title: Rhodopsin Thr58Arg mutation in a family with autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa.
abstract: The authors report a family in which a Thr58Arg rhodopsin mutation co-segregates with the disease phenotype of autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa (RP) in 16 family members. DNA sequence determination confirms the presence of the same mutation reported previously for one family apparently unrelated to the pedigree now reported. Features of RP in this family included a later onset of symptoms, with night blindness first noticed between ages 12 to 24 years. Although symptoms worsened with age, no complete blindness was observed even with advanced age. Results of psychophysical and electrophysiologic testing showed that a 19-year-old affected woman and her 65-year-old affected uncle had relatively similar extent of visual dysfunction, and that the vision of both was better than 2 of their relatives aged 37 and 53 years. This study presents a range of phenotypic similarities and differences observed between individuals whose RP appears to be caused by the same mutation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, University of Michigan, W. K. Kellogg Eye Center, Ann Arbor 48105.
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Richards
authors.forename: C Y
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Kuo
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Boehnke
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Sieving
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001120:Arginine / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D004247:DNA / Q000032:analysis; D003623:Dark Adaptation; D004596:Electroretinography; D005260:Female; D005799:Genes, Dominant; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009154:Mutation; D010375:Pedigree; D012174:Retinitis Pigmentosa / Q000235:genetics* / Q000503:physiopathology; D012243:Rhodopsin / Q000235:genetics*; D012684:Sensory Thresholds; D013912:Threonine / Q000235:genetics*; D014794:Visual Fields
chemical_list: D013912:Threonine; D004247:DNA; D012243:Rhodopsin; D001120:Arginine