Comprehensive analysis of genetic variations in strictly-defined Leber congenital amaurosis with whole-exome sequencing in Chinese
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Pei-Quan Zhao. Department of Ophthalmology, Xinhua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200092, China. zhaopeiquan@126.com

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Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.81470642; No.81271045).

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    AIM: To make a comprehensive analysis of the potential pathogenic genes related with Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA) in Chinese. METHODS: LCA subjects and their families were retrospectively collected from 2013 to 2015. Firstly, whole-exome sequencing was performed in patients who had underwent gene mutation screening with nothing found, and then homozygous sites was selected, candidate sites were annotated, and pathogenic analysis was conducted using softwares including Sorting Tolerant from Intolerant (SIFT), Polyphen-2, Mutation assessor, Condel, and Functional Analysis through Hidden Markov Models (FATHMM). Furthermore, Gene Ontology function and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes pathway enrichment analyses of pathogenic genes were performed followed by co-segregation analysis using Fisher exact Test. Sanger sequencing was used to validate single-nucleotide variations (SNVs). Expanded verification was performed in the rest patients. RESULTS: Totally 51 LCA families with 53 patients and 24 family members were recruited. A total of 104 SNVs (66 LCA-related genes and 15 co-segregated genes) were submitted for expand verification. The frequencies of homozygous mutation of KRT12 and CYP1A1 were simultaneously observed in 3 families. Enrichment analysis showed that the potential pathogenic genes were mainly enriched in functions related to cell adhesion, biological adhesion, retinoid metabolic process, and eye development biological adhesion. Additionally, WFS1 and STAU2 had the highest homozygous frequencies. CONCLUSION: LCA is a highly heterogeneous disease. Mutations in KRT12, CYP1A1, WFS1, and STAU2 may be involved in the development of LCA.

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Shi-Yuan Wang, Qi Zhang, Xiang Zhang, et al. Comprehensive analysis of genetic variations in strictly-defined Leber congenital amaurosis with whole-exome sequencing in Chinese. Int J Ophthalmol, 2016,9(9):1260-1264

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  • Received:February 21,2016
  • Revised:March 11,2016
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  • Online: September 12,2016
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