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ArticleChinese medical journal2016

Targeted Genes Sequencing Identified a Novel 15 bp Deletion on GJA8 in a Chinese Family with Autosomal Dominant Congenital Cataracts.

Han-Yi Min, Peng-Peng Qiao, Asan, Zhi-Hui Yan, Hui-Feng Jiang, Ya-Ping Zhu, Hui-Qian Du, Qin Li, Jia-Wei Wang, Jie Zhang and 3 more

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Article in Chinese medical journal, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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13 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Han-Yi MinDepartment of Ophthalmology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing 100730, China.
Peng-Peng Qiao
Asan
Zhi-Hui Yan
Hui-Feng Jiang
Ya-Ping Zhu
Hui-Qian Du
Qin Li
Jia-Wei Wang
Jie Zhang
Jun Sun
Xin Yi
Ling Yang
BGI Group (China) · CNChinese Academy of Sciences · CNPeking Union Medical College Hospital · CNTianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundCongenital cataract (CC) is the leading cause of visual impairment or blindness in children worldwide. Because of highly genetic and clinical heterogeneity, a molecular diagnosis of the lens disease remains a challenge.

methodsIn this study, we tested a three-generation Chinese family with autosomal dominant CCs by targeted sequencing of 45 CC genes on next generation sequencing and evaluated the pathogenicity of the detected mutation by protein structure, pedigree validation, and molecular dynamics (MD) simulation.

resultsA novel 15 bp deletion on GJA8 (c.426_440delGCTGGAGGGGACCCT or p. 143_147delLEGTL) was detected in the family. The deletion, concerned with an in-frame deletion of 5 amino acid residues in a highly evolutionarily conserved region within the cytoplasmic loop domain of the gap junction channel protein connexin 50 (Cx50), was in full cosegregation with the cataract phenotypes in the family but not found in 1100 control exomes. MD simulation revealed that the introduction of the deletion destabilized the Cx50 gap junction channel, indicating the deletion as a dominant-negative mutation.

conclusionsThe above results support the pathogenic role of the 15 bp deletion on GJA8 in the Chinese family and demonstrate targeted genes sequencing as a resolution to molecular diagnosis of CCs.

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Gene DeletionAdolescentAdultAgedCataractConnexin 50ConnexinsFemaleHigh-Throughput Nucleotide SequencingHumansMaleMiddle AgedMolecular Dynamics SimulationMutationConnexin 50Connexins

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