AIM:To investigate whether mutations in TGFBI gene or CHST6 gene correlated with stromal corneal dystrophies(CD) in 8 Chinese probands.· METHODS:Eight unrelated patients with stromal corneal dystrophies were recr...AIM:To investigate whether mutations in TGFBI gene or CHST6 gene correlated with stromal corneal dystrophies(CD) in 8 Chinese probands.· METHODS:Eight unrelated patients with stromal corneal dystrophies were recruited in this study;all affected members were assessed by completely ophthalmologic examinations.Genomic DNA was extracted from peripheral leukocytes,17 exons of TGFBI gene and the exon of CHST6 gene were amplified by polymerase chain reaction(PCR),sequenced directly and compared with the reference database.· RESULTS:Three heterozygous mutations in TGFBI gene were identified in six patients:c.370C>T(p.Arg124Cys) was found in exon 4 of TGFBI gene in three members,c.371G>A(p.Arg124His) was found in one patient;c.1663C>T(p.Arg555Trp) was found in exon 12 in other two members.In addition,four polymorphisms with the nucleotide changes rs1442,rs1054124,rs4669,and rs35151677 were found in TGFBI gene.Mutations were not identified in the rest of 2 affected individuals in TGFBI gene or CHST6 gene.· CONCLUSION:Within these patients,R124C,R124H and R555W mutations were co-segregated with the disease phenotypes and were specific mutations for lattice corneal dystrophy type I(LCD I),Avellino corneal dystrophy(ACD,GCDⅡ),granular corneal dystrophy type I(GCD I),respectively.Our study highlights the prevalence of codon 124 and codon 555 mutations in the TGFBI gene among the Chinese stromal corneal dystrophies patients.·展开更多
·AIM: To investigate the clinical features and genetic defects in four generations of a Chinese family affected with atypical granular corneal dystrophy type I (GCD type I). · METHODS: Family history and cli...·AIM: To investigate the clinical features and genetic defects in four generations of a Chinese family affected with atypical granular corneal dystrophy type I (GCD type I). · METHODS: Family history and clinical data were recorded. Genomic DNA samples were obtained from peripheral blood leukocytes of all participated. Exons of the transforming growth factor-β-induced (TGFBI) gene were directly sequenced after being amplified by polymerase chain reaction (PCR), and multi-point linkage analysis using microsatellite makers flanking the gene was applied to identify the disease-causing mutation. · RESULTS: Clinical features were quite variable in patients, some patients only had opacities in the epithelium, and others revealed multiple bilateral circular, discrete, crumb -like opacities mainly in the epithelium, with several in different depths of corneal stroma, and the performance was different bilaterally, even in the same patient. Directly nucleotide sequencing revealed a heterozygous p.R555W mutation in the coding sequence of the TGFBI gene in all affected individuals of the family, but was not found in all unaffected. The maximum logarithm of odds (LOD) score obtained by multi -point analysis was detected at marker locus D5S393 (LOD = 2.740; α=1.000). ·CONCLUSION: Our case presented with clinical futures and the pathogenic mutations in TGFBI gene, the phenotype of the pedigree was quite different from typical GCD type I, so we suggested that this phenotype was a variant of GCD type I. These findings expand the knowledge about GCD type I, and demonstrate that molecular genetic analysis is important to make an accurate diagnosis of patients with variable corneal dystrophies in clinic.展开更多
AIM: To analyze mutations in transforming growth factor beta-induced (TGFBI) gene in a Chinese pedigree with Reis-Bücklers corneal dystrophy (RBCD,also known as GCD3).METHODS: In a five-generation Chinese family,...AIM: To analyze mutations in transforming growth factor beta-induced (TGFBI) gene in a Chinese pedigree with Reis-Bücklers corneal dystrophy (RBCD,also known as GCD3).METHODS: In a five-generation Chinese family,eight members were identified with RBCD and the rest were unaffected.All members of the family underwent complete ophthalmologic examinations.Exons of TGFBI were amplified by polymerase chain reaction,sequenced,and compared with a reference database.RESULTS: A single heterozygous C>T (R124C) point mutation was found in exon 4 of TGFBI in all the affected members of the pedigree,but not in the unaffected members.CONCLUSION: R124C which was a known mutation for lattice corneal dystrophy type I,segregated with the RBCD in this pedigree.This elucidated the correlation between genotype and phenotype in a Chinese family of RBCD.展开更多
