IMPG2-related maculopathy
IMPG2-related maculopathy
Purpose: to investigate the phenotype, variability, and penetrance of IMPG2-related maculopathy.
Design: retrospective observational case series.
Methods: clinical evaluation, multimodal retinal imaging, genetic testing, and molecular modeling.
Results: a total of 25 individuals with a mono-allelic IMPG2 variant were included, 5 of whom were relatives of patients with IMPG2-associated retinitis pigmentosa. A distinct maculopathy was present in 17 individuals (median age, 52 years; range, 20-72 years), and included foveal elevation with or without subretinal vitelliform material or focal atrophy of the retinal pigment epithelium. Best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) was ≥20/50 in the better eye (n = 15), and 5 patients were asymptomatic. Longitudinal observation (n = 8, up to 19 years) demonstrated stable maculopathy (n = 3), partial/complete resorption (n = 4) or increase (n = 1) of the subretinal material, with overall stable vision (n = 6). No manifest maculopathy was observed in 8 individuals (median age, 58 years; range, 43-83 years; BCVA ≥20/25), all were identified through segregation analysis. All 8 individuals were asymptomatic, with minimal foveal changes observed on optical coherence tomography in 3 cases. A total of 18 different variants were detected, 11 of them truncating. Molecular modeling of 5 missense variants [c.727G>C, c.1124C>A, c.2816T>A, c.3047T>C, and c.3193G>A] supported the hypothesis that these have a loss-of-function effect.
Conclusions: mono-allelic IMPG2 variants may result in haploinsufficiency manifesting as a maculopathy with variable penetrance and expressivity. Family members of patients with IMPG2-related retinitis pigmentosa may present with vitelliform lesions. The maculopathy often remains limited to the fovea and is usually associated with moderate visual impairment.
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Birtel, Johannes
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Caswell, Richard
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De Silva, Samantha R.
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Herrmann, Philipp
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Rehman, Salwah
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Lotery, Andrew J.
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Mahroo, Omar A.
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Michaelides, Michel
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Webster, Andrew R.
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MacLaren, Robert E.
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Charbel Issa, Peter
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February 2024
Birtel, Johannes
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Caswell, Richard
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De Silva, Samantha R.
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Herrmann, Philipp
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Rehman, Salwah
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Lotery, Andrew J.
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Mahroo, Omar A.
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Michaelides, Michel
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Webster, Andrew R.
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MacLaren, Robert E.
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Charbel Issa, Peter
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Birtel, Johannes, Caswell, Richard, De Silva, Samantha R., Herrmann, Philipp, Rehman, Salwah, Lotery, Andrew J., Mahroo, Omar A., Michaelides, Michel, Webster, Andrew R., MacLaren, Robert E. and Charbel Issa, Peter
(2024)
IMPG2-related maculopathy.
American Journal of Ophthalmology, 258, .
(doi:10.1016/j.ajo.2023.10.002).
Abstract
Purpose: to investigate the phenotype, variability, and penetrance of IMPG2-related maculopathy.
Design: retrospective observational case series.
Methods: clinical evaluation, multimodal retinal imaging, genetic testing, and molecular modeling.
Results: a total of 25 individuals with a mono-allelic IMPG2 variant were included, 5 of whom were relatives of patients with IMPG2-associated retinitis pigmentosa. A distinct maculopathy was present in 17 individuals (median age, 52 years; range, 20-72 years), and included foveal elevation with or without subretinal vitelliform material or focal atrophy of the retinal pigment epithelium. Best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) was ≥20/50 in the better eye (n = 15), and 5 patients were asymptomatic. Longitudinal observation (n = 8, up to 19 years) demonstrated stable maculopathy (n = 3), partial/complete resorption (n = 4) or increase (n = 1) of the subretinal material, with overall stable vision (n = 6). No manifest maculopathy was observed in 8 individuals (median age, 58 years; range, 43-83 years; BCVA ≥20/25), all were identified through segregation analysis. All 8 individuals were asymptomatic, with minimal foveal changes observed on optical coherence tomography in 3 cases. A total of 18 different variants were detected, 11 of them truncating. Molecular modeling of 5 missense variants [c.727G>C, c.1124C>A, c.2816T>A, c.3047T>C, and c.3193G>A] supported the hypothesis that these have a loss-of-function effect.
Conclusions: mono-allelic IMPG2 variants may result in haploinsufficiency manifesting as a maculopathy with variable penetrance and expressivity. Family members of patients with IMPG2-related retinitis pigmentosa may present with vitelliform lesions. The maculopathy often remains limited to the fovea and is usually associated with moderate visual impairment.
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Accepted/In Press date: 1 October 2023
e-pub ahead of print date: 6 October 2023
Published date: February 2024
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Funding/Support: This work was supported by the Dr. Werner Jackstädt Foundation, Wuppertal, Germany (Grant S0134-10.22 to J.B.), and the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Oxford Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) and the NIHR BRC at Moorfields Eye Hospital and the UCL Institute of Ophthalmology. O.A.M. is supported by the Wellcome Trust ( 206619/Z/17/Z ). The views expressed are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the NHS, the NIHR or the Department of Health. The sponsor and funding organization had no role in the design or conduct of this research. Financial Disclosures: All authors report no financial disclosures or conflicts of interest. All authors attest that they meet the current ICMJE criteria for authorship.
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