Application of WES Towards Molecular Investigation of Congenital Cataracts : Identification of Novel Alleles and Genes in a Hospital-Based Cohort of South India

Congenital cataracts are the prime cause for irreversible blindness in children. The global incidence of congenital cataract is 2.2-13.6 per 10,000 births, with the highest prevalence in Asia. Nearly half of the congenital cataracts are of familial nature, with a predominant autosomal dominant pattern of inheritance. Over 38 of the 45 mapped loci for isolated congenital or infantile cataracts have been associated with a mutation in a specific gene. The clinical and genetic heterogeneity of congenital cataracts makes the molecular diagnosis a bit of a complicated task. Hence, whole exome sequencing (WES) was utilized to concurrently screen all known cataract genes and to examine novel candidate factors for a disease-causing mutation in probands from 11 pedigrees affected with familial congenital cataracts. Analysis of the WES data for known cataract genes identified causative mutations in six pedigrees (55%) in PAX6, FYCO1 (two variants), EPHA2, P3H2,TDRD7 and an additional likely causative mutation in a novel gene NCOA6, which represents the first dominant mutation in this gene. This study identifies a novel cataract gene not yet linked to human disease. NCOA6 is a transcriptional coactivator that interacts with nuclear hormone receptors to enhance their transcriptional activator function.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:21

Enthalten in:

International journal of molecular sciences - 21(2020), 24 vom: 16. Dez.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Kandaswamy, Dinesh Kumar [VerfasserIn]
Prakash, Makarla Venkata Sathya [VerfasserIn]
Graw, Jochen [VerfasserIn]
Koller, Samuel [VerfasserIn]
Magyar, István [VerfasserIn]
Tiwari, Amit [VerfasserIn]
Berger, Wolfgang [VerfasserIn]
Santhiya, Sathiyaveedu Thyagarajan [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Clinical heterogeneity
Congenital cataract
EC 1.14.11.2
EC 1.14.11.7
EC 2.7.10.1
EPHA2
EPHA2 protein, human
Ephrin-A2
FYCO1
FYCO1 protein, human
Genetic heterogeneity
Hearing and speech impairment
Journal Article
Microtubule-Associated Proteins
NCOA6
NCOA6 protein, human
Nuclear Receptor Coactivators
P3H2
P3H2 protein, human
PAX6
PAX6 Transcription Factor
PAX6 protein, human
Procollagen-Proline Dioxygenase
Receptor, EphA2
Ribonucleoproteins
TDRD7
Tdrd7 protein, human
WES

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Date Completed 15.03.2021

Date Revised 04.12.2021

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/ijms21249569

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM319041778