OMIA 000649-9940 : Microphthalmia in Ovis aries |
In other species:
chicken
,
dog
,
pig
,
Eastern wapiti
,
golden hamster
,
water buffalo
,
cattle
,
Campbell's desert hamster
Mendelian trait/disorder:
yes
Mode of inheritance:
Autosomal Recessive
Considered a defect:
yes
Key variant known:
yes
Year key variant first reported:
2010
Cross-species summary:
Abnormal smallness in all dimensions of one or both eyes.
Species-specific name:
Hereditary ovine microphthalmia, OMO
Mapping:
Becker et al. (2010) used the first-generation ovine SNP50 BeadChip to map this disorder to a 2.4 Mb region of chromosome OAE22. This region contains the gene PITX3, mutations in which cause some forms of this disorder in humans.
Molecular basis:
Sequencing of the prime candidate gene PITX3 in affecteds and normals, by Becker et al. (2010), identified a missense mutation (338G>C, R113P) in a conserved region of the gene as being causative.
Prevalence:
Goncalves et al. (2018) reported the occurrence of this disorder in four Texel lambs in Brazil. All four affected lambs were homozygous for the c.338G>C variant, and 16/61 of the flock were heterozygous, including the two ewes and two rams that were parents of the four affected lambs.
Associated gene:
| Symbol | Description | Species | Chr | Location | OMIA gene details page | Other Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PITX3 | paired-like homeodomain 3 | Ovis aries | 22 | NC_040273.1 (25508206..25497051) | PITX3 | Homologene, Ensembl, NCBI gene |
Variants
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WARNING! Inclusion of a variant in this table does not automatically mean that it should be used for DNA testing. Anyone contemplating the use of any of these variants for DNA testing should examine critically the relevant evidence (especially in breeds other than the breed in which the variant was first described). If it is decided to proceed, the location and orientation of the variant sequence should be checked very carefully.
| Breed(s) | Variant Phenotype | Gene | Allele | Type of Variant | Reference Sequence | Chr. | g. or m. | c. or n. | p. | Verbal Description | EVA ID | Year Published | PubMed ID(s) | Acknowledgements |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texel | Microphthalmia | PITX3 | missense | Oar_v3.1 | 22 | g.22045744G>C | c.338G>C | p.R113P | 2010 | 20084168 | Variant coordinates obtained from or confirmed by EBI's Some Effect Predictor (VEP) tool |
References
Note: the references are listed in reverse chronological order (from the most recent year to the earliest year), and alphabetically by first author within a year.
| 2018 | Gonçalves, M.A., Pereira, P.R., Sales da Cruz, R.A., Panziera, W., Abranches de Andrade, D.G., Paes de Oliveira-Filho, J., Borges, A.S., Sonne, L., Driemeier, D. : | |
| Hereditary microphthalmia in Texel lambs in Brazil Small Ruminant Research 160:1-4, 2018. DOI: 10.1016/j.smallrumres.2017.12.012. | ||
| 2010 | Becker, D., Tetens, J., Brunner, A., Bürstel, D., Ganter, M., Kijas, J., Drögemüller, C. : | |
| Microphthalmia in Texel sheep is associated with a missense mutation in the paired-like homeodomain 3 (PITX3) gene. PLoS One 5:e8689, 2010. Pubmed reference: 20084168. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0008689. | ||
| Williams, D.L. : | ||
| Congenital abnormalities in production animals. Vet Clin North Am Food Anim Pract 26:477-86, 2010. Pubmed reference: 21056796. DOI: 10.1016/j.cvfa.2010.09.001. | ||
| 2007 | Tetens, J., Ganter, M., Müller, G., Drögemüller, C. : | |
| Linkage mapping of ovine microphthalmia to chromosome 23, the sheep orthologue of human chromosome 18. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 48:3506-15, 2007. Pubmed reference: 17652717. DOI: 10.1167/iovs.07-0041. | ||
| 2005 | [No authors listed] : | |
| [New test for genetically inherited blindness in sheep] Tijdschr Diergeneeskd 130:599, 2005. Pubmed reference: 16238031. | ||
| 2004 | Jolly, RD., Blair, HT., Johnstone, AC. : | |
| Genetic disorders of sheep in New Zealand: a review and perspective. N Z Vet J 52:52-64, 2004. Pubmed reference: 15768097. DOI: 10.1080/00480169.2004.36405. | ||
| 2003 | Roe, WD., West, DM., Walshe, MT., Jolly, RD. : | |
| Microphthalmia in Texel lambs. N Z Vet J 51:194-5, 2003. Pubmed reference: 16032324. DOI: 10.1080/00480169.2003.36364. | ||
| van der Linde-Sipman, J.S., van den Ingh, T.S., Vellema, P. : | ||
| Morphology and morphogenesis of hereditary microphthalmia in Texel sheep Journal of Comparative Pathology 128:269-75, 2003. Pubmed reference: 12834610. | ||
| 1990 | Jackson, E.K.M. : | |
| Microphthalmia in Sheep Veterinary Record 126:650 only, 1990. Pubmed reference: 2382377. | ||
| 1984 | König, C.D. : | |
| [Testing of rams. Microphthalmos]. Tijdschr Diergeneeskd 109:257-8, 1984. Pubmed reference: 6369625. | ||
| 1980 | Wagenaar, G. : | |
| [Genetics and latent defects in animals. Microphthalmia in sheep (author's transl)] Tijdschr Diergeneeskd 105:275-81, 1980. Pubmed reference: 7376170. | ||
| van der Mey, GJ., Bos, H. : | ||
| [Genetics and latent defects in animals. II. Microphthalmia in sheep (author's transl)] Tijdschr Diergeneeskd 105:792-5, 1980. Pubmed reference: 7423476. | ||
| 1978 | Arndt, U., Herzog, A., Smidt, D. : | |
| [Investigations on the optic nerves and brains of microphthalmic sheep. Communication III: report of the brain and the cortical hemispheres (author's transl)] Zuchthygiene 13:38-43, 1978. Pubmed reference: 648734. | ||
| Arndt, U., Herzog, A., Smidt, D. : | ||
| [Description of pathological-anatomical and histological findings in the brain of a sheep with congenital microphthalmia] Dtsch Tierarztl Wochenschr 85:60-1, 1978. Pubmed reference: 342224. | ||
| 1961 | Hanset, R. : | |
| Hereditary microphthalmia in Texel sheep Annales de Medecine Veterinaire 105:443-449, 1961. | ||
| 1958 | Zwiep, I.N. : | |
| Congenital blindness in lambs Tijdschrift voor Diergeneeskunde 83:1220-1222, 1958. |
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