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Glaucoma spectrum and age-related prevalence of individuals with FOXC1 and PITX2 variants

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posted on 2023-05-19, 06:44 authored by Souzeau, E, Siggs, OM, Zhou, T, Galanopoulos, A, Hodson, T, Taranath, D, Mills, RA, Landers, J, Pater, J, Smith, JE, Elder, JE, Rait, JL, Giles, P, Phakey, V, Staffieri, SE, Kearns, LS, Dubowsky, A, David MackeyDavid Mackey, Alexander HewittAlexander Hewitt, Ruddle, JB, Kathryn BurdonKathryn Burdon, Craig, JE
Variation in FOXC1 and PITX2 is associated with Axenfeld-Rieger syndrome, characterised by structural defects of the anterior chamber of the eye and a range of systemic features. Approximately half of all affected individuals will develop glaucoma, but the age at diagnosis and the phenotypic spectrum have not been well defined. As phenotypic heterogeneity is common, we aimed to delineate the age-related penetrance and the full phenotypic spectrum of glaucoma in FOXC1 or PITX2 carriers recruited through a national disease registry. All coding exons of FOXC1 and PITX2 were directly sequenced and multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification was performed to detect copy number variation. The cohort included 53 individuals from 24 families with disease-associated FOXC1 or PITX2 variants, including one individual diagnosed with primary congenital glaucoma and five with primary open-angle glaucoma. The overall prevalence of glaucoma was 58.5% and was similar for both genes (53.3% for FOXC1 vs 60.9% for PITX2, P = 0.59), however, the median age at glaucoma diagnosis was significantly lower in FOXC1 (6.0 ± 13.0 years) compared with PITX2 carriers (18.0 ± 10.6 years, P = 0.04). The penetrance at 10 years old was significantly lower in PITX2 than FOXC1 carriers (13.0% vs 42.9%, P = 0.03) but became comparable at 25 years old (71.4% vs 57.7%, P = 0.38). These findings have important implications for the genetic counselling of families affected by Axenfeld-Rieger syndrome, and also suggest that FOXC1 and PITX2 contribute to the genetic architecture of primary glaucoma subtypes.

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European Journal of Human Genetics

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25

Issue

7

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839-847

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1018-4813

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Menzies Institute for Medical Research

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Nature Publishing Group

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Macmillan Building, 4 Crinan St, London, England, N1 9Xw

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