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Biallelic Variants in KIF17 Associated with Microphthalmia and Coloboma Spectrum.

ABSTRACT: Microphthalmia, anophthalmia, and coloboma (MAC) are a group of congenital eye anomalies that can affect one or both eyes. Patients can present one or a combination of these ocular abnormalities in the so called "MAC spectrum". The KIF17 gene encodes the kinesin-like protein Kif17, a microtubule-based, ATP-dependent, motor protein that is pivotal for outer segment development and disc morphogenesis in different animal models, including mice and zebrafish. In this report, we describe a Sicilian family with two siblings affected with congenital coloboma, microphthalmia, and a mild delay of motor developmental milestones. Genomic DNA from the siblings and their unaffected parents was sequenced with a clinical exome that revealed compound heterozygous variants in the KIF17 gene (NM_020816.4: c.1255C > T (p.Arg419Trp); c.2554C > T (p.Arg852Cys)) segregating with the MAC spectrum phenotype of the two affected siblings. Variants were inherited from the healthy mother and father, are present at a very low-frequency in genomic population databases, and are predicted to be deleterious in silico. Our report indicates the potential co-segregation of these biallelic KIF17 variants with microphthalmia and coloboma, highlighting a potential conserved role of this gene in eye development across different species.

SUBMITTER: Riva A

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8123208 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Biallelic Variants in <i>KIF17</i> Associated with Microphthalmia and Coloboma Spectrum.

Riva Antonella A Gambadauro Antonella A Dipasquale Valeria V Casto Celeste C Ceravolo Maria Domenica MD Accogli Andrea A Scala Marcello M Ceravolo Giorgia G Iacomino Michele M Zara Federico F Striano Pasquale P Cuppari Caterina C Di Rosa Gabriella G Cutrupi Maria Concetta MC Salpietro Vincenzo V Chimenz Roberto R

International journal of molecular sciences 20210425 9

Microphthalmia, anophthalmia, and coloboma (MAC) are a group of congenital eye anomalies that can affect one or both eyes. Patients can present one or a combination of these ocular abnormalities in the so called "MAC spectrum". The <i>KIF17</i> gene encodes the kinesin-like protein Kif17, a microtubule-based, ATP-dependent, motor protein that is pivotal for outer segment development and disc morphogenesis in different animal models, including mice and zebrafish. In this report, we describe a Sic ...[more]

PMID: 33922911

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Biallelic Variants in KIF17 Associated with Microphthalmia and Coloboma Spectrum.

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Biallelic Variants in <i>KIF17</i> Associated with Microphthalmia and Coloboma Spectrum.

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