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Nakashima T, Ganaha A, Tsumagari S, Nakamura T, Yamada Y, Nakamura E, Usami SI, Tono T. Is the Conductive Hearing Loss in NOG-Related Symphalangism Spectrum Disorder Congenital? ORL J Otorhinolaryngol Relat Spec 2021; 83:196-202. [PMID: 33588412 DOI: 10.1159/000512668] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2020] [Accepted: 10/26/2020] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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We describe a dominant Japanese patient with progressive conductive hearing loss who was diagnosed with NOG-related symphalangism spectrum disorder (NOG-SSD), a spectrum of congenital stapes fixation syndromes caused by NOG mutations. Based on the clinical features, including proximal symphalangism, conductive hearing loss, hyper-opia, and short, broad middle, and distal phalanges of the thumbs, his family was diagnosed with stapes ankylosis with broad thumbs and toes syndrome (SABTT). Genetic analysis revealed a heterozygous substitution in the NOG gene, c.645C>A, p.C215* in affected family individuals. He had normal hearing on auditory brainstem response (ABR) testing at ages 9 months and 1 and 2 years. He was followed up to evaluate the hearing level because of his family history of hearing loss caused by SABTT. Follow-up pure tone average testing revealed the development of progressive conductive hearing loss. Stapes surgery was performed, and his post-operative hearing threshold improved to normal in both ears. According to hearing test results, the stapes ankylosis in our SABTT patient seemed to be incomplete at birth and progressive in early childhood. The ABR results in our patient indicated the possibility that newborn hearing screening may not detect conductive hearing loss in patients with NOG-SSD. Hence, children with a family history and/or known congenital joint abnormality should undergo periodic hearing tests due to possible progressive hearing loss. Because of high success rates of stapes surgeries in cases of SABTT, early surgical interventions would help minimise the negative effect of hearing loss during school age. Identification of the nature of conductive hearing loss due to progressive stapes ankylosis allows for better genetic counselling and proper intervention in NOG-SSD patients.
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- Takahiro Nakashima
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan,
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan
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Takano K, Ogasawara N, Matsunaga T, Mutai H, Sakurai A, Ishikawa A, Himi T. A novel nonsense mutation in the NOG gene causes familial NOG-related symphalangism spectrum disorder. Hum Genome Var 2016; 3:16023. [PMID: 27508084 PMCID: PMC4972895 DOI: 10.1038/hgv.2016.23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2016] [Revised: 05/23/2016] [Accepted: 06/27/2016] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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The human noggin (NOG) gene is responsible for a broad spectrum of clinical manifestations of NOG-related symphalangism spectrum disorder (NOG-SSD), which include proximal symphalangism, multiple synostoses, stapes ankylosis with broad thumbs (SABTT), tarsal–carpal coalition syndrome, and brachydactyly type B2. Some of these disorders exhibit phenotypes associated with congenital stapes ankylosis. In the present study, we describe a Japanese pedigree with dactylosymphysis and conductive hearing loss due to congenital stapes ankylosis. The range of motion in her elbow joint was also restricted. The family showed multiple clinical features and was diagnosed with SABTT. Sanger sequencing analysis of the NOG gene in the family members revealed a novel heterozygous nonsense mutation (c.397A>T; p.K133*). In the family, the prevalence of dactylosymphysis and hyperopia was 100% while that of stapes ankylosis was less than 100%. Stapes surgery using a CO2 laser led to a significant improvement of the conductive hearing loss. This novel mutation expands our understanding of NOG-SSD from clinical and genetic perspectives.
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- Kenichi Takano
- Department of Otolaryngology, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine , Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan; Department of Medical Genetics, Liberal Arts and Science, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Integrated Sciences in Physics and Biology, College of Humanities and Sciences, Nihon University , Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Integrated Sciences in Physics and Biology, College of Humanities and Sciences, Nihon University , Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Liberal Arts and Science, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine , Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Liberal Arts and Science, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine , Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine , Sapporo, Japan
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Ishino T, Takeno S, Hirakawa K. Novel NOG mutation in Japanese patients with stapes ankylosis with broad thumbs and toes. Eur J Med Genet 2015. [PMID: 26211601 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmg.2015.06.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Human noggin (NOG) gene mutation causes multiple bony disorders showing up as stapes ankylosis with broad thumbs and toes (SABTT), proximal symphalangism (SYM1), multiple synostoses syndrome 1 (SYNS1), tarsal-carpal coalition syndrome (TCC) and brachydactyly type B2 (BDB2). These phenotypes are defined as NOG-related syndromes with the same mutation. Some of these syndromes feature stapes ankylosis as one of the several bony symptoms. Here, we report a Japanese family with conductive hearing loss due to congenital stapes ankylosis. This family showed multiple features and was diagnosed with SABTT. We performed analysis of the NOG in the family by direct sequence analysis, and found a novel NOG mutation: c.682 T> G (p.C228G). Our results and a review of previous cases with NOG protein conformation suggest that this mutated NOG protein lead to a change in antagonist activity in BMPs and/or a haploinsufficiency that likely impaired finger 2 structure.
