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Pi BK, Chung YH, Kim HS, Nam SH, Lee AJ, Nam DE, Park HJ, Kim SB, Chung KW, Choi BO. Compound Heterozygous Mutations of SACS in a Korean Cohort Study of Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease Concurrent Cerebellar Ataxia and Spasticity. Int J Mol Sci 2024; 25:6378. [PMID: 38928084 PMCID: PMC11204044 DOI: 10.3390/ijms25126378] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2024] [Revised: 06/03/2024] [Accepted: 06/05/2024] [Indexed: 06/28/2024] Open
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Mutations in the SACS gene are associated with autosomal recessive spastic ataxia of Charlevoix-Saguenay disease (ARSACS) or complex clinical phenotypes of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT). This study aimed to identify SACS mutations in a Korean CMT cohort with cerebellar ataxia and spasticity by whole exome sequencing (WES). As a result, eight pathogenic SACS mutations in four families were identified as the underlying causes of these complex phenotypes. The prevalence of CMT families with SACS mutations was determined to be 0.3%. All the patients showed sensory, motor, and gait disturbances with increased deep tendon reflexes. Lower limb magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was performed in four patients and all had fatty replacements. Of note, they all had similar fatty infiltrations between the proximal and distal lower limb muscles, different from the neuromuscular imaging feature in most CMT patients without SACS mutations who had distal dominant fatty involvement. Therefore, these findings were considered a characteristic feature in CMT patients with SACS mutations. Although further studies with more cases are needed, our results highlight lower extremity MRI findings in CMT patients with SACS mutations and broaden the clinical spectrum. We suggest screening for SACS in recessive CMT patients with complex phenotypes of ataxia and spasticity.
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- Byung Kwon Pi
- Department of Biological Sciences, Kongju National University, Gongju 32588, Republic of Korea; (B.K.P.); (A.J.L.)
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- Department of Neurology, Korea University Guro Hospital, College of Medicine, Korea University, 148 Gurodong-ro, Guro-gu, Seoul 08308, Republic of Korea;
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- Department of Radiology, Samsung Medical Center, School of Medicine, Sungkyunkwan University, 81 Irwon-ro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul 06351, Republic of Korea;
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- Cell and Gene Therapy Institute, Samsung Medical Center, Gangnam-gu, Seoul 06351, Republic of Korea;
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Kongju National University, Gongju 32588, Republic of Korea; (B.K.P.); (A.J.L.)
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- Department of Domestic Business, Macrogen, Inc., 238 Teheran-ro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul 06221, Republic of Korea;
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- Department of Neurology, Gangnam Severance Hospital, College of Medicine, Yonsei University, 211 Eonju-ro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul 06273, Republic of Korea;
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- Department of Neurology, Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, 892 Dongnam-ro, Gangdong-gu, Seoul 05278, Republic of Korea;
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Kongju National University, Gongju 32588, Republic of Korea; (B.K.P.); (A.J.L.)
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- Cell and Gene Therapy Institute, Samsung Medical Center, Gangnam-gu, Seoul 06351, Republic of Korea;
- Department of Neurology, Samsung Medical Center, School of Medicine, Sungkyunkwan University, 81 Irwonr-ro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul 06351, Republic of Korea
- Department of Health Science and Technology, Samsung Advanced Institute for Health Sciences and Technology, 81 Irwon-ro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul 06351, Republic of Korea
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Justin Margret J, Jayasankaran C, Amritkumar P, Azaiez H, Srisailapathy CRS. Unraveling the Genetic Basis of Combined Deafness and Male Infertility Phenotypes through High-Throughput Sequencing in a Unique Cohort from South India. ADVANCED GENETICS (HOBOKEN, N.J.) 2024; 5:2300206. [PMID: 38884051 PMCID: PMC11170077 DOI: 10.1002/ggn2.202300206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2023] [Revised: 03/15/2024] [Indexed: 06/18/2024]
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The co-occurrence of sensorineural hearing loss and male infertility has been reported in several instances, suggesting potential shared genetic underpinnings. One such example is the contiguous gene deletion of CATSPER2 and STRC genes, previously associated with deafness-infertility syndrome (DIS) in males. Fifteen males with both hearing loss and infertility from southern India after exclusion for the DIS contiguous gene deletion and the FOXI1 gene mutations are subjected to exome sequencing. This resolves the genetic etiology in four probands for both the phenotypes; In the remaining 11 probands, two each conclusively accounted for deafness and male infertility etiologies. Genetic heterogeneity is well reflected in both phenotypes. Four recessive (TRIOBP, SLC26A4, GJB2, COL4A3) and one dominant (SOX10) for the deafness; six recessive genes (LRGUK, DNAH9, ARMC4, DNAH2, RSPH6A, and ACE) for male infertility can be conclusively ascribed. LRGUK and RSPH6A genes are implicated earlier only in mice models, while the ARMC4 gene is implicated in chronic destructive airway diseases due to primary ciliary dyskinesia. This study would be the first to document the role of these genes in the male infertility phenotype in humans. The result suggests that deafness and infertility are independent events and do not segregate together among the probands.
