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- Title
Clinical characteristics and high resolution retinal imaging of retinitis pigmentosa caused by RP1 gene variants.
- Authors
Ueno, Shinji; Koyanagi, Yoshito; Kominami, Taro; Ito, Yasuki; Kawano, Kenichi; Nishiguchi, Koji M.; Rivolta, Carlo; Nakazawa, Toru; Sonoda, Koh-Hei; Terasaki, Hiroko
- Abstract
Purpose: To report the clinical course and high resolution images of autosomal recessive retinitis pigmentosa (RP) associated with a variant of the RP1 gene (c.4052_4053ins328/p.Tyr1352Alafs*9; m1), a high frequency founder variant in Japanese RP patients. Study design: Retrospective case series. Methods: Nine patients from 5 unrelated Japanese families were studied. Five patients had the m1 variant homozygously, and 4 patients had the m1 variant compound heterozygously with another frameshift variant (c.4196delG/p.Cys1399Leufs*5). Ophthalmic examinations including adaptive optics (AO) fundus imaging were performed periodically. Results: The fundus photographs, fundus autofluorescence (FAF) images, and optical coherence tomographic (OCT) images indicated severe retinal degeneration in all the patients involving the macula even at a young age (20 s). The areas of surviving photoreceptors in the central macula were seen as hyper-autofluorescent regions in the FAF images and preserved outer retinal structure in the OCT images; they were identifiable in the AO fundus images in 8 eyes. The borders of the surviving photoreceptor areas were surrounded by hyporeflective clumps, presumably containing melanin, and the size of these areas decreased progressively during the 4-year follow-up period. The disappearance of the surviving photoreceptor areas was associated with complete blindness. Conclusion: Patients with RP associated with the m1 variant have a progressive and severe retinal degeneration that begins at an early age. Monitoring the surviving photoreceptor areas by AO fundus imaging can provide a more precise pathological record of retinal degeneration.
- Subjects
RECESSIVE genes; HIGH resolution imaging; RETINITIS pigmentosa; ADAPTIVE optics; COHERENCE (Optics); RETINAL degeneration
- Publication
Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology, 2020, Vol 64, Issue 5, p485
- ISSN
0021-5155
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10384-020-00752-1