Copy Number Variations of TBK1 in Australian Patients With Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma
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Date
2015-01
Authors
Awadalla, Mona S
Fingert, John H
Roos, Benjamin R
Chen, Simon
Holmes, Richard
Graham, Stuart L
Chehade, Mark
Galanopoulos, Anna
Ridge, Bronwyn
Souzeau, Emmanuelle
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Elsevier
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Abstract
PURPOSE
To investigate the presence of TBK1 copy number variations in a large, well-characterized Australian cohort of patients with glaucoma comprising both normal-tension glaucoma and high-tension glaucoma cases.
DESIGN
A retrospective cohort study.
METHODS
DNA samples from patients with normal-tension glaucoma and high-tension glaucoma and unaffected controls were screened for TBK1 copy number variations using real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction. Samples with additional copies of the TBK1 gene were further tested using custom comparative genomic hybridization arrays.
RESULTS
Four out of 334 normal-tension glaucoma cases (1.2%) were found to carry TBK1 copy number variations using quantitative polymerase chain reaction. One extra dose of the TBK1 gene (duplication) was detected in 3 normal-tension glaucoma patients, while 2 extra doses of the gene (triplication) were detected in a fourth normal-tension glaucoma patient. The results were further confirmed by custom comparative genomic hybridization arrays. Further, the TBK1 copy number variation segregated with normal-tension glaucoma in the family members of the probands, showing an autosomal dominant pattern of inheritance. No TBK1 copy number variations were detected in 1045 Australian patients with high-tension glaucoma or in 254 unaffected controls.
CONCLUSION
We report the presence of TBK1 copy number variations in our Australian normal-tension glaucoma cohort, including the first example of more than 1 extra copy of this gene in glaucoma patients (gene triplication). These results confirm TBK1 to be an important cause of normal-tension glaucoma, but do not suggest common involvement in high-tension glaucoma.
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Author version freely available from PubMed Central (PMC). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4355400/
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Awadalla MS, Fingert JH, Roos BE, Chen S, Holmes R, Graham SL, Chehade M, Galanopoulos A, Ridge B, Souzeau E, Zhou T, Siggs OM, Hewitt AW, Mackey DA, Burdon KP, Craig JE. (2015) Copy number variations of TBK1 in Australian patients with primary open-angle glaucoma. American Journal of Ophthalmology. 159(1): 124-30