Abstract
Background
Congenital ectopia lentis (CEL) is a rare but serious disease. We use next-generation sequencing to detect genes associated with lens abnormalities in 24 patients with bilateral CEL and search for pathogenic genes and mutation sites.
Materials and methods
A total of 24 patients diagnosed with CEL from January 2019 to November 2019 were enrolled in this study, and their clinical data were collected and genome-wide deoxyribonucleic acid was extracted from peripheral venous blood. Targeted gene capture technology was used to obtain 188 exons of lens abnormality-related genes, which were sequenced using a high-throughput method. The mutation sites were determined through data analysis and verified by the Sanger method. According to the data from previous studies, the association between the genotype and clinical phenotype was analysed.
Result
Of the 24 patients, 23 had mutations in the fibrillin-1 (FBN1) gene, and 20 were diagnosed with Marfan syndrome. The 23 cases of FBN1 mutations were all heterozygous mutations, including 17 missense mutations, 3 splicing variants, 2 exon deletion mutations, 1 codon mutation, and 9 new mutations. A total of 17 mutations were located in the calcium-binding epidermal growth factor domain, including 16 mutations that contained missense mutations of cysteine. In addition, a heterozygous mutation of the gap junction protein alpha 8 (GJA8) gene was detected in one patient.
Conclusion
In this study, we identified 23 FBN1 gene mutations and 1 GJA8 gene mutation in 24 patients with CEL. Of these, 9 new FBN1 mutations and 14 known mutations were found. The results expanded the mutation spectrum of the FBN1 gene, suggesting that FBN1 mutation may be the main cause of CEL in Chinese patients.
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Qi, M., Wang, C., Liu, Y. et al. Next-generation sequencing panel analysis in 24 Chinese patients with congenital ectopia lentis. Int Ophthalmol 42, 2245–2253 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10792-022-02224-6
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