Identification of candidate genes for developmental colour agnosia in a single unique family
Nijboer, T. C. W.; Hessel, E. V. S.; van Haaften, G. W.; van Zandvoort, M. J.; van der Spek, P. J.; Troelstra, C.; de Kovel, C. G. F.; Koeleman, B. P. C.; van der Zwaag, B.; Brilstra, E. H.; Burbach, J. P. H.
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Colour agnosia is a disorder that impairs colour knowledge (naming, recognition) despite intact colour perception. Previously, we have identified the first and only-known family with hereditary developmental colour agnosia. The aim of the current study was to explore genomic regions and candidate genes that potentially cause this trait in this family. For three family members with developmental colour agnosia and three unaffected family members CGH-array analysis and exome sequencing was performed, and linkage analysis was carried out using DominantMapper, resulting in the identification of 19 cosegregating chromosomal regions. Whole exome sequencing resulted in 11 rare coding variants present in all affected family members with developmental colour agnosia and absent in unaffected members. These variants affected genes that have been implicated in neural processes and functions (CACNA2D4, DDX25, GRINA, MYO15A), that have a indirect link to brain function or development (MAML2, STAU1, TMED3), and a remaining group lacking brain expression or involved in non-neural traits (DEPDC7, OR1J1, OR8D4, RABEPK). Although this is an explorative study, the small set of candidate genes that could serve as a starting point for unravelling mechanisms of higher level cognitive functions and cortical specialization, and disorders therein such as developmental colour agnosia.
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