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- Jeffrey Justin Margret
- Department of Genetics Dr. ALM Post Graduate Institute of Basic Medical Sciences University of Madras Taramani Campus Chennai 600 113 India
- Department of Pediatrics Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveport LA 71103 USA
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- Department of Genetics Dr. ALM Post Graduate Institute of Basic Medical Sciences University of Madras Taramani Campus Chennai 600 113 India
- Department of Personalized Health Care Roche Products India Pvt., Ltd. Bengaluru Karnataka 560 025 India
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- Department of Genetics Dr. ALM Post Graduate Institute of Basic Medical Sciences University of Madras Taramani Campus Chennai 600 113 India
- Meenakshi Academy of Higher Education and Research (MAHER) Chennai 600 078 India
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- Department of Otolaryngology Carver College of Medicine University of Iowa Iowa City Iowa 52242 USA
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- Department of Genetics Dr. ALM Post Graduate Institute of Basic Medical Sciences University of Madras Taramani Campus Chennai 600 113 India
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Chen PY, Yang TW, Tseng YS, Tsai CY, Yeh CS, Lee YH, Lin PH, Lin TC, Wu YJ, Yang TH, Chiang YT, Hsu JSJ, Hsu CJ, Chen PL, Chou CF, Wu CC. Machine learning-based longitudinal prediction for GJB2-related sensorineural hearing loss. Comput Biol Med 2024; 176:108597. [PMID: 38763069 DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2024.108597] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2023] [Revised: 05/09/2024] [Accepted: 05/10/2024] [Indexed: 05/21/2024]
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BACKGROUND Recessive GJB2 variants, the most common genetic cause of hearing loss, may contribute to progressive sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL). The aim of this study is to build a realistic predictive model for GJB2-related SNHL using machine learning to enable personalized medical planning for timely intervention. METHOD Patients with SNHL with confirmed biallelic GJB2 variants in a nationwide cohort between 2005 and 2022 were included. Different data preprocessing protocols and computational algorithms were combined to construct a prediction model. We randomly divided the dataset into training, validation, and test sets at a ratio of 72:8:20, and repeated this process ten times to obtain an average result. The performance of the models was evaluated using the mean absolute error (MAE), which refers to the discrepancy between the predicted and actual hearing thresholds. RESULTS We enrolled 449 patients with 2184 audiograms available for deep learning analysis. SNHL progression was identified in all models and was independent of age, sex, and genotype. The average hearing progression rate was 0.61 dB HL per year. The best MAE for linear regression, multilayer perceptron, long short-term memory, and attention model were 4.42, 4.38, 4.34, and 4.76 dB HL, respectively. The long short-term memory model performed best with an average MAE of 4.34 dB HL and acceptable accuracy for up to 4 years. CONCLUSIONS We have developed a prognostic model that uses machine learning to approximate realistic hearing progression in GJB2-related SNHL, allowing for the design of individualized medical plans, such as recommending the optimal follow-up interval for this population.
