A Major Locus for Autosomal Recessive Retinitis Pigmentosa on 6q, Determined by Homozygosity Mapping of Chromosomal Regions That Contain Gamma-aminobutyric Acid-receptor Clusters

Overview

Journal Am J Hum Genet

Publisher Cell Press

Specialty Genetics

Date 1998 Jun 19

PMID 9585594

Citations 17

Authors

A Ruiz

S Borrego

I Marcos

G Antinolo

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Abstract

Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) is the most common inherited retinal dystrophy, with extensive allelic and nonallelic genetic heterogeneity. Autosomal recessive RP (arRP) is the most common form of RP worldwide, with at least nine loci known and accountable for approximately 10%-15% of all cases. Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) is the major inhibitory transmitter in the CNS. Different GABA receptors are expressed in all retinal layers, and inhibition mediated by GABA receptors in the human retina could be related to RP. We have selected chromosomal regions containing genes that encode the different subunits of the GABA receptors, for homozygosity mapping in inbred families affected by arRP. We identify a new locus for arRP, on chromosome 6, between markers D6S257 and D6S1644. Our data suggest that 10%-20% of Spanish families affected by typical arRP could have linkage to this new locus. This region contains subunits GABRR1 and GABRR2 of the GABA-C receptor, which is the effector of lateral inhibition at the retina.

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