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Study of a US cohort supports the role of ZNF644 and high-grade myopia susceptibility.


ABSTRACT: PURPOSE:Myopia, or nearsightedness, is highly prevalent in Asian countries and is considered a serious public health issue globally. High-grade myopia can predispose individuals to myopic maculopathy, premature cataracts, retinal detachment, and glaucoma. A recent study implicated zinc finger protein 644 isoform 1 (ZNF644) variants with non-syndromic high-grade myopia in a Chinese-Asian population. Herein we focused on investigating the role for ZNF644 variants in high-grade myopia in a United States (US) cohort. METHODS:DNA from a case cohort of 131 subject participants diagnosed with high-grade myopia was screened for ZNF644 variants. Spherical refractive error of -?-6.00 diopters (D) in at least one eye was defined as affected. All coding, intron/exon boundaries were screened using Sanger sequencing. Single nucleotide allele frequencies were determined by screening 672 ethnically matched controls. RESULTS:Sequencing analysis did not detect previously reported mutations. However, our analysis identified 2 novel single nucleotide variants (c.725C>T, c.821A>T) in 2 high-grade myopia individuals- one Caucasian and one African American, respectively. These variants were not found in normal controls. A rare variant - dbsSNP132 (rs12117237?c.2119A>G) - with a minor allele frequency of 0.2% was present in 6 additional cases, but was also present in 5 controls. CONCLUSIONS:Our study has identified two novel variants in ZNF644 associated with high-grade myopia in a US cohort. Our results suggest that ZNF644 may play a role in myopia development.

SUBMITTER: Tran-Viet KN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3335780 | biostudies-literature | 2012

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Study of a US cohort supports the role of ZNF644 and high-grade myopia susceptibility.

Tran-Viet Khanh-Nhat KN   St Germain Elizabeth E   Soler Vincent V   Powell Caldwell C   Lim Sing-Hui SH   Klemm Thomas T   Saw Seang Mei SM   Young Terri L TL  

Molecular vision 20120412


<h4>Purpose</h4>Myopia, or nearsightedness, is highly prevalent in Asian countries and is considered a serious public health issue globally. High-grade myopia can predispose individuals to myopic maculopathy, premature cataracts, retinal detachment, and glaucoma. A recent study implicated zinc finger protein 644 isoform 1 (ZNF644) variants with non-syndromic high-grade myopia in a Chinese-Asian population. Herein we focused on investigating the role for ZNF644 variants in high-grade myopia in a  ...[more]

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