Prph2 mutations as a cause of electronegative ERG. 2014

Rola Ba-Abbad, and Anthony G Robson, and Yew C Yap, and Anthony T Moore, and Andrew R Webster, and Graham E Holder
*Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, United Kingdom; †UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, London, United Kingdom; and ‡Department of Ophthalmology, King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

OBJECTIVE To describe the phenotypic and genotypic features in patients with PRPH2 mutations and negative electroretinograms. METHODS Retrospective observational case series. Records of patients with a confirmed molecular diagnosis of PRPH2 mutation, and an electronegative electroretinogram (reduced b-wave to a-wave amplitude ratio) under either photopic or scotopic conditions, were identified. Data examined included clinical history and retinal images, electrophysiology, and mutational analysis. RESULTS Six patients were ascertained. All had presented with clinically evident maculopathy and Snellen visual acuities in the range of 6/6 to 1/60. All had negative electroretinograms in scotopic or photopic electroretinograms or both. Four patients were heterozygous for a previously reported missense mutation c.514C>T, p.R172W; 2 were heterozygous for the frame-shifting mutations c.259_266del8, p.D87fs and c.394delC, p.Q132fs. No other cause of electronegative electroretinogram was identified in any patient. Photopic On- and Off-response recording was useful in identifying On-pathway dysfunction. CONCLUSIONS PRPH2 mutation can be associated with negative electroretinograms. This novel finding is not mutation specific and does not relate to the severity of the disease. The data add to the documented phenotypical variability of PRPH2 mutations and represent a further cause of negative electroretinogram.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D009154 Mutation Any detectable and heritable change in the genetic material that causes a change in the GENOTYPE and which is transmitted to daughter cells and to succeeding generations. Mutations
D010641 Phenotype The outward appearance of the individual. It is the product of interactions between genes, and between the GENOTYPE and the environment. Phenotypes
D012162 Retinal Degeneration A retrogressive pathological change in the retina, focal or generalized, caused by genetic defects, inflammation, trauma, vascular disease, or aging. Degeneration affecting predominantly the macula lutea of the retina is MACULAR DEGENERATION. (Newell, Ophthalmology: Principles and Concepts, 7th ed, p304) Degeneration, Retinal,Degenerations, Retinal,Retinal Degenerations
D004596 Electroretinography Recording of electric potentials in the retina after stimulation by light. Electroretinographies
D005260 Female Females
D005838 Genotype The genetic constitution of the individual, comprising the ALLELES present at each GENETIC LOCUS. Genogroup,Genogroups,Genotypes
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults

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