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Paternal Uniparental Isodisomy of Chromosome 2 in a Patient with CNGA3-Associated Autosomal Recessive Achromatopsia

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MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ijms22157842

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achromatopsia; ACHM; uniparental isodisomy; chromosome 2; CNGA3

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  1. Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft [39853967 (KO 2176/3-1), SPP2127]
  2. University of Tubingen

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This study identified a homozygous variant in the CNGA3 gene in a patient with ACHM, with the variant being detected in a heterozygous state in the father but not in the mother. The homozygosity of the CNGA3 variant in the patient was found to be due to partial or complete paternal uniparental isodisomy. In addition to the ACHM phenotype, the patient was clinically unsuspicious and healthy.
Achromatopsia (ACHM) is a rare autosomal recessively inherited retinal disease characterized by congenital photophobia, nystagmus, low visual acuity, and absence of color vision. ACHM is genetically heterogeneous and can be caused by biallelic mutations in the genes CNGA3, CNGB3, GNAT2, PDE6C, PDE6H, or ATF6. We undertook molecular genetic analysis in a single female patient with a clinical diagnosis of ACHM and identified the homozygous variant c.778G>C;p.(D260H) in the CNGA3 gene. While segregation analysis in the father, as expected, identified the CNGA3 variant in a heterozygous state, it could not be displayed in the mother. Microsatellite marker analysis provided evidence that the homozygosity of the CNGA3 variant is due to partial or complete paternal uniparental isodisomy (UPD) of chromosome 2 in the patient. Apart from the ACHM phenotype, the patient was clinically unsuspicious and healthy. This is one of few examples proving UPD as the underlying mechanism for the clinical manifestation of a recessive mutation in a patient with inherited retinal disease. It also highlights the importance of segregation analysis in both parents of a given patient or especially in cases of homozygous recessive mutations, as UPD has significant implications for genetic counseling with a very low recurrence risk assessment in such families.

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