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Biallelic mutations in the autophagy regulator DRAM2 cause retinal dystrophy with early macular involvementEl-Asrag, Mohammed E. ...Retinal dystrophies are an overlapping group of genetically heterogeneous conditions resulting from mutations in more than 250 genes. Here we describe five families affected by an adult-onset retinal ... dystrophy with early macular involvement and associated central visual loss in the third or fourth decade of life. Affected individuals were found to harbor disease-causing variants in DRAM2 (DNA-damage regulated autophagy modulator protein 2). Homozygosity mapping and exome sequencing in a large, consanguineous British family of Pakistani origin revealed a homozygous frameshift variant (c.140delG [p.Gly47Valfs(%)3]) in nine affected family members. Sanger sequencing of DRAM2 in 322 unrelated probands with retinal dystrophy revealed one European subject with compound heterozygous DRAM2 changes (c.494G>A [p.Trp165(%)] and c.131G>A [p.Ser44Asn]). Inspection of previously generated exome sequencing data in unsolved retinal dystrophy cases identified a homozygous variant in an individual of Indian origin (c.64_66del [p.Ala22del]). Independently, a gene-based case-control association study was conducted via an exome sequencing dataset of 18 phenotypically similar case subjects and 1,917 control subjects. Using a recessive model and a binomial test for rare, presumed biallelic, variants, we found DRAM2 to be the most statistically enriched gene; one subject was a homozygote (c.362A>T [p.His121Leu]) and another a compound heterozygote (c.79T>C [p.Tyr27His] and c.217_225del [p.Val73_Tyr75del]). DRAM2 encodes a transmembrane lysosomal protein thought to play a role in the initiation of autophagy. Immunohistochemical analysis showed DRAM2 localization to photoreceptor inner segments and to the apical surface of retinal pigment epithelial cells where it might be involved in the process of photoreceptor renewal and recycling to preserve visual function.Source: American journal of human genetics. - ISSN 0002-9297 (Vol. 96, issue 6, Jun. 2015, str. 948-954)Type of material - article, component partPublish date - 2015Language - englishCOBISS.SI-ID - 34277849
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El-Asrag, Mohammed E. |
Sergouniotis, Panagiotis I. |
McKibbin, Martin |
Plagnol, Vincent |
Sheridan, Eamonn |
Waseem, Naushin |
Abdelhamed, Zakia |
McKeefry, Declan |
Van Schil, Kristof |
Poulter, James A.
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biallelic mutations |
retinal dystrophy |
autophagy regulator DRAM2 |
bialelične mutacije |
distrofijo mrežnice |
regulator autofagije DRAM2
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