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- Pey-Yu Chen
- Department of Otolaryngology, MacKay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology, Mackay Medical College, New Taipei City, Taiwan; Department of Otolaryngology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Networking and Multimedia, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Computer Science & Information Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Otolaryngology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; Graduate Institute of Medical Genomics and Proteomics, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Computer Science & Information Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Otolaryngology, National Taiwan University Biomedical Park Hospital, Hsinchu County, Taiwan; Department of Otolaryngology, National Taiwan University Hospital Hsin-Chu Branch, Hsinchu City, Taiwan; Hearing and Speech Center, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Otolaryngology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Computer Science & Information Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Computer Science & Information Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Otolaryngology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Otolaryngology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; Graduate Institute of Medical Genomics and Proteomics, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Medical Genomics and Proteomics, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Otolaryngology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Taichung Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Taichung, Taiwan; School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Medical Genomics and Proteomics, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Medical Genetics, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Computer Science & Information Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Otolaryngology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Medical Genetics, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Medical Research, National Taiwan University Hospital Hsin-Chu Branch, Hsin-Chu, Taiwan.
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Ramzan M, Zafeer MF, Abad C, Guo S, Owrang D, Alper O, Mutlu A, Atik T, Duman D, Bademci G, Vona B, Kalcioglu MT, Walz K, Tekin M. Genetic heterogeneity in hereditary hearing loss: Potential role of kinociliary protein TOGARAM2. Eur J Hum Genet 2024; 32:639-646. [PMID: 38374469 PMCID: PMC11153511 DOI: 10.1038/s41431-024-01562-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2023] [Revised: 01/25/2024] [Accepted: 02/07/2024] [Indexed: 02/21/2024] Open
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Hearing loss (HL) is a heterogenous trait with pathogenic variants in more than 200 genes that have been discovered in studies involving small and large HL families. Over one-third of families with hereditary HL remain etiologically undiagnosed after screening for mutations in the recognized genes. Genetic heterogeneity complicates the analysis in multiplex families where variants in more than one gene can be causal in different individuals even in the same sibship. We employed exome or genome sequencing in at least two affected individuals with congenital or prelingual-onset, severe to profound, non-syndromic, bilateral sensorineural HL from four multiplex families. Bioinformatic analysis was performed to identify variants in known and candidate deafness genes. Our results show that in these four families, variants in a single HL gene do not explain HL in all affected family members, and variants in another known or candidate HL gene were detected to clarify HL in the entire family. We also present a variant in TOGARAM2 as a potential cause underlying autosomal recessive non-syndromic HL by showing its presence in a family with HL, its expression in the cochlea and the localization of the protein to cochlear hair cells. Conclusively, analyzing all affected family members separately can serve as a good source for the identification of variants in known and novel candidate genes for HL.
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- Memoona Ramzan
- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
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- Institute of Human Genetics, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
- Institute for Auditory Neuroscience and Inner Ear Lab, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Antalya University Medical School, Antalya, Turkey
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- Departmet of Otolaryngology, Istanbul Medeniyet University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
- Otorhinolaryngology Clinic of Goztepe Prof. Dr. Suleyman Yalcin City Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Division of Pediatric Genetics, Ege University School of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey
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- Department of Audiology, Ankara University Faculty of Health Sciences, Ankara, Turkey
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
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- Institute of Human Genetics, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
- Institute for Auditory Neuroscience and Inner Ear Lab, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Departmet of Otolaryngology, Istanbul Medeniyet University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
- Otorhinolaryngology Clinic of Goztepe Prof. Dr. Suleyman Yalcin City Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
- Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
- IQUIBICEN CONICET, Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA.
- Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA.
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Rajput K, Akhtar U, Pagarkar W, Rajput S, Walder C, D'Arco F, Cochrane L, Nash R, Bitner-Glindzicz M, Omar R. Etiology of Childhood Profound Sensorineural Hearing Loss: The Role of Hearing Loss Gene Panel Testing. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2024. [PMID: 38822754 DOI: 10.1002/ohn.838] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2023] [Revised: 04/22/2024] [Accepted: 05/12/2024] [Indexed: 06/03/2024]
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OBJECTIVE Establishing the cause of hearing loss (HL) is important and rewarding, though not without its challenges. While our ability to identify the etiology for HL has improved with advances in scientific knowledge, a significant proportion of cases remain of unknown etiology. Recent protocol changes within the NHS Genomic Medicine Service support the utilization of the HL gene panel test, rather than individual gene tests. In light of these changes, determining the yield of these more extensive panel tests is important in informing future practice. STUDY DESIGN Retrospective study. SETTING The Cochlear Implant (CI) Department at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH). METHODS Four hundred seventy-six children with profound HL were identified from a database of referrals to the GOSH CI Department. Data on etiology of HL including genetic diagnosis was collected from hospital notes on an electronic patient records system and hospital genetics database. RESULTS We identified a positive result in 163/476 (34%) cases through the gene panel test, representing an additional 19% yield to current level 1 investigations. Genetic HL, including both syndromic (including those not covered by the HL gene panel) and nonsyndromic (209/476, 44%) was the most common etiology in our cohort. Perinatal, intrauterine, ototoxicity, meningitis, and encephalitis categories altogether comprised 97/476 (20%) cases. CONCLUSION Gene panel testing provides significant additional yield over current level 1 investigations which include GJB2 testing only. This has far-reaching implications for how we optimize investigations into HL in children and counsel families, and for future early interventions.
