In addition, four patients (704, 1327, 3748, and 3773) carried mutations in BBS1, BBS7, CLN3, and INPP5E, respectively (tables 7 and and9).9). Mutations in these genes were known to cause syndromes that are characterised by visual impairment and other systemic features.70–72 It was also reported in some cases that these genes were associated with ‘LCA-like’ or ‘RP-like’ phenotypes without defects in other organs. 60,62,73 In our study, revisiting these patients confirmed their severe retinal degenerations without other syndromic features (see online supplementary table S1). For example, patient 704 carried a reported homozygous missense mutation in BBS gene BBS1 (table 7). This mutation segregated with disease within the family (see online supplementary table S1). Revisiting this patient at the age of 53 confirmed the ‘juvenile RP-like’ phenotypes without other syndromic features (see online supplementary table S1). However, the retinal features of this patient were consistent with those observed in other BBS patients with BBS1 mutations (see online supplementary figure S5).72 Due to these molecular findings and retinal features, we should still follow up the potential development of syndromic phenotypes in these patients.
Case#: Wang_2013_Patient_704, female, age 9 years at onset, family origin not reported
CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0007663 (Reduced visual acuity), HP:0000662 (Nyctalopia), HP:0007737 (Bone spicule pigmentation of the retina), HP:0000543 (Optic disc pallor), HP:0007843 (Attenuation of retinal blood vessels), HP:0000822 (Hypertension), HP:0000858 (Irregular menstruation), HP:0025502 (Overweight)
CaseHPOFreeText: The proband has a diagnosis of juvenile retinitis pigmentosa. Visual acuity was limited to hand movements and later to light perception. Patient is described as slightly overweight.
CaseNotHPOs: HP:0000639 (Nystagmus)
CaseNotHPOFreeText: N/A
CasePreviousTesting: The proband was subjected to capture-based next-generation sequencing panel that included 163 known retinal disease genes.
CaseMethod1: next-generation sequencing panel
CaseMethod2: SNP array and Sanger sequencing of BBS1
CaseGenotypingMethod: The proband was genotyped by capture-based next-generation sequencing panel that included 163 known retinal disease genes. SNP array and Sanger sequencing of BBS1 were subsequently used to confirm the presence of the variant.
Variant: The proband harbors the NM_024649.5(BBS1):c.1169T>G (p.Met390Arg) variant in the homozygous state.
ClinVar ID: 12143
gnomAD: The variant is found in gnomAD v2.1.1 at a frequency of 0.002773 in the European (non-Finnish) population, with 358 alleles / 129114 total alleles (0 homozygotes) https://gnomad.broadinstitute.org/variant/11-66293652-T-G?dataset=gnomad_r2_1
VariantEvidence: NM_024649.5(BBS1):c.1169T>G (p.Met390Arg) is a missense variant with mouse knock-in evidence of a similar disease-causing effect in the homozygous state (PMID: 18032602). This has not been taken into account in scoring, as the mouse model has been scored separately. However, it has provided a rationale not to down-score for the relatively high gnomAD frequency of this variant.
CaseAddInfo: The variant reportedly segregates with disease within the proband's family, but details are not available.
CasePMIDs: N/A