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A novel mutation in the NR2E3 gene associated with Goldmann-Favre syndrome and vasoproliferative tumor of the retina

PURPOSE: Various autosomal recessive retinal dystrophies are reported to be associated with mutations in nuclear receptor subfamily 2, group E, member 3 (NR2E3, also called PNR) gene. The present study proposed to understand the clinical and genetic characteristics of the family of a patient with an...

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Autores principales: Manayath, George J., Namburi, Prasanthi, Periasamy, Sundaresan, Kale, Jeevan A., Narendran, Venkatapathy, Ganesh, Anuradha
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Publicado: Molecular Vision 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4039415/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24891813
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author Manayath, George J.
Namburi, Prasanthi
Periasamy, Sundaresan
Kale, Jeevan A.
Narendran, Venkatapathy
Ganesh, Anuradha
author_facet Manayath, George J.
Namburi, Prasanthi
Periasamy, Sundaresan
Kale, Jeevan A.
Narendran, Venkatapathy
Ganesh, Anuradha
author_sort Manayath, George J.
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description PURPOSE: Various autosomal recessive retinal dystrophies are reported to be associated with mutations in nuclear receptor subfamily 2, group E, member 3 (NR2E3, also called PNR) gene. The present study proposed to understand the clinical and genetic characteristics of the family of a patient with an ocular phenotype consistent with Goldmann-Favre syndrome (GFS) and vasoproliferative tumors of the retina (VPTRs). METHODS: Twelve family members of the proband from three generations underwent complete ophthalmic examination, including best-corrected visual acuity with Snellen optotypes, tonometry, biomicroscopic examination, indirect ophthalmoscopy after pupillary dilatation, computerized perimetry, optical coherence tomography, fundus photography, intravenous fluorescein angiography, and electroretinography (ERG). All the study subjects underwent genetic analysis of the entire coding region of the NR2E3 gene with the bidirectional DNA sequencing approach. Hundred healthy individuals were screened for the variant. RESULTS: The phenotype of the proband had features of GFS with VPTRs. The tumors showed complete resolution with cryotherapy and transpupillary thermotherapy (TTT). Sequencing of the entire coding region of the NR2E3 gene in the proband revealed a novel homozygous c.1117 A>G variant that led to the amino acid change from aspartic acid to glycine at position 406 (p.D406G). This change was present in the homozygous state in affected family members and in the heterozygous state in unaffected family members, and was undetectable in the control subjects. The identified novel p.D406G homozygous mutation was at an evolutionarily highly conserved region and may possibly affect the protein function (Sorting Intolerant From Tolerant [SIFT] score = 0.00). CONCLUSIONS: Patients with GFS may present with retinal VPTRs that respond to therapy with cryotherapy and TTT. Molecular genetic studies helped to identify a novel p.D406G mutation in the affected members, which will aid in confirming the diagnosis, for genetic counseling of family members and potentially provide some form of therapy for the affected patients.
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spelling pubmed-40394152014-06-02 A novel mutation in the NR2E3 gene associated with Goldmann-Favre syndrome and vasoproliferative tumor of the retina Manayath, George J. Namburi, Prasanthi Periasamy, Sundaresan Kale, Jeevan A. Narendran, Venkatapathy Ganesh, Anuradha Mol Vis Research Article PURPOSE: Various autosomal recessive retinal dystrophies are reported to be associated with mutations in nuclear receptor subfamily 2, group E, member 3 (NR2E3, also called PNR) gene. The present study proposed to understand the clinical and genetic characteristics of the family of a patient with an ocular phenotype consistent with Goldmann-Favre syndrome (GFS) and vasoproliferative tumors of the retina (VPTRs). METHODS: Twelve family members of the proband from three generations underwent complete ophthalmic examination, including best-corrected visual acuity with Snellen optotypes, tonometry, biomicroscopic examination, indirect ophthalmoscopy after pupillary dilatation, computerized perimetry, optical coherence tomography, fundus photography, intravenous fluorescein angiography, and electroretinography (ERG). All the study subjects underwent genetic analysis of the entire coding region of the NR2E3 gene with the bidirectional DNA sequencing approach. Hundred healthy individuals were screened for the variant. RESULTS: The phenotype of the proband had features of GFS with VPTRs. The tumors showed complete resolution with cryotherapy and transpupillary thermotherapy (TTT). Sequencing of the entire coding region of the NR2E3 gene in the proband revealed a novel homozygous c.1117 A>G variant that led to the amino acid change from aspartic acid to glycine at position 406 (p.D406G). This change was present in the homozygous state in affected family members and in the heterozygous state in unaffected family members, and was undetectable in the control subjects. The identified novel p.D406G homozygous mutation was at an evolutionarily highly conserved region and may possibly affect the protein function (Sorting Intolerant From Tolerant [SIFT] score = 0.00). CONCLUSIONS: Patients with GFS may present with retinal VPTRs that respond to therapy with cryotherapy and TTT. Molecular genetic studies helped to identify a novel p.D406G mutation in the affected members, which will aid in confirming the diagnosis, for genetic counseling of family members and potentially provide some form of therapy for the affected patients. Molecular Vision 2014-05-29 /pmc/articles/PMC4039415/ /pubmed/24891813 Text en Copyright © 2014 Molecular Vision. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, used for non-commercial purposes, and is not altered or transformed.
spellingShingle Research Article
Manayath, George J.
Namburi, Prasanthi
Periasamy, Sundaresan
Kale, Jeevan A.
Narendran, Venkatapathy
Ganesh, Anuradha
A novel mutation in the NR2E3 gene associated with Goldmann-Favre syndrome and vasoproliferative tumor of the retina
title A novel mutation in the NR2E3 gene associated with Goldmann-Favre syndrome and vasoproliferative tumor of the retina
title_full A novel mutation in the NR2E3 gene associated with Goldmann-Favre syndrome and vasoproliferative tumor of the retina
title_fullStr A novel mutation in the NR2E3 gene associated with Goldmann-Favre syndrome and vasoproliferative tumor of the retina
title_full_unstemmed A novel mutation in the NR2E3 gene associated with Goldmann-Favre syndrome and vasoproliferative tumor of the retina
title_short A novel mutation in the NR2E3 gene associated with Goldmann-Favre syndrome and vasoproliferative tumor of the retina
title_sort novel mutation in the nr2e3 gene associated with goldmann-favre syndrome and vasoproliferative tumor of the retina
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4039415/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24891813
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