneity, the uncertainty about the mode of inheritance, and time-consuming and costly mutation scanning and direct sequencing approaches. METHODS. To overcome these challenges and to generate a time-and cost-efficient mutation screening tool, the authors developed a CSNB genotyping microarray with arrayed primer extension (APEX) technology. To cover as many mutations as possible, a comprehensive literature search was performed, and DNA samples from a cohort of patients with CSNB were first sequenced directly in known CSNB genes. Subsequently, oligonucleotides were designed representing 126 sequence variations in RHO, CABP4, CACNA1F, CACNA2D4, GNAT1, GRM6, NYX, PDE6B, and SAG and spotted on the chip. RESULTS. Direct sequencing of genes known to be associated with CSNB in the study cohort revealed 21 mutations (12 novel and 9 previously reported). The resultant microarray containing oligonucleotides, which allow to detect 126 known and novel mutations, was 100% effective in determining the expected sequence changes in all known samples assessed. In addition, investigation of 34 patients with CSNB who were previously not genotyped revealed sequence variants in 18%, of which 15% are thought to be disease-causing mutations. CONCLUSIONS. This relatively inexpensive first-pass genetic testing device for patients with a diagnosis of CSNB will improve molecular diagnostics and genetic counseling of patients and their families and gives the opportunity to analyze whether, for example, more progressive disorders such as cone or cone-rod dystrophies underlie the same gene defects. (Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2009;50:5919-5926) DOI:10.1167/iovs.09-3548
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Harvard Citation style: Zeitz, C., Labs, S., Lorenz, B., Forster, U., Ueksti, J., Kroes, H., et al. (2009) Genotyping Microarray for CSNB-Associated Genes, Investigative ophthalmology & visual science, 50(12), pp. 5919-5926. https://doi.org/10.1167/iovs.09-3548
APA Citation style: Zeitz, C., Labs, S., Lorenz, B., Forster, U., Ueksti, J., Kroes, H., De Baere, E., Leroy, B., Cremers, F., Wittmer, M., van Genderen, M., Sahel, J., Audo, I., Poloschek, C., Mohand-Said, S., Fleischhauer, J., Hueffmeier, U., Moskova-Doumanova, V., Levin, A., ...Berger, W. (2009). Genotyping Microarray for CSNB-Associated Genes. Investigative ophthalmology & visual science. 50(12), 5919-5926. https://doi.org/10.1167/iovs.09-3548
Keywords
ARRAYED PRIMER EXTENSION; CACNA1F MUTATIONS; COMPLETE FORM; DYSTROPHY; ELECTRORETINOGRAM; MUTATION DETECTION; STATIONARY NIGHT BLINDNESS