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- Kaukab Rajput
- Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
- University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals, London, UK
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Shadab M, Abbasi AA, Ejaz A, Ben-Mahmoud A, Gupta V, Kim HG, Vona B. Autosomal recessive non-syndromic hearing loss genes in Pakistan during the previous three decades. J Cell Mol Med 2024; 28:e18119. [PMID: 38534090 DOI: 10.1111/jcmm.18119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2023] [Revised: 11/29/2023] [Accepted: 01/02/2024] [Indexed: 03/28/2024] Open
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Hearing loss is a clinically and genetically heterogeneous disorder, with over 148 genes and 170 loci associated with its pathogenesis. The spectrum and frequency of causal variants vary across different genetic ancestries and are more prevalent in populations that practice consanguineous marriages. Pakistan has a rich history of autosomal recessive gene discovery related to non-syndromic hearing loss. Since the first linkage analysis with a Pakistani family that led to the mapping of the DFNB1 locus on chromosome 13, 51 genes associated with this disorder have been identified in this population. Among these, 13 of the most prevalent genes, namely CDH23, CIB2, CLDN14, GJB2, HGF, MARVELD2, MYO7A, MYO15A, MSRB3, OTOF, SLC26A4, TMC1 and TMPRSS3, account for more than half of all cases of profound hearing loss, while the prevalence of other genes is less than 2% individually. In this review, we discuss the most common autosomal recessive non-syndromic hearing loss genes in Pakistani individuals as well as the genetic mapping and sequencing approaches used to discover them. Furthermore, we identified enriched gene ontology terms and common pathways involved in these 51 autosomal recessive non-syndromic hearing loss genes to gain a better understanding of the underlying mechanisms. Establishing a molecular understanding of the disorder may aid in reducing its future prevalence by enabling timely diagnostics and genetic counselling, leading to more effective clinical management and treatments of hearing loss.
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- Madiha Shadab
- Department of Zoology, Mirpur University of Science and Technology, Mirpur, Pakistan
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- Department of Zoology, Mirpur University of Science and Technology, Mirpur, Pakistan
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- Department of Physics, University of Kotli Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Kotli, Pakistan
- School of Nuclear Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China
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- Neurological Disorders Research Center, Qatar Biomedical Research Institute, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Doha, Qatar
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- Neurological Disorders Research Center, Qatar Biomedical Research Institute, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Doha, Qatar
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- Neurological Disorders Research Center, Qatar Biomedical Research Institute, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Doha, Qatar
- College of Health & Life Sciences, Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU), Doha, Qatar
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- Institute of Human Genetics, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
- Institute for Auditory Neuroscience and Inner Ear Lab, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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Sutton DC, Andrews JC, Dolezal DM, Park YJ, Li H, Eberl DF, Yamamoto S, Groves AK. Comparative exploration of mammalian deafness gene homologues in the Drosophila auditory organ shows genetic correlation between insect and vertebrate hearing. PLoS One 2024; 19:e0297846. [PMID: 38412189 PMCID: PMC10898740 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0297846] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2023] [Accepted: 01/13/2024] [Indexed: 02/29/2024] Open
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Johnston's organ, the Drosophila auditory organ, is anatomically very different from the mammalian organ of Corti. However, recent evidence indicates significant cellular and molecular similarities exist between vertebrate and invertebrate hearing, suggesting that Drosophila may be a useful platform to determine the function of the many mammalian deafness genes whose underlying biological mechanisms are poorly characterized. Our goal was a comprehensive screen of all known orthologues of mammalian deafness genes in the fruit fly to better understand conservation of hearing mechanisms between the insect and the fly and ultimately gain insight into human hereditary deafness. We used bioinformatic comparisons to screen previously reported human and mouse deafness genes and found that 156 of them have orthologues in Drosophila melanogaster. We used fluorescent imaging of T2A-GAL4 gene trap and GFP or YFP fluorescent protein trap lines for 54 of the Drosophila genes and found 38 to be expressed in different cell types in Johnston's organ. We phenotypically characterized the function of strong loss-of-function mutants in three genes expressed in Johnston's organ (Cad99C, Msp-300, and Koi) using a courtship assay and electrophysiological recordings of sound-evoked potentials. Cad99C and Koi were found to have significant courtship defects. However, when we tested these genes for electrophysiological defects in hearing response, we did not see a significant difference suggesting the courtship defects were not caused by hearing deficiencies. Furthermore, we used a UAS/RNAi approach to test the function of seven genes and found two additional genes, CG5921 and Myo10a, that gave a statistically significant delay in courtship but not in sound-evoked potentials. Our results suggest that many mammalian deafness genes have Drosophila homologues expressed in the Johnston's organ, but that their requirement for hearing may not necessarily be the same as in mammals.
