Linkage studies and mutation analysis of the PDEB gene in 23 families with Leber congenital amaurosis

TY - JOUR

T1 - Linkage studies and mutation analysis of the PDEB gene in 23 families with Leber congenital amaurosis

AU - Riess, O

AU - Weber, B

AU - Nørremølle, Anne

AU - Shaikh, R A

AU - Hayden, M R

AU - Musarella, M A

N1 - Keywords: 3',5'-Cyclic-GMP Phosphodiesterases; Animals; Base Sequence; Blindness; DNA; DNA Mutational Analysis; Female; Humans; Linkage (Genetics); Male; Mice; Molecular Sequence Data; Pedigree; Phenotype; Polymorphism, Genetic

PY - 1992

Y1 - 1992

N2 - The phenotype in the rd mouse is similar to the clinical presentation of Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA) in humans. Recently a nonsense mutation in the beta subunit of the cGMP phosphodiesterase (Pdeb) gene has been defined as the cause for the rd phenotype in the mouse and has raised the question as to whether mutations in the human PDEB gene might cause LCA. We have previously cloned and characterized the human homologue of the mouse Pdeb gene and have mapped it to chromosome 4p16.3. In this study, a total of 23 LCA families of various ethnic backgrounds have been investigated. Linkage analysis using highly polymorphic (CA)n microsatellites has excluded the PDEB gene as a cause for LCA in 6 families. In the remaining 17 families, we have searched for mutations in the 22 exons of the PDEB gene using single-strand gel electrophoresis (SSGE). Multiple exonic polymorphisms have been determined. However, no DNA changes in the PDEB gene have been identified in our study population which could be causative for the LCA phenotype.

AB - The phenotype in the rd mouse is similar to the clinical presentation of Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA) in humans. Recently a nonsense mutation in the beta subunit of the cGMP phosphodiesterase (Pdeb) gene has been defined as the cause for the rd phenotype in the mouse and has raised the question as to whether mutations in the human PDEB gene might cause LCA. We have previously cloned and characterized the human homologue of the mouse Pdeb gene and have mapped it to chromosome 4p16.3. In this study, a total of 23 LCA families of various ethnic backgrounds have been investigated. Linkage analysis using highly polymorphic (CA)n microsatellites has excluded the PDEB gene as a cause for LCA in 6 families. In the remaining 17 families, we have searched for mutations in the 22 exons of the PDEB gene using single-strand gel electrophoresis (SSGE). Multiple exonic polymorphisms have been determined. However, no DNA changes in the PDEB gene have been identified in our study population which could be causative for the LCA phenotype.

U2 - 10.1002/humu.1380010605

DO - 10.1002/humu.1380010605

M3 - Journal article

C2 - 1338765

SN - 1059-7794

VL - 1

SP - 478

EP - 485

JO - Human Mutation

JF - Human Mutation

IS - 6

ER -