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- Title
Genetic and clinical characterization of mainland Chinese patients with sialidosis type 1.
- Authors
Han, Xiaoxu; Wu, Shijing; Wang, Min; Li, Hui; Huang, Yan; Sui, Ruifang
- Abstract
Background: Sialidosis type 1 is a rare inherited disorder with a high disability. No genetically confirmed mainland Chinese patient with sialidosis type 1 has been reported. This study evaluated the phenotypes and genotypes of mainland Chinese patients with sialidosis type 1. Methods: It was a retrospective case series study. Four unrelated patients were enrolled. Comprehensive clinical evaluations and molecular genetic analysis of the NEU1 gene were performed. Results: Three out of four patients presented progressive myoclonus epilepsy. The best‐corrected visual acuity ranged from 20/2000 to 20/25. Punctate cataracts were found in all of the patients. Distinct macular cherry red spots were observed in three patients by fundoscopy, and a relatively normal fundus was revealed in one patient. Optical coherence tomography (OCT) showed increased reflectivity of the nerve fiber and ganglion cell layers, and fundus autofluorescence (FAF) revealed hyperautofluorescent areas surrounding the fovea in all of the patients. Only superficial retinal vessels can be observed using OCT angiography; the deeper capillary plexus could not be observed. Visual evoked potential revealed varying degrees of decreased amplitude and/or prolonged latency of P100 or P2 waves. The most frequent sequence variant identified was c.544A>G (p.S182G) (NM_000434.3). Conclusions: Our study first described the ophthalmic and neurologic characteristics of a small cohort of unrelated mainland Chinese patients with sialidosis type 1. We found that c.544A>G (p. S182G) might be a hotspot variant in Chinese patients. The accumulation of metabolic products in the nerve fiber and ganglion cell layers is a characteristic ocular finding that could be sensitively detected by OCT and FAF imaging.
- Subjects
CHINESE people; RETINAL ganglion cells; VISUAL evoked potentials; OPTICAL coherence tomography; EVOKED response audiometry; RETINAL blood vessels; INTRAOCULAR lenses; VISUAL acuity
- Publication
Molecular Genetics & Genomic Medicine, 2020, Vol 8, Issue 8, p1
- ISSN
2324-9269
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/mgg3.1316