Development of a Genotype Assay for Age-Related Macular Degeneration : The EYE-RISK Consortium

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PURPOSE: To develop a genotype assay to assess associations with common and rare age-related macular degeneration (AMD) risk variants, to calculate an overall genetic risk score (GRS), and to identify potential misdiagnoses with inherited macular dystrophies that mimic AMD.

DESIGN: Case-control study.

PARTICIPANTS: Individuals (n = 4740) from 5 European cohorts.

METHODS: We designed single-molecule molecular inversion probes for target selection and used next generation sequencing to sequence 87 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), coding and splice-site regions of 10 AMD-(related) genes (ARMS2, C3, C9, CD46, CFB, CFH, CFI, HTRA1, TIMP3, and SLC16A8), and 3 genes that cause inherited macular dystrophies (ABCA4, CTNNA1, and PRPH2). Genetic risk scores for common AMD risk variants were calculated based on effect size and genotype of 52 AMD-associated variants. Frequency of rare variants was compared between late AMD patients and control individuals with logistic regression analysis.

MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Genetic risk score, association of genetic variants with AMD, and genotype-phenotype correlations.

RESULTS: We observed high concordance rates between our platform and other genotyping platforms for the 69 successfully genotyped SNPs (>96%) and for the rare variants (>99%). We observed a higher GRS for patients with late AMD compared with patients with early/intermediate AMD (P < 0.001) and individuals without AMD (P < 0.001). A higher proportion of pathogenic variants in the CFH (odds ratio [OR] = 2.88; P = 0.006), CFI (OR = 4.45; P = 0.005), and C3 (OR = 6.56; P = 0.0003) genes was observed in late AMD patients compared with control individuals. In 9 patients, we identified pathogenic variants in the PRPH2, ABCA4, and CTNNA1 genes, which allowed reclassification of these patients as having inherited macular dystrophy.

CONCLUSIONS: This study reports a genotype assay for common and rare AMD genetic variants, which can identify individuals at intermediate to high genetic risk of late AMD and enables differential diagnosis of AMD-mimicking dystrophies. Our study supports sequencing of CFH, CFI, and C3 genes because they harbor rare high-risk variants. Carriers of these variants could be amendable for new treatments for AMD that currently are under development.

Errataetall:

CommentIn: Ophthalmology. 2021 Nov;128(11):1618-1619. - PMID 34688431

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:128

Enthalten in:

Ophthalmology - 128(2021), 11 vom: 25. Nov., Seite 1604-1617

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

de Breuk, Anita [VerfasserIn]
Acar, Ilhan E [VerfasserIn]
Kersten, Eveline [VerfasserIn]
Schijvenaars, Mascha M V A P [VerfasserIn]
Colijn, Johanna M [VerfasserIn]
Haer-Wigman, Lonneke [VerfasserIn]
Bakker, Bjorn [VerfasserIn]
de Jong, Sarah [VerfasserIn]
Meester-Smoor, Magda A [VerfasserIn]
Verzijden, Timo [VerfasserIn]
Missotten, Tom O A R [VerfasserIn]
Monés, Jordi [VerfasserIn]
Biarnés, Marc [VerfasserIn]
Pauleikhoff, Daniel [VerfasserIn]
Hense, Hans W [VerfasserIn]
Silva, Rufino [VerfasserIn]
Nunes, Sandrina [VerfasserIn]
Melo, Joana B [VerfasserIn]
Fauser, Sascha [VerfasserIn]
Hoyng, Carel B [VerfasserIn]
Ueffing, Marius [VerfasserIn]
Coenen, Marieke J H [VerfasserIn]
Klaver, Caroline C W [VerfasserIn]
den Hollander, Anneke I [VerfasserIn]
EYE-RISK Consortium [VerfasserIn]
Ajana, Soufiane [Sonstige Person]
Cougnard-Grégoire, Audrey [Sonstige Person]
Delcourt, Cécile [Sonstige Person]
Merle, Bénédicte M J [Sonstige Person]
Arango-Gonzalez, Blanca [Sonstige Person]
Dammeier, Sascha [Sonstige Person]
Diether, Sigrid [Sonstige Person]
Honisch, Sabina [Sonstige Person]
Kilger, Ellen [Sonstige Person]
Ueffing, Marius [Sonstige Person]
Endermann, Tanja [Sonstige Person]
Zumbansen, Markus [Sonstige Person]
Badura, Franz [Sonstige Person]
De la Cerda, Berta [Sonstige Person]
Biarnés, Marc [Sonstige Person]
Borrell, Anna [Sonstige Person]
Ferraro, Lucia L [Sonstige Person]
Garcia, Míriam [Sonstige Person]
Monés, Jordi [Sonstige Person]
Rodríguez, Eduardo [Sonstige Person]
Colijn, Johanna M [Sonstige Person]
Ikram, A [Sonstige Person]
Klaver, Caroline C W [Sonstige Person]
Meester-Smoor, Magda [Sonstige Person]
Verzijden, Timo [Sonstige Person]
Vingerling, Johannes [Sonstige Person]
den Hollander, Anneke I [Sonstige Person]
Heesterbeek, Thomas J [Sonstige Person]
Klaver, Caroline C W [Sonstige Person]
Kersten, Eveline [Sonstige Person]
de Jong, Eiko K [Sonstige Person]
Acar, I Erkin [Sonstige Person]
de Breuk, Anita [Sonstige Person]
Emri, Eszter [Sonstige Person]
Lengyel, Imre [Sonstige Person]
Langen, Hanno [Sonstige Person]
Nogoceke, Everson [Sonstige Person]
Peto, Tunde [Sonstige Person]
Luthert, Phil [Sonstige Person]
Pool, Frances M [Sonstige Person]

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Themen:

9007-49-2
Age-related macular degeneration
DNA
Eye Proteins
Genetic counseling
Genetic testing
Genetics
Journal Article
Multicenter Study
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 22.11.2021

Date Revised 22.11.2021

published: Print-Electronic

CommentIn: Ophthalmology. 2021 Nov;128(11):1618-1619. - PMID 34688431

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.ophtha.2020.07.037

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM312931689