Journal article
Cone and rod loss in Stargardt disease revealed by adaptive optics scanning light ophthalmoscopy
JAMA ophthalmology, Vol.133(10), pp.1198-1203
10/2015
DOI: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2015.2443
PMCID: PMC4600048
PMID: 26247787
Abstract
Stargardt disease (STGD1) is characterized by macular atrophy and flecks in the retinal pigment epithelium. The causative ABCA4 gene encodes a protein localizing to photoreceptor outer segments. The pathologic steps by which ABCA4 mutations lead to clinically detectable retinal pigment epithelium changes remain unclear. We investigated early STGD1 using adaptive optics scanning light ophthalmoscopy.
Adaptive optics scanning light ophthalmoscopy imaging of 2 brothers with early STGD1 and their unaffected parents was compared with conventional imaging. Cone and rod spacing were increased in both patients (P < .001) with a dark cone appearance. No foveal cones were detected in the older brother. In the younger brother, foveal cones were enlarged with low density (peak cone density, 48.3 × 103 cones/mm2). The ratio of cone to rod spacing was increased in both patients, with greater divergence from normal approaching the foveal center, indicating that cone loss predominates centrally and rod loss increases peripherally. Both parents had normal photoreceptor mosaics. Genetic testing revealed 3 disease-causing mutations.
This study provides in vivo images of rods and cones in STGD1. Although the primary clinical features of STGD1 are retinal pigment epithelial lesions, adaptive optics scanning light ophthalmoscopy reveals increased cone and rod spacing in areas that appear normal in conventional images, suggesting that photoreceptor loss precedes clinically detectable retinal pigment epithelial disease in STGD1.
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- Title: Subtitle
- Cone and rod loss in Stargardt disease revealed by adaptive optics scanning light ophthalmoscopy
- Creators
- Hongxin Song - Center for Visual Science, University of Rochester, Rochester, New YorkEthan A Rossi - Center for Visual Science, University of Rochester, Rochester, New YorkLisa Latchney - Flaum Eye Institute, University of Rochester, Rochester, New YorkAngela Bessette - Flaum Eye Institute, University of Rochester, Rochester, New YorkEdwin Stone - Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa4Stephen A. Wynn Institute for Vision Research, University of Iowa, Iowa City5Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Iowa, Iowa CityJennifer J Hunter - Center for Visual Science, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York6The Institute of Optics, University of Rochester, Rochester, New YorkDavid R Williams - Center for Visual Science, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York6The Institute of Optics, University of Rochester, Rochester, New YorkMina Chung - Center for Visual Science, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York2Flaum Eye Institute, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- JAMA ophthalmology, Vol.133(10), pp.1198-1203
- Publisher
- United States
- DOI
- 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2015.2443
- PMID
- 26247787
- PMCID
- PMC4600048
- ISSN
- 2168-6165
- eISSN
- 2168-6173
- Grant note
- EY001319 / NEI NIH HHS EY021786 / NEI NIH HHS R01 EY014375 / NEI NIH HHS EY014375 / NEI NIH HHS R01 EY021786 / NEI NIH HHS P30 EY001319 / NEI NIH HHS
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 10/2015
- Academic Unit
- The University of Iowa Institute for Vision Research; Iowa Neuroscience Institute; John and Marcia Carver Nonprofit Genetic Testing Laboratory; Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
- Record Identifier
- 9984070800202771
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