Research Article

Investigating the Clinical Characteristics and PITX3Mutations of a Large Chinese Family with Anterior Segment Mesenchymal Dysgenesis and Congenital Posterior Polar Cataract

Table 2

The known PITX3 mutations associated with cataracts (NM_005029.4).

Nucleic acid changeProtein changePositionsTypesModeNumbersClinical phenotypesReferences

1c.38G > Ap.S13 NExon2MissenseAD, heterozygous2ADCC, glaucoma, peters abnormality[25, 30]
2c.640_656dupp.G220PfsX95Exon4FrameshiftAD, heterozygous14ADCC, PPC, ASMD[1417, 19, 23, 25, 30]
3c.650delGp.G217AfsX91Exon4FrameshiftAD/AR2PPC; microphthalmia with severe developmental delay (AR)[14, 18]
4c.542delCp.P181LfsX127Exon4FrameshiftAD, heterozygous1PPC[21]
5c.640_656delp.A214RfsX42Exon4FrameshiftAD/AR2PSC; microphthalmia with corneal sclerosis (AR)[22, 26]
6c.573delCp.S192AfsX117Exon4FrameshiftAD, heterozygous1ADCC, ASMD[23]
7c.608delCp.A203GfsX106Exon4FrameshiftAD, heterozygous2ADCC, PSC, nystagmus[24, 26]
8c.582delCp.I194MfsX115Exon4FrameshiftAD, de novo1ADCC, microphthalmia, developmental delay, autism[25]
9c.669delCp.L225WfsX84Exon4FrameshiftAD/AR1ADCC; ASMD, sclerosing cornea (AR)[25]
10c.797_814delp.S266_A271delExon4In-frameAD, heterozygous1PSC[27]
11c.470−477dupp.A160RfsX152Exon4FrameshiftAD, heterozygous1Nuclear cataract[28]

Note. AD: autosomal dominant inheritance; AR: autosomal recessive inheritance; de novo: newly identified mutation; ADCC: autosomal dominant congenital cataract; ASMD: anterior segment mesenchyme dysplasia; PPC: posterior polar cataract; PSC: posterior subcapsular cataract.