A Leaky Deep Intronic Splice Variant in CLRN1 Is Associated with Non-Syndromic Retinitis Pigmentosa

Maria Abu Elasal, Samer Khateb, Daan M. Panneman, Susanne Roosing, Frans P.M. Cremers, Eyal Banin, Dror Sharon*, Asodu Sandeep Sarma

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Abstract

Background: Inherited retinal diseases (IRDs) are clinically complex and genetically heterogeneous visual impairment disorders with varying penetrance and severity. Disease-causing variants in at least 289 nuclear and mitochondrial genes have been implicated in their pathogenesis. Methods: Whole exome sequencing results were analyzed using established pipelines and the results were further confirmed by Sanger sequencing and minigene splicing assay. Results: Exome sequencing in a 51-year-old Ashkenazi Jewish patient with non-syndromic retinitis pigmentosa (RP) identified compound heterozygous variants in the CLRN1 gene: a known pathogenic missense [p.(N48K)] and a novel deep intronic variant c.254-643G>T. A minigene splicing assay that was performed aiming to study the effect of the c.254-643G>T variant on CLRN1 pre-mRNA splicing revealed the inclusion of a pseudo-exon that was also reported to be included in the transcript due to an adjacent variant, c.254-649T>G. However, unlike the reported c.254-649T>G variant, c.254-643G>T showed aberrant splicing in a leaky manner, implying that the identified variant is not totally penetrant. Conclusion: We report on a novel deep intronic variant in CLRN1 causing non-syndromic RP. The non-syndromic phenotype observed in this index case may be attributed to the leaky nature of this variant, which is causing some normal transcripts to be produced.

Original languageEnglish
Article number1363
JournalGenes
Volume15
Issue number11
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 2024

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Keywords

  • CLRN1
  • deep intronic
  • inherited retinal diseases
  • pseudo-exon
  • retinitis pigmentosa
  • splicing

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