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- Daniel C. Sutton
- Graduate Program in Genetics & Genomics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute, Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Biology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America
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- Graduate Program in Development, Disease Models & Therapeutics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- Huffington Center on Aging, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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- Graduate Program in Development, Disease Models & Therapeutics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- Huffington Center on Aging, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Biology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America
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- Graduate Program in Genetics & Genomics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute, Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- Graduate Program in Development, Disease Models & Therapeutics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- Department of Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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- Graduate Program in Genetics & Genomics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- Graduate Program in Development, Disease Models & Therapeutics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- Department of Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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Ford CL, Riggs WJ, Quigley T, Keifer OP, Whitton JP, Valayannopoulos V. The natural history, clinical outcomes, and genotype-phenotype relationship of otoferlin-related hearing loss: a systematic, quantitative literature review. Hum Genet 2023; 142:1429-1449. [PMID: 37679651 PMCID: PMC10511631 DOI: 10.1007/s00439-023-02595-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2023] [Accepted: 08/09/2023] [Indexed: 09/09/2023]
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Congenital hearing loss affects one in 500 newborns. Sequence variations in OTOF, which encodes the calcium-binding protein otoferlin, are responsible for 1-8% of congenital, nonsyndromic hearing loss and are the leading cause of auditory neuropathy spectrum disorders. The natural history of otoferlin-related hearing loss, the relationship between OTOF genotype and hearing loss phenotype, and the outcomes of clinical practices in patients with this genetic disorder are incompletely understood because most analyses have reported on small numbers of cases with homogeneous OTOF genotypes. Here, we present the first systematic, quantitative literature review of otoferlin-related hearing loss, which analyzes patient-specific data from 422 individuals across 61 publications. While most patients display a typical phenotype of severe-to-profound hearing loss with prelingual onset, 10-15% of patients display atypical phenotypes, including mild-to-moderate, progressive, and temperature-sensitive hearing loss. Patients' phenotypic presentations appear to depend on their specific genotypes. For example, non-truncating variants located in and immediately downstream of the C2E calcium-binding domain are more likely to produce atypical phenotypes. Additionally, the prevalence of certain sequence variants and their associated phenotypes varies between populations due to evolutionary founder effects. Our analyses also suggest otoacoustic emissions are less common in older patients and those with two truncating OTOF variants. Critically, our review has implications for the application and limitations of clinical practices, including newborn hearing screenings, hearing aid trials, cochlear implants, and upcoming gene therapy clinical trials. We conclude by discussing the limitations of available research and recommendations for future studies on this genetic cause of hearing loss.
