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. 2020 Jan;23(1):25-36.
doi: 10.1111/vop.12680. Epub 2019 May 29.

A variant in OLFML3 is associated with pectinate ligament abnormality and primary closed-angle glaucoma in Border Collies from the United Kingdom

James A C Oliver  1   2 , Hattie Wright  2 , Paola A Massidda  1 , Louise M Burmeister  2 , Cathryn S Mellersh  2
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A variant in OLFML3 is associated with pectinate ligament abnormality and primary closed-angle glaucoma in Border Collies from the United Kingdom

James A C Oliver et al. Vet Ophthalmol. 2020 Jan.

Abstract

Purpose: Canine primary closed-angle glaucoma (PCAG) is a complex disease caused by multiple genetic factors. A c.590G>A variant in OLFML3 was recently reported to be a candidate for pectinate ligament abnormality (PLA) and PCAG in the Border Collie. We investigated the association of this variant with PLA and PCAG in Border Collies from the United Kingdom.

Methods: The OLFML3 variant was genotyped in 106 Border Collies comprising 90 with normal eyes (controls) and 16 with PLA (n = 11) and/or PCAG (n = 5) (cases). Genotyping was performed in an additional 103 Border Collies to estimate variant frequency within the population. To investigate the association of the variant with disease in other breeds, genotyping was performed in 337 non-Border Collies with PLA and/or PCAG.

Results: Of the 90 controls, 71 were homozygous for the wild-type allele, two were homozygous for the variant, and 17 were heterozygous. Of the 16 cases, three were homozygous for the wild-type allele, 11 were homozygous for the variant, and two were heterozygous. The association of the variant allele with disease was significant (P = 1.1 x 10-9 ). We estimated the frequency of this variant to be 4.4% within the United Kingdom Border Collie population, and it was not identified in clinically affected dogs of any other breed.

Conclusions: This study confirms the association of the OLFML3 variant with PLA and PCAG in Border Collies from the United Kingdom. DNA testing for the variant and selective breeding can reasonably be expected to result in a reduction of PLA and PCAG prevalence in the breed.

Keywords: OLFML3; Border Collie; goniodysgenesis; pectinate ligament abnormality; pectinate ligament dysplasia; primary glaucoma.

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