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EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS
卷 21, 期 3, 页码 352-356出版社
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/ejhg.2012.137
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Wagner syndrome; erosive vitreoretinopathy; VCAN; splicing
Wagner syndrome (WS) is an autosomal dominant vitreoretinopathy affecting various ocular features and is caused by mutations in the canonical splice sites of the VCAN gene, which encodes the large chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan, versican. We report the identification of novel splice acceptor and donor-site mutations (c.4004 - 1G>C and c.9265 + 2T>A) in two large WS families from France and the United Kingdom. To characterize their pathogenic mechanisms we performed qRT-PCR experiments on RNA from patient-derived tissues (venous blood and skin fibroblasts). We also analyzed RNA from the original Swiss family reported by Wagner (who has the previously reported c.9265 + 1G>A mutation). All three mutations resulted in a quantitative increase of transcript variants lacking exons 7 and/or 8. However, the magnitude of the increase varied between tissues and mutations. We discuss altered balance of VCAN splice variants in combination with reduction in glycosaminoglycan protein modifications as possible pathogenic mechanisms. European Journal of Human Genetics (2013) 21, 352-356; doi:10.1038/ejhg.2012.137; published online 27 June 2012
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