RPE65 gene: multiplex PCR and mutation screening in patients from India with retinal degenerative diseases |
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Authors: | Joseph Biju Srinivasan Anuradha Soumittra Nagasamy Vidhya Authiappan Shetty Nitin Sridhara Uthra Satagopan Kumaramanickavel Govindasamy |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Medical Retina, Medical and Vision Research Foundations, Sankara Nethralaya, 600 006 Chennai, India;(2) Department of Genetics and Molecular Biology, Medical and Vision Research Foundations, Sankara Nethralaya, 600 006 Chennai, India |
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Abstract: | We used multiplex PCR followed by sequencing to screen for mutations in the 14 exons of theRPE65 gene in early-hildhood-onset autosomal recessive retinitis pigmentosa (arRP) and Leber’s congenital amaurosis (LCA) patients. The RPE65 protein is believed to play an important role in the metabolism of vitamin A in the visual cycle and mutations identified in the gene could have implications for vitamin A-based therapeutic intervention. We were able to identify a homozygous mutation (AAT → AAG) in exon 9 in an arRP patient and a heterozygous missense transversion (AAT → AAG) also in exon 9 of an LCA patient. We also identified a polymorphism in exon 10 (GAG → GAA) in an arRP as well as an LCA patient. Mutation screening would be greatly facilitated by multiplex PCR which could cut down costs, labour and time involved. The nucleotide changes observed in this study could bede novo. Though a larger study has been undertaken, from the preliminary results it appears that in India theRPE65 gene seems to be less involved in causation of LCA. |
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Keywords: | RPE65 multiplex PCR retinal degenerative disease |
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