PUBLICATION
Mutations in IFT172 Cause Isolated Retinal Degeneration and Bardet-Biedl Syndrome
- Authors
- Bujakowska, K.M., Zhang, Q., Siemiatkowska, A.M., Liu, Q., Place, E., Falk, M.J., Consugar, M., Lancelot, M.E., Antonio, A., Lonjou, C., Carpentier, W., Mohand-Saїd, S., den Hollander, A.I., Cremers, F.P., Leroy, B.P., Gai, X., Sahel, J.A., van den Born, L.I., Collin, R.W., Zeitz, C., Audo, I., Pierce, E.A.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-140830-11
- Date
- 2015
- Source
- Human molecular genetics 24(1): 230-42 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Liu, Qin
- Keywords
- none
- MeSH Terms
-
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Animals
- Bardet-Biedl Syndrome/genetics*
- Bardet-Biedl Syndrome/pathology*
- Carrier Proteins/genetics*
- Cells, Cultured
- Exome
- Female
- High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing
- Humans
- Male
- Mutation
- Pedigree
- Rats
- Retina/metabolism
- Retina/pathology*
- Retinitis Pigmentosa/genetics*
- Retinitis Pigmentosa/pathology*
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Young Adult
- Zebrafish
- PubMed
- 25168386 Full text @ Hum. Mol. Genet.
Citation
Bujakowska, K.M., Zhang, Q., Siemiatkowska, A.M., Liu, Q., Place, E., Falk, M.J., Consugar, M., Lancelot, M.E., Antonio, A., Lonjou, C., Carpentier, W., Mohand-Saїd, S., den Hollander, A.I., Cremers, F.P., Leroy, B.P., Gai, X., Sahel, J.A., van den Born, L.I., Collin, R.W., Zeitz, C., Audo, I., Pierce, E.A. (2015) Mutations in IFT172 Cause Isolated Retinal Degeneration and Bardet-Biedl Syndrome. Human molecular genetics. 24(1):230-42.
Abstract
Primary cilia are sensory organelles present on most mammalian cells. The assembly and maintenance of primary cilia are facilitated by intraflagellar transport (IFT), a bidirectional protein trafficking along the cilium. Mutations in genes coding for IFT components have been associated with a group of diseases called ciliopathies. These genetic disorders can affect a variety of organs including the retina. Using whole exome sequencing in three families we identified mutations in IFT172 [Intraflagellar Transport 172 Homolog (Chlamydomonas)] that underlie an isolated retinal degeneration and Bardet-Biedl syndrome. Extensive functional analyses of the identified mutations in cell culture, rat retina and in zebrafish demonstrated their hypomorphic or null nature. It has recently been reported that mutations in IFT172 cause a severe ciliopathy syndrome involving skeletal, renal, hepatic and retinal abnormalities (Jeune and Mainzer-Saldino syndromes). Here, we report for the first time that mutations in this gene can also lead to an isolated form of retinal degeneration. The functional data for the mutations can partially explain milder phenotypes; however the involvement of modifying alleles in the IFT172-associated phenotypes cannot be excluded. These findings expand the spectrum of disease associated with mutations in IFT172, and suggest that mutations in genes originally reported to be associated with syndromic ciliopathies should also be considered in subjects with non-syndromic retinal dystrophy.
Genes / Markers
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping