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. 2013 Dec;34(4):229-33.
doi: 10.3109/13816810.2012.752016. Epub 2012 Dec 28.

Copy number variant analysis in CHM to detect duplications underlying choroideremia

Jonathan Y Chi  1 , Ian M MacDonald, Stacey Hume
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Copy number variant analysis in CHM to detect duplications underlying choroideremia

Jonathan Y Chi et al. Ophthalmic Genet. 2013 Dec.

Abstract

Purpose: To investigate the possibility of duplications or deletions within the CHM gene as a cause of choroideremia (CHM).

Materials and methods: Eight males and one female subject were identified in whom clinical features were consistent with a clinical diagnosis of CHM. In all cases, sequencing of the coding region and adjacent intronic splice sites did not identify a mutation. In some cases, supplemental immunoblot analysis of protein from peripheral blood leukocytes with anti-REP-1 antibody confirmed absence of Rab escort protein-1, REP-1. A multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification assay (MLPA) for the CHM gene was developed to test for deletions and duplications within the CHM gene.

Results: A duplication of exons 3-8 of the CHM gene (NM_000390.2) was identified in one case.

Discussion: While likely an uncommon event, duplication within the CHM gene could be considered as an explanation for CHM cases in which no mutation is found by sequence analysis.

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