Mutation spectrum of the CYP1B1 gene for congenital glaucoma in the Japanese population.
OBJECTIVE
Mutations of the CYP1B1 gene cause primary congenital glaucoma (PCG), Peters anomaly, and juvenile open-angle glaucoma (JOAG). The aim of this study was to determine the spectrum and role of the CYP1B1 gene in Japanese patients with PCG or JOAG.


METHODS
Genomic DNA was extracted from the leukocytes of 18 unrelated patients with PCG and 21 unrelated patients with JOAG. All of the patients developed high intraocular pressure (IOP) before the age of 35 years. One hundred unrelated healthy adults with normal IOP were examined in the same way. The three exons of the CYP1B1 gene were amplified by polymerase chain reaction and directly sequenced.


RESULTS
Mutational screening and sequence analyses of the CYP1B1 gene revealed four mutations in four patients with PCG: p.Asp192Val, c.4776insAT, p.Val364Met, and p.Asp430Glu. The first three mutations have been reported in other Japanese PCG patients, but Asp430Glu is a new mutation. No mutations were found in the CYP1B1 gene of the JOAG patients.


CONCLUSIONS
PCG in approximately 20% of Japanese patients may be associated with CYP1B1 mutations, but JOAG is not. The three mutations p.Asp192Val, c.4776insAT, and p.Val364Met appear to be common in the Japanese population and might be useful in genetic screening for PCG.
Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan. fusen@oph.med.tohoku.ac.jp
Nobuo
N
Fuse
Akiko
A
Miyazawa
Kana
K
Takahashi
Michiru
M
Noro
Toru
T
Nakazawa
Kohji
K
Nishida
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001189:Aryl Hydrocarbon Hydroxylases; D044466:Asian People / Q000235:genetics; D002675:Child, Preschool; D065633:Cytochrome P-450 CYP1B1; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / Q000235:genetics*; D004252:DNA Mutational Analysis; D005091:Exons / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D005902:Glaucoma, Open-Angle / Q000151:congenital / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D006871:Hydrophthalmos / Q000235:genetics*; D007429:Intraocular Pressure; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D009154:Mutation; D010375:Pedigree; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D055815:Young Adult
D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System; D001189:Aryl Hydrocarbon Hydroxylases; C585496:CYP1B1 protein, human; D065633:Cytochrome P-450 CYP1B1