title: Mutations in LRPAP1 are associated with severe myopia in humans.
abstract: Myopia is an extremely common eye disorder but the pathogenesis of its isolated form, which accounts for the overwhelming majority of cases, remains poorly understood. There is strong evidence for genetic predisposition to myopia, but determining myopia genetic risk factors has been difficult to achieve. We have identified Mendelian forms of myopia in four consanguineous families and implemented exome/autozygome analysis to identify homozygous truncating variants in LRPAP1 and CTSH as the likely causal mutations. LRPAP1 encodes a chaperone of LRP1, which is known to influence TGF-β activity. Interestingly, we observed marked deficiency of LRP1 and upregulation of TGF-β in cells from affected individuals, the latter being consistent with available data on the role of TGF-β in the remodeling of the sclera in myopia and the high frequency of myopia in individuals with Marfan syndrome who characteristically have upregulation of TGF-β signaling. CTSH, on the other hand, encodes a protease and we show that deficiency of the murine ortholog results in markedly abnormal globes consistent with the observed human phenotype. Our data highlight a role for LRPAP1 and CTSH in myopia genetics and demonstrate the power of Mendelian forms in illuminating new molecular mechanisms that may be relevant to common phenotypes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Genetics, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh 11211, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Mohammed A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Aldahmesh
authors.forename: Arif O
authors.initials: AO
authors.lastname: Khan
authors.forename: Hisham
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Alkuraya
authors.forename: Nouran
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Adly
authors.forename: Shamsa
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Anazi
authors.forename: Ahmed A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Al-Saleh
authors.forename: Jawahir Y
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Mohamed
authors.forename: Hadia
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hijazi
authors.forename: Sarita
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Prabakaran
authors.forename: Marlene
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tacke
authors.forename: Abdullah
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Al-Khrashi
authors.forename: Mais
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hashem
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Reinheckel
authors.forename: Abdullah
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Assiri
authors.forename: Fowzan S
authors.initials: FS
authors.lastname: Alkuraya
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000818:Animals; D056655:Cathepsin H / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D015870:Gene Expression; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D006720:Homozygote; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D026563:LDL-Receptor Related Protein-Associated Protein / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D026503:Low Density Lipoprotein Receptor-Related Protein-1 / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D008382:Marfan Syndrome / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D051379:Mice; D009154:Mutation; D009216:Myopia / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D010375:Pedigree; D010641:Phenotype; D012590:Sclera / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D026563:LDL-Receptor Related Protein-Associated Protein; C475476:LRP1 protein, human; D026503:Low Density Lipoprotein Receptor-Related Protein-1; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta; C534126:CTSH protein, human; D056655:Cathepsin H