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  • Title: Biallelic Variants in KIF17 Associated with Microphthalmia and Coloboma Spectrum.
    Author: Riva A, Gambadauro A, Dipasquale V, Casto C, Ceravolo MD, Accogli A, Scala M, Ceravolo G, Iacomino M, Zara F, Striano P, Cuppari C, Di Rosa G, Cutrupi MC, Salpietro V, Chimenz R.
    Journal: Int J Mol Sci; 2021 Apr 25; 22(9):. PubMed ID: 33922911.
    Abstract:
    Microphthalmia, anophthalmia, and coloboma (MAC) are a group of congenital eye anomalies that can affect one or both eyes. Patients can present one or a combination of these ocular abnormalities in the so called "MAC spectrum". The KIF17 gene encodes the kinesin-like protein Kif17, a microtubule-based, ATP-dependent, motor protein that is pivotal for outer segment development and disc morphogenesis in different animal models, including mice and zebrafish. In this report, we describe a Sicilian family with two siblings affected with congenital coloboma, microphthalmia, and a mild delay of motor developmental milestones. Genomic DNA from the siblings and their unaffected parents was sequenced with a clinical exome that revealed compound heterozygous variants in the KIF17 gene (NM_020816.4: c.1255C > T (p.Arg419Trp); c.2554C > T (p.Arg852Cys)) segregating with the MAC spectrum phenotype of the two affected siblings. Variants were inherited from the healthy mother and father, are present at a very low-frequency in genomic population databases, and are predicted to be deleterious in silico. Our report indicates the potential co-segregation of these biallelic KIF17 variants with microphthalmia and coloboma, highlighting a potential conserved role of this gene in eye development across different species.
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