文摘AIM:To investigate whether mutations in TGFBI gene or CHST6 gene correlated with stromal corneal dystrophies(CD) in 8 Chinese probands.· METHODS:Eight unrelated patients with stromal corneal dystrophies were recruited in this study;all affected members were assessed by completely ophthalmologic examinations.Genomic DNA was extracted from peripheral leukocytes,17 exons of TGFBI gene and the exon of CHST6 gene were amplified by polymerase chain reaction(PCR),sequenced directly and compared with the reference database.· RESULTS:Three heterozygous mutations in TGFBI gene were identified in six patients:c.370C>T(p.Arg124Cys) was found in exon 4 of TGFBI gene in three members,c.371G>A(p.Arg124His) was found in one patient;c.1663C>T(p.Arg555Trp) was found in exon 12 in other two members.In addition,four polymorphisms with the nucleotide changes rs1442,rs1054124,rs4669,and rs35151677 were found in TGFBI gene.Mutations were not identified in the rest of 2 affected individuals in TGFBI gene or CHST6 gene.· CONCLUSION:Within these patients,R124C,R124H and R555W mutations were co-segregated with the disease phenotypes and were specific mutations for lattice corneal dystrophy type I(LCD I),Avellino corneal dystrophy(ACD,GCDⅡ),granular corneal dystrophy type I(GCD I),respectively.Our study highlights the prevalence of codon 124 and codon 555 mutations in the TGFBI gene among the Chinese stromal corneal dystrophies patients.·
基金Zhejiang Key Innovation Team Project of China (No.2009R50039)Zhejiang Key Laboratory Found of China (No.2011E10006)+1 种基金Medical Science and Technology Project of Zhejiang Province,China (No.2010QNA012)Science and Technology Program of Zhejiang University (No.2011FZA7013)
文摘·AIM: To investigate the clinical features and genetic defects in four generations of a Chinese family affected with atypical granular corneal dystrophy type I (GCD type I). · METHODS: Family history and clinical data were recorded. Genomic DNA samples were obtained from peripheral blood leukocytes of all participated. Exons of the transforming growth factor-β-induced (TGFBI) gene were directly sequenced after being amplified by polymerase chain reaction (PCR), and multi-point linkage analysis using microsatellite makers flanking the gene was applied to identify the disease-causing mutation. · RESULTS: Clinical features were quite variable in patients, some patients only had opacities in the epithelium, and others revealed multiple bilateral circular, discrete, crumb -like opacities mainly in the epithelium, with several in different depths of corneal stroma, and the performance was different bilaterally, even in the same patient. Directly nucleotide sequencing revealed a heterozygous p.R555W mutation in the coding sequence of the TGFBI gene in all affected individuals of the family, but was not found in all unaffected. The maximum logarithm of odds (LOD) score obtained by multi -point analysis was detected at marker locus D5S393 (LOD = 2.740; α=1.000). ·CONCLUSION: Our case presented with clinical futures and the pathogenic mutations in TGFBI gene, the phenotype of the pedigree was quite different from typical GCD type I, so we suggested that this phenotype was a variant of GCD type I. These findings expand the knowledge about GCD type I, and demonstrate that molecular genetic analysis is important to make an accurate diagnosis of patients with variable corneal dystrophies in clinic.
基金Supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. NNSF 81000370)
文摘AIM: To analyze mutations in transforming growth factor beta-induced (TGFBI) gene in a Chinese pedigree with Reis-Bücklers corneal dystrophy (RBCD,also known as GCD3).METHODS: In a five-generation Chinese family,eight members were identified with RBCD and the rest were unaffected.All members of the family underwent complete ophthalmologic examinations.Exons of TGFBI were amplified by polymerase chain reaction,sequenced,and compared with a reference database.RESULTS: A single heterozygous C>T (R124C) point mutation was found in exon 4 of TGFBI in all the affected members of the pedigree,but not in the unaffected members.CONCLUSION: R124C which was a known mutation for lattice corneal dystrophy type I,segregated with the RBCD in this pedigree.This elucidated the correlation between genotype and phenotype in a Chinese family of RBCD.
