title: [A novel pathogenic mutation of CRYGD gene in a congenital cataract family].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To detect the disease-causing mutation in a pedigree affected with autosomal dominant congenital cataract.
  
  
  METHODS
  Genomic DNA was extracted and purified from peripheral blood samples from members of the pedigree and 100 healthy controls. Coding regions of 18 candidate genes were screened with PCR and Sanger sequencing. Identified mutations were verified among 100 healthy individuals to exclude single nucleotide polymorphisms.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A heterozygous nonsense mutation c.471G>A of the CRYGD gene, which resulted in p.Trp157Term, was identified in all three patients. The same mutation was not found in the two normal individuals from the family and 100 healthy controls. The nonsense mutation was predicted to be "disease causing" by Mutation t@sting program.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The nonsense mutation c.471G>A of the CRYGD gene probably underlies the congenital cataract in the pedigree.
authors.affiliation: Center for Reproductive Medicine, Shandong University, National Research Center for Assisted Reproductive Technology and Reproductive Genetics, The Key Laboratory for Reproductive Endocrinology of Ministry of Education, Jinan, Shandong 250012, China. Email: gaoyuan@sduivf.com.
authors.forename: Ming
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Sexin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Yang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zou
authors.forename: Peiwen
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Ranran
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: Yuan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Gao
mesh_terms: D002386:Cataract / Q000209:etiology / Q000235:genetics*; D002648:Child; D018389:Codon, Nonsense; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D038222:gamma-Crystallins / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: C504903:CRYGD protein, human; D018389:Codon, Nonsense; D038222:gamma-Crystallins