期刊
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
卷 23, 期 23, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ijms232314965
关键词
inherited retinal disease; congenital stationary night blindness; retinitis pigmentosa
资金
- National Institute of Health [R01EY031354, P30EY019007]
- Vagelos College of Physicians & Surgeons (VPS) Grants
- Gerstner Philanthropies
- Unrestricted Grant to the Department of Ophthalmology, Columbia University, from Research to Prevent Blindness, New York, NY
- National Science and Technology Council, Taiwan [MOST 111-2314-B-037-068, MOST 110-2918-I-037-003]
- Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital [KMUH110-0R50, KMUH109-9R50]
- Chang Gung Memorial Hospital Research [CMRPG3M0631]
This study describes the clinical characteristics and genetic testing results of seven patients with CSNB in Taiwan, and discusses the significance of these findings for the molecular etiology and genotype-phenotype correlation of CSNB. Some novel variants identified in this study have not been described in previous research, but further study is needed to determine their clinical significance. The future of gene therapy for CSNB patients is also reviewed and discussed.
Congenital stationary night blindness (CSNB) is an inherited retinal disease (IRD) that causes night blindness in childhood with heterogeneous genetic, electrophysical, and clinical characteristics. The development of sequencing technologies and gene therapy have increased the ease and urgency of diagnosing IRDs. This study describes seven Taiwanese patients from six unrelated families examined at a tertiary referral center, diagnosed with CSNB, and confirmed by genetic testing. Complete ophthalmic exams included best corrected visual acuity, retinal imaging, and an electroretinogram. The effects of identified novel variants were predicted using clinical details, protein prediction tools, and conservation scores. One patient had an autosomal dominant CSNB with a RHO variant; five patients had complete CSNB with variants in GRM6, TRPM1, and NYX; and one patient had incomplete CSNB with variants in CACNA1F. The patients had Riggs and Schubert-Bornschein types of CSNB with autosomal dominant, autosomal recessive, and X-linked inheritance patterns. This is the first report of CSNB patients in Taiwan with confirmed genetic testing, providing novel perspectives on molecular etiology and genotype-phenotype correlation of CSNB. Particularly, variants in TRPM1, NYX, and CACNA1F in our patient cohort have not previously been described, although their clinical significance needs further study. Additional study is needed for the genotype-phenotype correlation of different mutations causing CSNB. In addition to genetic etiology, the future of gene therapy for CSNB patients is reviewed and discussed.
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