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- Takashi Ishino
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery, Graduate School of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, 1-2-3 Kasumi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima City, Hiroshima 734-8551, Japan.
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery, Graduate School of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, 1-2-3 Kasumi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima City, Hiroshima 734-8551, Japan
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery, Graduate School of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, 1-2-3 Kasumi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima City, Hiroshima 734-8551, Japan
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Usami S, Abe S, Nishio S, Sakurai Y, Kojima H, Tono T, Suzuki N. Mutations in the NOG gene are commonly found in congenital stapes ankylosis with symphalangism, but not in otosclerosis. Clin Genet 2012; 82:514-20. [PMID: 22288654 PMCID: PMC3532604 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0004.2011.01831.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
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Human noggin (NOG) is a responsible gene for multiple synostosis syndrome (SYNS1) and proximal symphalangism (SYM1), two conditions that are recently known to be within a wider range of clinical manifestations of stapes ankylosis with symphalangism. This study was performed to determine the range of phenotype caused by NOG mutations, using Japanese patients with various phenotypes including sporadic inherited SYM1, dominantly inherited SYM1, stapes ankylosis with broad thumb and toes (Teunissen and Cremer syndrome). In addition, 33 patients with typical otosclerosis (without symphalangism) were studied. Direct sequencing analysis disclosed three novel mutations of the NOG gene in three SYM1 families. None of the otosclerosis patients without symphalangism had NOG mutations, indicating that NOG mutations may be restrictively found within patients with various skeletal abnormalities. These results together with the literature review indicated that there are no clear genotype–phenotype correlations for NOG mutations. With regard to surgical outcome, most of the patients in these three families with NOG mutations showed remarkable air–bone gap recovery after stapes surgery. Molecular genetic testing is useful to differentiate syndromic stapes ankylosis from otosclerosis, and even mild skeletal anomalies can be a diagnostic indicator of NOG-associated disease.
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- S Usami
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan.
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Potti TA, Petty EM, Lesperance MM. A comprehensive review of reported heritable noggin-associated syndromes and proposed clinical utility of one broadly inclusive diagnostic term: NOG-related-symphalangism spectrum disorder (NOG-SSD). Hum Mutat 2011; 32:877-86. [PMID: 21538686 DOI: 10.1002/humu.21515] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2010] [Accepted: 04/12/2011] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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The NOG gene encodes noggin, a secreted polypeptide that is important for regulating multiple signaling pathways during human development, particularly in cartilage and bone. The hallmark of NOG-related syndromes is proximal symphalangism, defined by abnormal fusion of the proximal interphalangeal joints of the hands and feet. Many additional features secondary to NOG mutations are commonly but inconsistently observed, including a characteristic facies with a hemicylindrical nose, congenital conductive hearing loss due to stapes fixation, and hyperopia. The variable clinical presentations led to the designation of five different autosomal dominant syndromes, all subsequently found to have resulted from NOG mutations. These include (1) proximal symphalangism; (2) multiple synostoses syndrome 1; (3) stapes ankylosis with broad thumbs and toes; (4) tarsal-carpal coalition syndrome; and (5) brachydactyly type B2. Herein, we review the phenotypic features associated with mutations in the NOG gene, demonstrating the overlapping characteristics of these syndromes. Due to the variable phenotypic spectrum within families and among families with the same mutation, we propose a unifying term, NOG-related symphalangism spectrum disorder (NOG-SSD), to aid in the clinical recognition and evaluation of all affected individuals with these phenotypes. These NOG gene variants are available in a new locus-specific database (https://NOG.lovd.nl).
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- Tommy A Potti
- Medical School, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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