LRP5 BIALLELIC MUTATIONS CAUSE A HIGHER INCIDENCE OF SEVERE PHENOTYPE COMPARED WITH LRP5 MONOALLELIC MUTATION.

PURPOSE: To analyze the clinical features of LRP5 gene mutation-related familial exudative vitreoretinopathy and explore the potential phenotype-genotype correlation on LRP5 gene.

METHODS

Eighty-seven familial exudative vitreoretinopathy (FEVR) families with LRP5 mutations were selected from 722 FEVR patients, which were divided into 2 groups, including 22 autosomal-recessive FEVR (ar-FEVR) families and 65 autosomal-dominant FEVR (ad-FEVR) families. Clinical and genetic data were retrospectively analyzed. The potential phenotype-genotype correlation was explored from the mutation type and inheritance pattern.

RESULTS

No significant difference between the LRP5 null mutation subgroup and the LRP5 missense mutation subgroup was observed in the proportion of FEVR stage and the ratio of ocular involvement. Instead, a significant difference between the LRP5 ar-FEVR subgroup and the LRP5 ad-FEVR subgroup was observed in the proportion of FEVR stage and the ratio of binocularly severe phenotype. The probands with LRP5 gene recessive mutation showed a higher incidence of severe phenotype. Moreover, the ratio of binocularly severe patients in ar-FEVR was nearly 3.5 times higher than that in ad-FEVR.

CONCLUSION

The severity of phenotype was more likely to be related to the synergistic effect of the variants.