Searching the Second Hit in Patients with Inherited Retinal Dystrophies and Monoallelic Variants in ABCA4, USH2A and CEP290 by Whole-gene Targeted Sequencing

Overview

Journal Sci Rep

Specialty Science

Date 2018 Sep 8

PMID 30190494

Citations 15

Authors

Maria Gonzalez-Del Pozo

Marta Martin-Sanchez

Nereida Bravo-Gil

Cristina Mendez-Vidal

Angel Chimenea

Enrique Rodriguez-de la Rua

Salud Borrego

Guillermo Antinolo

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Abstract

Inherited Retinal Dystrophies are clinically and genetically heterogeneous disorders affecting the photoreceptors. Although NGS has shown to be helpful for the molecular diagnosis of these conditions, some cases remain unsolved. Among these, several individuals harboured monoallelic variants in a recessive gene, suggesting that a comprehensive screening could improve the overall diagnosis. In order to assess the contribution of non-coding variations in a cohort of 29 patients, 25 of them with monoallelic mutations, we performed targeted NGS. The design comprised the entire genomic sequence of three genes (USH2A, ABCA4 and CEP290), the coding exons of 76 genes and two disease-associated intronic regions in OFD1 and PRPF31. As a result, likely causative mutations (8 novel) were identified in 17 probands (diagnostic rate: 58.62%), including two copy-number variations in USH2A (one deletion of exons 22-55 and one duplication of exons 46-47). Possibly damaging deep-intronic mutations were identified in one family, and another with a monoallelic variant harboured causal mutations in a different locus. In conclusion, due to the high prevalence of carriers of IRD mutations and the results obtained here, sequencing entire genes do not seem to be the approach of choice for detecting the second hit in IRD patients with monoallelic variants.

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