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Ramzan M, Duman D, Hendricks LCP, Guo S, Mutlu A, Kalcioglu MT, Seyhan S, Carranza C, Bonyadi M, Mahdieh N, Yildirim-Baylan M, Figueroa-Ildefonso E, Alper O, Atik T, Ayral A, Bozan N, Balta B, Rivas C, Manzoli GN, Huesca-Hernandez F, Kuchay RAH, Durgut M, Bademci G, Tekin M. Genome sequencing identifies coding and non-coding variants for non-syndromic hearing loss. J Hum Genet 2023; 68:657-669. [PMID: 37217689 DOI: 10.1038/s10038-023-01159-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2022] [Revised: 04/27/2023] [Accepted: 05/05/2023] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Hearing loss (HL) is a common heterogeneous trait that involves variants in more than 200 genes. In this study, we utilized exome (ES) and genome sequencing (GS) to effectively identify the genetic cause of presumably non-syndromic HL in 322 families from South and West Asia and Latin America. Biallelic GJB2 variants were identified in 58 probands at the time of enrollment these probands were excluded. In addition, upon review of phenotypic findings, 38/322 probands were excluded based on syndromic findings at the time of ascertainment and no further evaluation was performed on those samples. We performed ES as a primary diagnostic tool on one or two affected individuals from 212/226 families. Via ES we detected a total of 78 variants in 30 genes and showed their co-segregation with HL in 71 affected families. Most of the variants were frameshift or missense and affected individuals were either homozygous or compound heterozygous in their respective families. We employed GS as a primary test on a subset of 14 families and a secondary tool on 22 families which were unsolved by ES. Although the cumulative detection rate of causal variants by ES and GS is 40% (89/226), GS alone has led to a molecular diagnosis in 7 of 14 families as the primary tool and 5 of 22 families as the secondary test. GS successfully identified variants present in deep intronic or complex regions not detectable by ES.
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- Memoona Ramzan
- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
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- Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
- Division of Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
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- Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Istanbul Medeniyet University Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
- Goztepe Prof. Dr. Suleyman Yalcin City Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Istanbul Medeniyet University Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
- Goztepe Prof. Dr. Suleyman Yalcin City Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Uskudar University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Institute for Research on Genetic and Metabolic Diseases, INVEGEM, Guatemala City, Guatemala
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- Faculty of Natural Sciences, Center of Excellence for Biodiversity, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran
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- Rajaie Cardiovascular Medical and Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Neurogenetics Research Center, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Neurológicas, Lima, Peru
- Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, 15102, Peru
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- Department of Medical Biology and Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey
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- Division of Pediatric Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Ege University, Izmir, Turkey
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, Yuzuncu Yıl University, Van, Turkey
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, Yuzuncu Yıl University, Van, Turkey
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Kayseri Training and Research Hospital, Kayseri, Turkey
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- Gonçalo Moniz Research Center (CPqGM), Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ), Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
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- Genetics and Genomic Medicine Service. National Institute of Rehabilitation, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Department of Biotechnology, Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University, Rajouri, J&K, India
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- Kocaeli University Otorhinolaryngology Department- Audiology Unit, İzmit, Turkey
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- Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
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- John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA.
- Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA.
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Biallelic mutations in pakistani families with autosomal recessive prelingual nonsyndromic hearing loss. Genes Genomics 2023; 45:145-156. [PMID: 36472766 DOI: 10.1007/s13258-022-01349-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2022] [Accepted: 11/24/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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BACKGROUND Nonsyndromic autosomal recessive hearing loss (DFNB) is an etiologically heterogeneous disorder group showing a wide spectrum of onset ages and severity. DFNB genes are very diverse in their types and functions, making molecular diagnosis difficult. DFNB is particularly frequent in Pakistan, which may be partly due to consanguinity. OBJECTIVE This study was performed to determine the genetic causes in Pakistani DFNB families with prelingual onset and to establish genotype-phenotype correlation. METHODS Whole exome sequencing and subsequent genetic analysis were performed for 11 Pakistani DFNB families including eight consanguineous families. RESULTS We identified eight pathogenic or likely pathogenic mutations in LOXHD1, GJB2, SLC26A4, MYO15A, and TMC1 from six families. The GJB2 mutations were identified in two families each with compound heterozygous mutations and a homozygous mutation. The compound heterozygous mutations in LOXHD1 ([p.D278Y] + [p.D1219E]) and GJB2 [p.M1?] + [p.G12Vfs*2]) were novel. The four missense or start-loss mutations were located at well conserved residues, and most in silico analysis predicted their pathogenicity. In addition to causative mutations, we found compound heterozygous mutations in PTPRQ as variants of uncertain significance. CONCLUSION This study identified biallelic mutations as the underlying cause of early onset DFNB in six Pakistani families. This study will be helpful in providing an exact molecular diagnosis and treatment of prelingual onset deafness patients.
