title: Mutation screen of the membrane-type frizzled-related protein (MFRP) gene in patients with inherited retinal degenerations.
abstract: MFRP is a member of the frizzled-related protein family and contains a cysteine-rich domain essential for Wnt binding and signaling. MFRP is highly expressed in the retinal pigment epithelial cells of the eye. A splice donor mutation in the mouse ortholog of Mfrp is responsible for photoreceptor degeneration in the rd6 mouse. For these reasons, we investigated MFRP as a candidate gene for a phenotype associated with mutations. We screened 152 patients with inherited retinal degenerations including retinitis pigmentosa, Leber congenital amaurosis and Stargardt macular dystrophy. We identified five polymorphisms in the 5' untranslated region, four missense changes, six isocoding variants and four intronic changes. None of the sequence variants were interpreted as pathogenic.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmic Research, Cole Eye Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA.
authors.forename: Gayle J T
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Pauer
authors.forename: Quansheng
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Xi
authors.forename: Kang
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Elias I
authors.initials: EI
authors.lastname: Traboulsi
authors.forename: Stephanie A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Hagstrom
mesh_terms: D020121:5' Untranslated Regions / Q000235:genetics; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D004252:DNA Mutational Analysis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007438:Introns / Q000235:genetics; D008297:Male; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D020125:Mutation, Missense / Q000235:genetics*; D029242:Optic Atrophy, Hereditary, Leber / Q000235:genetics; D010375:Pedigree; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D018807:Polymorphism, Single-Stranded Conformational; D012162:Retinal Degeneration / Q000235:genetics*; D000099274:Frizzled-Related Proteins
chemical_list: D020121:5' Untranslated Regions; D008565:Membrane Proteins; C490110:MFRP protein, human; D000099274:Frizzled-Related Proteins