OMIA:001984-9615 : Progressive retinal atrophy, TTC8-related in Canis lupus familiaris |
Categories: Vision / eye phene
Possibly relevant human trait(s) and/or gene(s)s (MIM numbers): 613464 (trait) , 615985 (trait) , 608132 (gene)
Links to MONDO diseases:
Mendelian trait/disorder: yes
Mode of inheritance: Autosomal recessive
Considered a defect: yes
Key variant known: yes
Year key variant first reported: 2014
Cross-species summary: Condition similar to Bardet-Biedl syndrome. This disorder has been renamed in OMIA from the dog specific name 'Golden Retriever progressive retinal atrophy 2' to a cross-species name [25/11/2022].
Species-specific name: Golden Retriever PRA 2, Golden Retriever progressive retinal atrophy 2
Molecular basis: Downs et al. (2014) reported that "a single nucleotide deletion was identified in exon 8 of the TTC8 gene of affected Golden Retrievers. The frame shift mutation was predicted to cause a premature termination codon. In a larger cohort, this mutation, TTC8c.669delA, segregates correctly in 22 out of 29 cases tested (75.9%)." The authors concluded that "PRA is genetically heterogeneous in ... the Golden Retriever, and is caused by multiple, distinct mutations. ... PRA2 ... accounts for approximately 30% of PRA cases in the breed. The genetic explanation for approximately 9% of cases remains to be identified."
Clinical features: Progressive retinal atrophy results in bilateral degeneration of the retina. Affected dogs typically present with bilateral and progressive loss of vision and will eventually be completely blind. Clinical signs of PRA 2 typically begin to manifest at an average age of 5 years. Clinical examination in affected animals will show a hyper-reflective tapetum and retinal vessel attenuation. In later stages of the disease, dogs will show changes in pigment, pale optic discs and optic nerve atrophy (Downs et al., 2011).
Mäkeläinen et al. (2020): "The progression of PRA for two of the dogs was followed for 2 years ... . In addition to PRA, the dogs showed a spectrum of clinical and morphological signs similar to primary and secondary characteristics of human BBS patients, such as obesity, renal anomalies, sperm defects, and anosmia."
[IT thanks DVM student Rachel Simmonds for contributions to this entry in April 2022.]
Breed: Golden Retriever.
Associated gene:
| Symbol | Description | Species | Chr | Location | OMIA gene details page | Other Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TTC8 | tetratricopeptide repeat domain 8 | Canis lupus familiaris | 8 | NC_051812.1 (60332658..60386187) | TTC8 | Homologene, Ensembl , NCBI gene |
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| OMIA Variant ID | Breed(s) | Variant Phenotype | Gene | Allele | Type of Variant | Source of Genetic Variant | Reference Sequence | Chr. | g. or m. | c. or n. | p. | Verbal Description | EVA ID | Inferred EVA rsID | Year Published | PubMed ID(s) | Acknowledgements |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 949 | Golden Retriever | Golden Retriever PRA 2 | TTC8 | deletion, small (<=20) | Naturally occurring variant | CanFam3.1 | 8 | g.60090186del | c.669delA | p.(K223Rfs*15) | 2014 | 26401321 |
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.
| 2022 | Trecenti-Santana, A.S., Guiraldelli, G.G., Albertino, L.G., Ferreira, J.F., Andrade, F.M., Borges, A.S., Oliveira-Filho, J.P. : |
| Allele frequency of SLC4A3 (PRA1), TTC8 (PRA2), and PRA-prcd mutations in golden retrievers in Brazil. Front Vet Sci 9:973854, 2022. Pubmed reference: 36325094 . DOI: 10.3389/fvets.2022.973854. | |
| 2020 | Mäkeläinen, S., Hellsand, M., van der Heiden, A.D., Andersson, E., Thorsson, E., S Holst, B., Häggström, J., Ljungvall, I., Mellersh, C., Hallböök, F., Andersson, G., Ekesten, B., Bergström, T.F. : |
| Deletion in the Bardet-Biedl syndrome gene TTC8 results in a syndromic retinal degeneration in dogs. Genes (Basel) 11:, 2020. Pubmed reference: 32962042 . DOI: 10.3390/genes11091090. | |
| 2016 | Downs, L.M., Aguirre, G.D. : |
| FAM161A and TTC8 are differentially expressed in non-allelelic early onset retinal degeneration. Adv Exp Med Biol 854:201-7, 2016. Pubmed reference: 26427412 . DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-17121-0_27. | |
| 2014 | Downs, L.M., Wallin-Håkansson, B., Bergström, T., Mellersh, C.S. : |
| A novel mutation in TTC8 is associated with progressive retinal atrophy in the golden retriever. Canine Genet Epidemiol 1:4, 2014. Pubmed reference: 26401321 . DOI: 10.1186/2052-6687-1-4. | |
| 2012 | Miyadera, K., Acland, G.M., Aguirre, G.D. : |
| Genetic and phenotypic variations of inherited retinal diseases in dogs: the power of within- and across-breed studies. Mamm Genome 23:40-61, 2012. Pubmed reference: 22065099 . DOI: 10.1007/s00335-011-9361-3. |
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