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Kabahuma RI, Schubert W, Labuschagne C, Yan D, Pepper MS, Liu X. Elucidation of repeat motifs R1- and R2-related TRIOBP variants in autosomal recessive nonsyndromic hearing loss DFNB28 among indigenous South African individuals. Mol Genet Genomic Med 2022; 10:e2015. [PMID: 36029164 PMCID: PMC9544205 DOI: 10.1002/mgg3.2015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2021] [Revised: 06/10/2022] [Accepted: 06/28/2022] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND DFNB28, a recessively inherited nonsyndromic form of deafness in humans, is caused by mutations in the TRIOBP gene (MIM #609761) on chromosome 22q13. Its protein TRIOBP helps to tightly bundle F-actin filaments, forming a rootlet that penetrates through the cuticular plate into the cochlear hair cell body. Repeat motifs R1 and R2, located in exon 7 of the TRIOBP-5 isoform, are the actin-binding domains. Deletion of both repeat motifs R1 and R2 results in complete disruption of both actin-binding and bundling activities, whereas deletion of the R2 motif alone retains F-actin bundling ability in stereocilia rootlets. METHODS Target sequencing, using a custom capture panel of 180 known and candidate genes associated with sensorineural hearing loss, bioinformatics processing, and data analysis were performed. Genesis 2.0 was used for variant filtering based on quality/score read depth and minor allele frequency (MAF) thresholds of 0.005 for recessive NSHL, as reported in population-based sequencing databases. All variants were reclassified based on the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG) and Association for Molecular Pathology (AMP) guidelines together with other variant interpretation guidelines for genetic hearing loss . Candidate variants were confirmed via Sanger sequencing according to standard protocols, using the ABIPRISM 3730 DNA Analyzer. DNA sequence analysis was performed with DNASTAR Lasergene software. RESULTS Candidate TRIOBP variants identified among 94 indigenous sub-Saharan African individuals were characterized through segregation analysis. Family TS005 carrying variants c.572delC, p.Pro191Argfs*50, and c.3510_3513dupTGCA, p.Pro1172Cysfs*13, demonstrated perfect cosegregation with the deafness phenotype. On the other hand, variants c.505C > A p.Asp168Glu and c.3636 T > A p.Leu1212Gln in the same family did not segregate with deafness and we have classified these variants as benign. A control family, TS067, carrying variants c.2532G > T p.Leu844Arg, c.2590C > A p.Asn867Lys, c.3484C > T p.Pro1161Leu, and c.3621 T > C p.Phe1187Leu demonstrated no cosegregation allowing us to classify these variants as benign. Together with published TRIOBP variants, the results showed that genotypes combining two truncating TRIOBP variants affecting repeat motifs R1 and R2 or R2 alone lead to a deafness phenotype, while a truncating variant affecting repeat motifs R1 and R2 or R2 alone combined with a missense variant does not. Homozygous truncating variants affecting repeat motif R2 cosegregate with the deafness phenotype. CONCLUSION While a single intact R1 motif may be adequate for actin-binding and bundling in the stereocilia of cochlear hair cells, our findings indicate that a truncated R2 motif in cis seems to be incompatible with normal hearing, either by interfering with the function of an intact R1 motif or through another as yet unknown mechanism. Our study also suggests that most heterozygous missense variants involving exon 7 are likely to be tolerated.
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- Rosemary Ida Kabahuma
- Department of OtorhinolaryngologyUniversity of PretoriaPretoriaSouth Africa,Departments of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural SciencesUniversity of PretoriaPretoriaSouth Africa
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- Departments of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural SciencesUniversity of PretoriaPretoriaSouth Africa
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- Department of OtolaryngologyUniversity of Miami Miller School of MedicineMiamiFloridaUSA
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- Institute for Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Department of Immunology and SAMRC Extramural Unit for Stem Cell Research and Therapy, Faculty of Health SciencesUniversity of PretoriaPretoriaSouth Africa
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- Department of OtolaryngologyUniversity of Miami Miller School of MedicineMiamiFloridaUSA
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Fu Y, Huang S, Gao X, Han M, Wang G, Kang D, Yuan Y, Dai P. Analysis of the genotype–phenotype correlation of MYO15A variants in Chinese non-syndromic hearing loss patients. BMC Med Genomics 2022; 15:71. [PMID: 35346193 PMCID: PMC8962197 DOI: 10.1186/s12920-022-01201-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2021] [Accepted: 02/28/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background
Mutations in the MYO15A gene are a widely recognized cause of autosomal recessive non-syndromic sensorineural hearing loss (NSHL) globally. Here, we examined the role and the genotype–phenotype correlation of MYO15A variants in a cohort of Chinese NSHL cases.
