Biallelic Mutations in CRB1 Underlie Autosomal Recessive Familial Foveal Retinoschisis.
Vincent AProgram of Genetics and Genome Biology The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada 2Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada 3Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Science.
Ng JProgram of Genetics and Genome Biology The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada.
Gerth-Kahlert CDepartment of Ophthalmology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Tavares EProgram of Genetics and Genome Biology The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada.
Maynes JTDepartment of Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, and Program in Molecular Structure and Function, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada.
Wright TDepartment of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
Tiwari AInstitute of Medical Molecular Genetics, University of Zürich, Wagistrasse 12, Schlieren, Switzerland.
Tumber ADepartment of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
Li SProgram of Genetics and Genome Biology The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada.
Hanson JVDepartment of Ophthalmology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Bahr AInstitute of Medical Molecular Genetics, University of Zürich, Wagistrasse 12, Schlieren, Switzerland.
MacDonald HDepartment of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada 7Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 8Division of Clinical and Metabolic Genetics, The Ho.
Bähr LInstitute of Medical Molecular Genetics, University of Zürich, Wagistrasse 12, Schlieren, Switzerland.
Westall CDepartment of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada 3Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
Berger WInstitute of Medical Molecular Genetics, University of Zürich, Wagistrasse 12, Schlieren, Switzerland 9Zurich Center for Integrative Human Physiology (ZIHP), University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland 10Neuroscience Center Zurich (ZNZ), University and ETH.
Cremers FPDepartment of Human Genetics, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
den Hollander AIDepartment of Human Genetics, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands 12Department of Ophthalmology, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Héon EProgram of Genetics and Genome Biology The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada 2Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada 3Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Science.
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PURPOSE To identify the genetic cause of autosomal recessive familial foveal retinoschisis (FFR).
METHODS A female sibship with FFR was identified (Family-A; 17 and 16 years, respectively); panel based genetic sequencing (132 genes) and comparative genome hybridization (142 genes) were performed. Whole-exome sequencing (WES) was performed on both siblings using the Illumina-HiSeq-2500 platform. A sporadic male (Family-B; 35 years) with FFR underwent WES using Illumina NextSeq500. All three affected subjects underwent detailed ophthalmologic evaluation including fundus photography, autofluorescence imaging, spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT), and full-field electroretinogram (ERG).
RESULTS Panel-based genetic testing identified two presumed disease causing variants in CRB1 (p.Gly123Cys and p.Cys948Tyr) in Family-A sibship; no deletion or duplication was detected. WES analysis in the sibship identified nine genes with two or more shared nonsynonymous rare coding sequence variants; CRB1 remained a strong candidate gene, and CRB1 variants segregated with the disease. WES in Family-B identified two presumed disease causing variants in CRB1 (p.Ile167_Gly169del and p.Arg764Cys) that segregated with the disease phenotype. Distance visual acuity was 20/40 or better in all three affected except for the left eye of the older subject (Family-B), which showed macular atrophy. Fundus evaluation showed spoke-wheel appearance at the macula in five eyes. The SD-OCT showed macular schitic changes in inner and outer nuclear layers in all cases. The ERG responses were normal in all subjects.
CONCLUSIONS This is the first report to implicate CRB1 as the underlying cause of FFR. This phenotype forms the mildest end of the spectrum of CRB1-related diseases.