title: Absence of myocilin and optineurin mutations in a large Philippine family with juvenile onset primary open angle glaucoma.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To analyze the role of the two primary open angle glaucoma (POAG) genes, myocilin (MYOC) and optineurin (OPTN), in a large Philippine family segregating autosomal dominant juvenile onset open angle glaucoma (JOAG).
  
  
  METHODS
  The coding sequences of the MYOC and OPTN genes were screened in 27 family members by polymerase chain reaction and direct sequencing. The specific MYOC promoter polymorphism (MYOC.mtl) was identified by restriction endonuclease assay. All of the ABI MD-10 microsatellite markers on chromosomes 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, and 10, which harbor the six known POAG loci, were analyzed for linkage with POAG.
  
  
  RESULTS
  No mutation was identified in this large kindred. Instead, three polymorphisms (-80G->A, -1000G->C, R76K) in MYOC and four polymorphisms (T34T, M98K, R545Q, IVS7+24G->A) in OPTN were found. All markers flanking the six known POAG loci gave LOD scores not more than 1.1. Non-parametric linkage analysis for all these markers resulted in p values more than 0.05.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Both mutation testing and linkage analysis provide strong evidence against MYOC and OPTN being the causative gene in this large family. It indicates that unidentified genes will underlie the occurrence of glaucoma in this family.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
authors.forename: Dan Yi
authors.initials: DY
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Bao Jian
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Fan
authors.forename: Oscar
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Canlas
authors.forename: Pancy O S
authors.initials: PO
authors.lastname: Tam
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ritch
authors.forename: Dennis S C
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Lam
authors.forename: Dorothy S P
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Fan
authors.forename: Chi Pui
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Pang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins; D004252:DNA Mutational Analysis; D005136:Eye Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D005799:Genes, Dominant; D008040:Genetic Linkage; D005902:Glaucoma, Open-Angle / Q000208:ethnology / Q000235:genetics*; D006023:Glycoproteins / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D007429:Intraocular Pressure; D008297:Male; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; D018895:Microsatellite Repeats; D009154:Mutation; D010375:Pedigree; D010679:Philippines / Q000453:epidemiology; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D035582:Transcription Factor TFIIIA / Q000235:genetics*; D000099179:Myocilin
chemical_list: D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins; D005136:Eye Proteins; D006023:Glycoproteins; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; D035582:Transcription Factor TFIIIA; D000099179:Myocilin; C409460:OPTN protein, human