Retinitis Pigmentosa 75

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A number sign (#) is used with this entry because of evidence that retinitis pigmentosa-75 (RP75) is caused by homozygous mutation in the AGBL5 gene (615900) on chromosome 2p23.

For a general phenotypic description and a discussion of genetic heterogeneity of retinitis pigmentosa, see 268000.

Clinical Features

Kastner et al. (2015) studied a consanguineous Turkish family in which 2 sisters and a brother had retinitis pigmentosa with onset between 7 and 12 years of age. All 3 exhibited tunnel vision and night blindness; other features included myopia in 1 sister and mixed astigmatism in the brother. Fundus examination revealed bone spicule pigmentation, attenuation of retinal vessels, and waxy pallor of the optic disc. The affected brother also had mild mental retardation.

Inheritance

The transmission pattern of retinitis pigmentosa in the family reported by Kastner et al. (2015) was consistent with autosomal recessive inheritance.

Molecular Genetics

In 2 sisters and a brother from a consanguineous Turkish family with retinitis pigmentosa, Kastner et al. (2015) identified homozygosity for a missense mutation in the AGBL5 gene (D295N; 615900.0001) that segregated fully with disease in the family and was not found in 367 Turkish controls.

Patel et al. (2016) studied 541 patients from 292 families with retinal dystrophy and identified a family in which 3 affected individuals had RP mapping to chromosome 2 (chr2:25,550,180-28,794,007; GRCh37). Whole-exome sequencing revealed homozygosity for a missense mutation in the AGBL5 gene (R276W; 615900.0002) that segregated with the RP phenotype in the family and was not found in 615 in-house Saudi exomes or in the ExAC database.