CYP1B1 mutations in French patients with early-onset primary open-angle glaucoma

J Med Genet. 2004 Sep;41(9):647-51. doi: 10.1136/jmg.2004.020024.

Abstract

Introduction: Primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) is a leading cause of visual impairment worldwide and a complex genetic disorder that affects mostly adults. Mutations in the MYOCILIN (MYOC) and OPTINEURIN genes account for rare forms with a Mendelian inheritance and for <5% of all POAG cases. The CYP1B1 gene, a member of the cytochrome P450 gene family, is a major cause of primary congenital glaucoma (PCG), a rare and severely blinding disease with recessive inheritance. However, CYP1B1 mutations have also been associated with cases of juvenile-onset glaucoma in some PCG families or shown to modify the age of onset of glaucoma linked to a MYOC mutation in a large family.

Objective: To investigate the role of CYP1B1 mutations in POAG predisposition, irrespective of the presence of a MYOC mutation.

Methods and subjects: CYP1B1 coding region variation was characterised by denaturing high performance liquid chromatography (DHPLC) and sequencing in 236 unrelated French Caucasian POAG patients and 47 population-matched controls.

Results: Eleven (4.6%) patients carried one or two mutated CYP1B1 gene(s) and no MYOC mutation. They showed juvenile or middle-age onset of disease (median age at diagnosis, 40 years, range 13-52), significantly earlier than in non-carrier patients. Apart from one, all mutations detected in POAG patients were previously associated with PCG.

Conclusion: CYP1B1 mutations might pose a significant risk for early-onset POAG and might also modify glaucoma phenotype in patients who do not carry a MYOC mutation.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Age of Onset
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Aryl Hydrocarbon Hydroxylases / genetics*
  • Child
  • Cytochrome P-450 CYP1B1
  • DNA Mutational Analysis
  • Female
  • France
  • Genetic Testing
  • Genetic Variation / genetics
  • Glaucoma, Open-Angle / genetics*
  • Glaucoma, Open-Angle / physiopathology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Mutation / genetics*
  • Pedigree

Substances

  • Aryl Hydrocarbon Hydroxylases
  • CYP1B1 protein, human
  • Cytochrome P-450 CYP1B1