Mutations in the CNGB3 gene encoding the -subunit of the cone photoreceptor cGMP-gated channel are responsible for achromatopsia (ACHM3) linked to chromosome 8q21

Authors: Kohl, Susanne¹; Baumann, Britta¹; Broghammer, Martina¹; Jägle, Herbert²; Sieving, Paul³; Kellner, Ulrich⁴; Spegal, Robert⁵; Anastasi, Mario⁶; Zrenner, Eberhart¹; Sharpe, Lindsay T.²; Wissinger, Bernd¹

Source: Human Molecular Genetics, Volume 9, Number 14, 1 September 2000 , pp. 2107-2116(10)

Publisher: Oxford University Press

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Abstract:

Achromatopsia is an autosomal recessive disorder featuring total colour blindness, photophobia, reduced visual acuity and nystagmus. While mutations in the CNGA3 gene on chromosome 2q11 are responsible for achromatopsia in a subset of patients, previous linkage studies have localized another achromatopsia locus, ACHM3, on chromosome 8q21. Using achromatopsia families in which CNGA3 mutations have been excluded, we refined the ACHM3 locus to a 3.7 cM region enclosed by markers D8S1838 and D8S273. Two yeast artificial chromosome (YAC) contigs covering nearly the entire ACHM3 interval were constructed. Database searches with YAC content sequences identified two overlapping high throughput genomic sequencing phase (HTGS) entries which contained sequences homologous to the murine cng6 gene encoding the putative -subunit of the cone photoreceptor cGMP-gated channel. Using RT–PCR and RACE, we identified and cloned the human cDNA homologue, designated CNGB3, which encodes an 809 amino acid polypeptide. Northern blot analysis revealed a major transcript of 4.4 kb specifically expressed in the retina. The human CNGB3 gene consists of 18 exons distributed over 200 kb of genomic sequence. Analysis of the CNGB3 gene in achromats revealed six different mutations including a missense mutation (S435F), two stop codon mutations (R203X and E336X), a 1 bp and an 8 bp deletion (1148delC and 819–826del) and a putative splice site mutation of intron 13. The 1148delC mutation was identified recurrently in several families, and in total was present on 11 of 22 disease chromosomes segregating in our families.

Document Type: Research article

Affiliations: 1: Molekulargenetisches Labor and 2: Psychophysisches Labor, Universitäts-Augenklinik, Auf der Morgenstelle 15, D-72076 Tübingen, Germany, 3: Kellogg Eye Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA, 4: Augen-Poliklinik, Universitätsklinikum Benjamin Franklin, Berlin-Steglitz, Germany, 5: Micronesia Human Resource Development Center, Kolonia, Pohnpei State, Federated States of Micronesia and 6: Clinica Oculistica, Palermo, Italy

Publication date: 2000-09-01

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