Publication Date:
2002-02-09
Description:
Primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) affects 33 million individuals worldwide and is a leading cause of blindness. In a study of 54 families with autosomal dominantly inherited adult-onset POAG, we identified the causative gene on chromosome 10p14 and designated it OPTN (for "optineurin"). Sequence alterations in OPTN were found in 16.7% of families with hereditary POAG, including individuals with normal intraocular pressure. The OPTN gene codes for a conserved 66-kilodalton protein of unknown function that has been implicated in the tumor necrosis factor-alpha signaling pathway and that interacts with diverse proteins including Huntingtin, Ras-associated protein RAB8, and transcription factor IIIA. Optineurin is expressed in trabecular meshwork, nonpigmented ciliary epithelium, retina, and brain, and we speculate that it plays a neuroprotective role.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Rezaie, Tayebeh -- Child, Anne -- Hitchings, Roger -- Brice, Glen -- Miller, Lauri -- Coca-Prados, Miguel -- Heon, Elise -- Krupin, Theodore -- Ritch, Robert -- Kreutzer, Donald -- Crick, R Pitts -- Sarfarazi, Mansoor -- EY-09947/EY/NEI NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2002 Feb 8;295(5557):1077-9.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Molecular Ophthalmic Genetics Laboratory, Surgical Research Center, Department of Surgery, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT 06030, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11834836" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Adult
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Alternative Splicing
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Amino Acid Sequence
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Brain/metabolism
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Chromosome Mapping
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Chromosomes, Human, Pair 10/genetics
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Ciliary Body/metabolism
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Exons
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Eye Proteins/analysis/chemistry/*genetics/physiology
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Female
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Glaucoma, Open-Angle/*genetics
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Golgi Apparatus/chemistry
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Heterozygote
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Humans
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Intraocular Pressure
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Male
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Middle Aged
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*Mutation
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*Mutation, Missense
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Nerve Tissue Proteins/analysis/chemistry/*genetics/physiology
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Ocular Hypertension/genetics
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Pedigree
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Polymorphism, Single-Stranded Conformational
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Retina/metabolism
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Trabecular Meshwork/metabolism
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*Transcription Factor TFIIIA
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Zinc Fingers
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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