Recurrent Mutation in the First Zinc Finger of the Orphan Nuclear Receptor NR2E3 Causes Autosomal Dominant Retinitis Pigmentosa
| Autor: | Paul Coucke, Jan Hellemans, Guy Haegeman, Diane Beysen, Frauke Coppieters, Wim Wuyts, Bart P. Leroy, Elfride De Baere, Kirsten Robberecht, Karolien De Bosscher |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
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Retinal degeneration
Male Heterozygote Molecular Sequence Data Mutation Missense Receptors Cytoplasmic and Nuclear Locus (genetics) Biology Belgium Report Retinitis pigmentosa medicine Genetics Missense mutation Humans Genetics(clinical) Amino Acid Sequence Genetics (clinical) Genes Dominant Zinc finger Genetic heterogeneity Chromosome Mapping Heterozygote advantage Zinc Fingers medicine.disease Orphan Nuclear Receptors eye diseases Pedigree Female sense organs Retinal Dystrophies Retinitis Pigmentosa Transcription Factors |
| Zdroj: | The American journal of human genetics |
| ISSN: | 0002-9297 |
| DOI: | 10.1086/518426 |
| Popis: | "Autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa" (adRP) refers to a genetically heterogeneous group of retinal dystrophies, in which 54% of all cases can be attributed to 17 disease loci. Here, we describe the localization and identification of the photoreceptor cell-specific nuclear receptor gene NR2E3 as a novel disease locus and gene for adRP. A heterozygous mutation c.166G--A (p.Gly56Arg) was identified in the first zinc finger of NR2E3 in a large Belgian family affected with adRP. Overall, this missense mutation was found in 3 families affected with adRP among 87 unrelated families with potentially dominant retinal dystrophies (3.4%), of which 47 were affected with RP (6.4%). Interestingly, affected members of these families display a novel recognizable NR2E3-related clinical subtype of adRP. Other mutations of NR2E3 have previously been shown to cause autosomal recessive enhanced S-cone syndrome, a specific retinal phenotype. We propose a different pathogenetic mechanism for these distinct dominant and recessive phenotypes, which may be attributed to the dual key role of NR2E3 in the regulation of photoreceptor-specific genes during rod development and maintenance. |
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