Foveal pit morphological changes in asymptomatic carriers of the G11778A mutation with Leber’s hereditary optic neuropathy
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Yi-Min Yuan. School of Ophthalmology and Optometry and Eye Hospital, Wenzhou Medical University, 270 Xueyuan Road, Wenzhou 325027, Zhejiang Province, China. yuanyimin1226@hotmail.com

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Supported by Wenzhou Technology Program (No.Y20160148).

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    AIM: To investigate the foveal pit morphology changes in unaffected carriers and affected Leber’s hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON) patients with the G11778A mutation from one family. METHODS: This study was a prospective cross-sectional study. Both eyes from 16 family members (age from 9 to 47y) with the G11778A mutation were analyzed and compared with 1 eye from 20 normal control subjects. Eleven family members with the G11778A mutation but without optic neuropathy were classified as unaffected carriers (n=22 eyes). Five family members (n=10 eyes) expressed the LHON phenotype and were classified as affected patients. Retinal images of all the subjects were taken by optical coherence tomography (OCT), and an automatic algorithm was used to segment the retina to eight layers. Horizontal and vertical OCT images centered on the fovea were used to measure intra-retinal layer thicknesses and foveal morphometry. RESULTS: Thicker foveal thickness, thinner foveal pit depth, and flatter foveal slopes were observed in unaffected carriers and affected LHON patients (all P<0.001). Further, the slopes of all four sectors in the LHON were flatter than those in the unaffected carriers (all P<0.001). Compared with the control group, affected LHON patients had a thinner retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL), ganglion cell layer and inner plexiform layer (GCL+IPL), and total retina (all P<0.01). The retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) of affected patients was 38.0% thinner than that of controls while the GCL+IPL was 40.1% thinner. CONCLUSION: The foveal pit morphology shows changes in both unaffected carriers and affects patients. RNFL and GCL+IPL are thinner in affected LHON patients but not in unaffected carriers.

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Xin-Ting Liu, Mei-Xiao Shen, Chong Chen, et al. Foveal pit morphological changes in asymptomatic carriers of the G11778A mutation with Leber’s hereditary optic neuropathy. Int J Ophthalmol, 2020,13(5):766-772

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  • Received:December 03,2019
  • Revised:March 12,2020
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  • Online: March 30,2020
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