Genetic spectrum of retinal dystrophies in Tunisia

Abstract We report the molecular basis of the largest Tunisian cohort with inherited retinal dystrophies (IRD) reported to date, identify disease-causing pathogenic variants and describe genotype–phenotype correlations. A subset of 26 families from a cohort of 73 families with clinical diagnosis of...

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Autores principales: Imen Habibi, Yosra Falfoul, Ahmed Turki, Asma Hassairi, Khaled El Matri, Ahmed Chebil, Daniel F. Schorderet, Leila El Matri
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Publicado: Nature Portfolio 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/265ffa3b52364d2eb4761790714b5dc7
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Sumario:Abstract We report the molecular basis of the largest Tunisian cohort with inherited retinal dystrophies (IRD) reported to date, identify disease-causing pathogenic variants and describe genotype–phenotype correlations. A subset of 26 families from a cohort of 73 families with clinical diagnosis of autosomal recessive IRD (AR-IRD) excluding Usher syndrome was analyzed by whole exome sequencing and autozygosity mapping. Causative pathogenic variants were identified in 50 families (68.4%), 42% of which were novel. The most prevalent pathogenic variants were observed in ABCA4 (14%) and RPE65, CRB1 and CERKL (8% each). 26 variants (8 novel and 18 known) in 19 genes were identified in 26 families (14 missense substitutions, 5 deletions, 4 nonsense pathogenic variants and 3 splice site variants), with further allelic heterogeneity arising from different pathogenic variants in the same gene. The most common phenotype in our cohort is retinitis pigmentosa (23%) and cone rod dystrophy (23%) followed by Leber congenital amaurosis (19.2%). We report the association of new disease phenotypes. This research was carried out in Tunisian patients with IRD in order to delineate the genetic population architecture.