Comparison of the clinical expression of retinitis pigmentosa associated with rhodopsin mutations at codon 347 and codon 23

Kean T Oh; Reid Longmuir; Dawn M Oh; Edwin M Stone; Kelly Kopp; Jeremiah Brown; Gerald A Fishman; Peter Sonkin; Karen M Gehrs; Richard G Weleber

doi:10.1016/S0002-9394(03)00206-X

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Comparison of the clinical expression of retinitis pigmentosa associated with rhodopsin mutations at codon 347 and codon 23

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Comparison of the clinical expression of retinitis pigmentosa associated with rhodopsin mutations at codon 347 and codon 23

Kean T Oh, Reid Longmuir, Dawn M Oh, Edwin M Stone, Kelly Kopp, Jeremiah Brown, Gerald A Fishman, Peter Sonkin, Karen M Gehrs and Richard G Weleber

American journal of ophthalmology, Vol.136(2), pp.306-313

08/2003

DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9394(03)00206-X

PMID: 12888054

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Abstract

To examine the difference in expression of retinitis pigmentosa from mutations at codon 23 and codon 347 or rhodopsin; to report a novel mutation in rhodopsin. Goldmann perimetry (solid angle of I4e isopter) and electroretinographic amplitudes (square root transform of a response ratio) were analyzed for 24 patients with mutations at codon 347 (15 with Pro347Ala, 2 with Pro347Gln, 6 with Pro347Leu, and 1 with a novel Pro347Cys change) and 41 patients with mutations at codon 23 (6 with Pro23Ala; 35 with Pro23His). When all patients with mutations at codons 347 and 23 were compared, loss of visual fields was significantly worse in patients with codon 347 changes (P =.0003). Only rod responses of the electroretinograms were significantly different between the two groups (P =.048). Specific comparison of Pro347Ala with Pro23Ala using regression analysis demonstrated significant differences in severity between codon 23 and codon 347 patients for b-wave amplitudes of rod (P =.0069), cone (P =.039) and maximum combined response (P =.049). The solid angle of the I4e isopter was also significantly different (P =.025) between the groups after controlling for age. Modeling age by group for Pro347Ala comparison produced an R(2) of.44. We reconfirmed that rhodopsin-related retinitis pigmentosa from mutations involving codon 347 produces a more severe phenotype than that involving codon 23. Accurate modeling of disease was shown to be possible by incorporating the effects of a patient's age and specific genotype. Therefore, both of these variables must be considered in prognostic counseling and subject recruitment for future therapeutic trials.

Electroretinography

Humans

Middle Aged

Retinitis Pigmentosa - genetics

Sequence Analysis, DNA

Retinitis Pigmentosa - diagnosis

Vision Disorders - diagnosis

Phenotype

Rhodopsin - genetics

Vision Disorders - genetics

DNA Mutational Analysis

Visual Fields

Adolescent

Polymerase Chain Reaction

Aged, 80 and over

Adult

Aged

Visual Field Tests

Codon - genetics

Mutation

Child

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Title: Subtitle: Comparison of the clinical expression of retinitis pigmentosa associated with rhodopsin mutations at codon 347 and codon 23
Creators: Kean T Oh - Department of Ophthalmology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Reid Longmuir
Dawn M Oh
Edwin M Stone
Kelly Kopp
Jeremiah Brown
Gerald A Fishman
Peter Sonkin
Karen M Gehrs
Richard G Weleber
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: American journal of ophthalmology, Vol.136(2), pp.306-313
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9394(03)00206-X
PMID: 12888054
NLM abbreviation: Am J Ophthalmol
ISSN: 0002-9394
eISSN: 1879-1891
Publisher: United States
Language: English
Date published: 08/2003
Academic Unit: Iowa Neuroscience Institute; Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
Record Identifier: 9983979918902771

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