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Variation in retinitis pigmentosa-11 (PRPF31 or RP11) gene expression between symptomatic and asymptomatic patients with dominant RP11 mutations

Rivolta, Carlo and McGee, Terri L. and Rio Frio, Thomas and Jensen, Roderick V. and Berson, Eliot L. and Dryja, Thaddeus P.. (2006) Variation in retinitis pigmentosa-11 (PRPF31 or RP11) gene expression between symptomatic and asymptomatic patients with dominant RP11 mutations. Human mutation, 27 (7). pp. 644-653.

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Abstract

Dominant mutations in the mRNA splicing factor gene PRPF31 (RP11) cause retinitis pigmentosa with reduced penetrance. We studied the expression of RP11 in lymphoblast cell lines from 10 patients, including three who were clinically asymptomatic, with six distinct RP11 mutations. Five of the six mutations were characterized and all five created premature nonsense codons or eliminated the normal initiation codon. Semiquantitative RT-PCR indicated that an average of only 17% of the RP11 mRNA was derived from the mutant allele, likely because the mutant mRNA transcripts were degraded by nonsense-mediated decay. Gene expression levels were measured by Affymetrix and CodeLink microarrays and, for RP11 transcripts, also by real-time PCR. Combined wild-type-plus-mutant RP11 mRNA expression from symptomatic patients was 52 to 77% of that in controls (p < or = 0.0005). Clinically asymptomatic carriers had levels of RP11 mRNA similar to controls and 29-42% higher than in clinically affected patients (0.0001<p<0.05, varying according to measurement technique). Expression levels of seven housekeeping genes (4-15 exons each) and 11 single-exon histone genes showed no substantial differences between affected patients with RP11 mutations and controls. Our results indicate that penetrance of dominant RP11 mutations correlates with the expression level of the remaining wild-type RP11 allele. Because RP11 mutations are apparently null alleles and because nonpenetrance correlates with high wild-type allele expression, the phenotypic effect of RP11 mutations is likely due to haploinsufficiency. The similar mRNA expression levels from genes with and without introns suggest that there is no generalized RNA splicing abnormality in RP11 patients.
Faculties and Departments:03 Faculty of Medicine
09 Associated Institutions > Institute of Molecular and Clinical Ophthalmology Basel (IOB)
UniBasel Contributors:Rivolta, Carlo
Item Type:Article, refereed
Article Subtype:Research Article
Publisher:John Wiley & Sons, Inc
ISSN:1098-1004
Note:Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article
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