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ArticleInternational ophthalmology2021

Crystalline gene mutations in Turkish children with congenital cataracts.

Mine Karahan, Atılım Armağan Demirtaş, Seyfettin Erdem, Sedat Ava, Selahattin Tekeş, Uğur Keklikçi

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Mine KarahanDepartment of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Dicle University, Diyarbakır, Turkey.
Atılım Armağan DemirtaşDepartment of Ophthalmology, Izmir Tepecik Training and Research Hospital, Health Sciences University, Izmir, Turkey. atilimdemirtas77@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6504-8385
Seyfettin ErdemDepartment of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Dicle University, Diyarbakır, Turkey.
Sedat AvaDepartment of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Dicle University, Diyarbakır, Turkey.
Selahattin TekeşDepartment of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Dicle University, Diyarbakır, Turkey.
Uğur KeklikçiDepartment of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Dicle University, Diyarbakır, Turkey.
Dicle University · TRIzmir University · TR

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Abstract

purposeTo detect crystallin gene mutations in Turkish children with congenital cataracts.

methodsThe present study included 56 children (38 males and 18 females) who were diagnosed with congenital cataract in our ophthalmology clinic. The patients' blood samples were collected and sent to the medical genetics laboratory. The samples were assessed using the sequence analysis method, which covered all exons of CRYAA, CRYAB, CRYBB1, CRYBB2, CRYBB3, CRYGC and CRYGD.

resultsIn total, 56 patients with congenital cataracts were included in the present study. Of these, 68% were male and 32% were female. The age range of the patients was 2 months to 5 years. The mean age of onset was 21.08 ± 15.15 months. All the patients had bilateral congenital cataracts. The female-to-male ratio was 1:2.1. Mutation analysis was performed to detect possible mutations in CRYAA, CRYAB, CRYBB1, CRYBB2, CRYBB3, CRYGC and CRYGD. Of the four mutations detected, one was novel (c.383A > T in CRYGD) and three were known (c.592C > T in CRYBB2, c.164A > G in CRYGC and c.592C > T in CRYBB2). Two of these three mutations were detected in the same gene (CRYBB2). Crystallin gene mutations were detected in 7% of patients with congenital cataracts (four out of 56 patients) in the present study.

conclusionsWe think that mutations in crystallin genes are responsible for 7% of congenital cataract cases in our country. The detection of these mutations may help in the molecular diagnosis of congenital cataracts.

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CataractCrystallinsChild, PreschoolDNA Mutational AnalysisFemaleHumansInfantMaleMutationPedigreeCrystallinsCongenital cataractCrystalline geneGenetic

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