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. 2024 Nov;37(6):752-761.
doi: 10.1111/pcmr.13175. Epub 2024 May 9.

Genotypic spectrum of albinism in Mali

Modibo Diallo  1 , Ousmane Sylla  2 , Mohamed Kole Sidibé  2 , Claudio Plaisant  3 , Elina Mercier  1 , Angèle Sequeira  1 , Sophie Javerzat  1 , Abdelaziz Hadid  4 , Eulalie Lasseaux  3 , Vincent Michaud  1   3 , Benoit Arveiler  1   3
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Genotypic spectrum of albinism in Mali

Modibo Diallo et al. Pigment Cell Melanoma Res. 2024 Nov.

Abstract

Albinism is a phenotypically and genetically heterogeneous condition characterized by a variable degree of hypopigmentation and by ocular features leading to reduced visual acuity. Whereas numerous genotypic studies have been conducted throughout the world, very little is known about the genotypic spectrum of albinism in Africa and especially in sub-Saharan Western Africa. Here we report the analysis of all known albinism genes in a series a 23 patients originating from Mali. Four were diagnosed with OCA 1 (oculocutaneous albinism type 1), 17 with OCA 2, and two with OCA 4. OCA2 variant NM_000275.3:c.819_822delinsGGTC was most frequently encountered. Four novel variants were identified (two in TYR, two in OCA2). A deep intronic variant was found to alter splicing of the OCA2 RNA by inclusion of a pseudo exon. Of note, the OCA2 exon 7 deletion commonly found in eastern, central, and southern Africa was absent from this series. African patients with OCA 1 and OCA 4 had only been reported twice and once, respectively, in previous publications. This study constitutes the first report of the genotypic spectrum of albinism in a western sub-Saharan country.

Keywords: Mali; albinism; diagnosis; functional tests; molecular genetics; pigmentation; splice variant; variants.

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