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Human Molecular Genetics, doi:10.1093/hmg/ddg348
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Analysis of the ARMD1 locus: Evidence that a mutation in HEMICENTIN-1 is associated with age-related macular degeneration in a large family

Dennis W. Schultz 1*, Michael L. Klein 2, Andrea J. Humpert 2, Christina W. Luzier 2, Vesna Persun 2, Mitchell Schain 2, Alison Mahan 2, Charles Runckel 2, Maria Cassera 2, Vasavi Vittal 3, Trudy M. Doyle 3, Tammy M. Martin 4, Richard G. Weleber 5, Peter J. Francis 3, and Ted S. Acott 6

1 From the Macular Degeneration Center, Casey Eye Institute, CERES, Oregon Health & Science University, 3375 SW Terwilliger Blvd., Portland, OR 97239-4197, USA
2 From the Macular Degeneration Center, Casey Eye Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR 97239, USA
3 Department of Ophthalmology, Casey Eye Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR 97239, USA
4 Department of Ophthalmology, Casey Eye Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR 97239, USA; Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR 97239, USA
5 Department of Ophthalmology, Casey Eye Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR 97239, USA; Department of Molecular and Medical Genetics, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR 97239, USA
6 Department of Ophthalmology, Casey Eye Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR 97239, USA; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR 97239, USA

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: schultzd{at}ohsu.edu.


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Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a common cause of severe vision loss. Identification of the genes involved in AMD will lead to a better understanding of this disease at the molecular level, which will eventually lead to early detection, prevention, and treatment. Previously, we mapped the ARMD1 gene to 1q25-31 in a large family with AMD. Here, we narrow the ARMD1 locus to 14.9Mb between LAMB2 and D1S3469, a region containing 50 known genes. Twenty candidate genes within this region were screened for mutations. Only one DNA variation, an A16,263G transition in exon 104 of HEMICENTIN-1, was found to segregate exclusively with the disease haplotype in members of this large family with AMD. This variation produces a non-conservative substitution of arginine for glutamine at amino acid position 5345 (Gln5345Arg). It was also identified in 11 other individuals, all of whom share a haplotype, which envelops HEMICENTIN-1, with the large AMD family. The affected status of all but one of those individuals conforms to the age-dependent penetrance observed in AMD. The amino acid at position 5345 of HEMICENTIN-1 was conserved as glutamine in 8 species analyzed. RT-PCR analysis demonstrated that exon 104 of HEMICENTIN-1 is alternatively spliced in various cell types. Exclusive segregation of Gln5345Arg with the disease haplotype in this large family, amino acid conservation of glutamine at this position among mammals, the non-conservative nature of the substitution, and similarities to EFEMP1 supports the conclusion that HEMICENTIN-1 is the ARMD1 gene.


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