Gelatinous drop-like corneal dystrophy in a child with developmental delay: clinicopathological features and exclusion of the M1S1 gene
| Autor: | Saeed Akhtar, Jeremy A. Guggenheim, X Qin, Anthony J. Bron, R C Creer, Keith M. Meek |
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| Rok vydání: | 2004 |
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Male
Pathology medicine.medical_specialty Amyloid Membrane permeability Developmental Disabilities Locus (genetics) Corneal dystrophy Biology Cornea Stroma Antigens Neoplasm Transforming Growth Factor beta medicine Humans Global developmental delay Microscopy Immunoelectron Corneal Dystrophies Hereditary Extracellular Matrix Proteins Polymorphism Genetic Base Sequence Infant Sequence Analysis DNA medicine.disease Epithelium Pedigree Ophthalmology Lactoferrin medicine.anatomical_structure Gelatinous drop-like corneal dystrophy Female Cell Adhesion Molecules |
| Zdroj: | Eye (London, England). 19(2) |
| ISSN: | 0950-222X |
| Popis: | Gelatinous drop-like corneal dystrophy (GDLD) is an early-onset, autosomal recessive condition characterised by amyloid deposits within the cornea. We report the histopathological and molecular genetic findings in a Caucasian child with GDLD who also exhibited global developmental delay. Bilateral lamellar keratoplasty was carried out at age 6 and 7 years. Tissue was fixed for light and electron microscopy, including immunoelectronmicroscopy. The coding region of the M1S1 gene was screened for mutations in the affected proband and available relatives, using DNA extracted from mouthwashes. Nodular deposits, which were present subepithelially and in the central superficial stroma, stained typically for amyloid with PAS and Congo red. A nodular deposit of amyloid, together with large amounts of lactoferrin and sparse amounts of keratoepithelin (βig-h3), was present in the central superficial stroma, causing destruction of Bowman's layer and elevation of the thinned, degenerate epithelium. Around the deposit zone, the stroma exhibited large numbers of thick filamentous proteoglycan deposits. While the affected child was homozygous for a novel A1133 C single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) that resulted in an aspartic acid to alanine substitution at position 173 of the M1S1 coding sequence, this polymorphism was also found at relatively high frequency in a sample of normal controls, enabling exclusion of the M1S1 gene as the disease locus. Increased epithelial permeability in GDLD may be explained in part by an altered membrane permeability of the superficial epithelial cells. An association with developmental delay has not been reported previously. |
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