Methods
Eighty-one cases with evidenced MYO15A variants from the 2263 Chinese NSHL cases, who underwent next-generation sequencing (NGS), were enrolled in the study. We investigated the association of MYO15A variants with the severity, progression and age of onset of hearing loss, as well as compared it to the previous reports in different nationalities. The cases were divided into groups according to the number of truncating variants: 2 truncating, 1 truncating and 1 non-truncating, 2 non-truncating variants, and compared the severity of HL among the groups.
Results
MYO15A accounted for 3.58% (81/2263) of all NSHL cases. We analyzed 81 MYO15A-related NSHL cases, 73 of whom were with congenital bilateral, symmetric or severe-to-profound hearing loss (HL), however, 2 of them had a postlingual, asymmetric, mild or moderate HL. There were 102 variants identified in all MYO15A structural domains, 76.47% (78/102) of whom were novel. The most common types of detected variants were missense (44/102, 43.14%), followed by frameshift (27/102, 26.47%), nonsense (14/102, 13.72%), splice site (10/102, 9.80%), in frame (4/102, 3.92%), non-coding (2/102, 1.96%) and synonymous (1/102, 0.98%). The most recurrent variant c.10245_10247delCTC was detected in 12 cases. We observed that the MYO15A variants, located in its N-terminal, motor and FERM domains, led to partial deafness with better residual hearing at low frequencies. There were 34 cases with biallelic truncating variants, 37 cases with monoallelic truncating variants, and 13 cases with biallelic non-truncating variants. The biallelic non-truncating variants group had the least number of cases (12/81), and most of them (10/12) were with profound NSHL.
Conclusions
MYO15A is a major gene responsible for NSHL in China. Cases with MYO15A variants mostly showed early-onset, symmetric, severe-to-profound hearing loss. This study is by far the largest focused on the evaluation of the genotype–phenotype correlations among the variants in the MYO15A gene and its implication in the outcome of NSHL. The biallelic non-truncating MYO15A variants commonly caused profound HL, and the cases with one or two truncating MYO15A variants tended to increase the risk of HL. Nevertheless, further investigations are needed to clarify the causes for the variable severities and progression rates of hearing loss and the detected MYO15A variants in these cases.
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刘 嘉, 丁 艳, 胡 亚. [Identifications of the novel mutants on MYO7A in a family with non-syndromic hereditary deafness]. LIN CHUANG ER BI YAN HOU TOU JING WAI KE ZA ZHI = JOURNAL OF CLINICAL OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY, HEAD, AND NECK SURGERY 2022; 36:27-31. [PMID: 34979615 PMCID: PMC10128221 DOI: 10.13201/j.issn.2096-7993.2022.01.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Objective:To identify the deaf-causing mutation by the genetic analysis in a family with non-syndromic hereditary deafness. Methods:Medical history collection, hearing, vision, and genome whole-exome sequencing were performed on the members of the deaf family. Results:Two mutation sites were identified in the MYO7A gene, namely c.1183C>T and 1496T>C, of which c.1183C>T has a small number of foreign literature reports, and 1496T>C is a newly discovered mutation site. According to ACMG mutation guideline showed that these two mutations were pathogenic mutations of the proband. Sanger sequencing verified that c.1183C>T was derived from the father, and 1496T>C was derived from the mother. These two mutation sites were not found in the healthy population in the Exome Sequencing Project(ESP6500) database, 1000 Genomes Project database, and the Gnomad database. Moreover, the second child in this family included a heterozygous mutation of c.1183C>T and 1496T>C and was confirmed to become severe sensorineural deaf. Conclusion:A new pathogenic compound heterozygous mutation in the MYO7A gene has been discovered, which provides more diagnostic evidence for the autosomal recessive non-syndromic deafness caused by the MYO7A gene mutation and improves the prenatal gene diagnosis in high-risk families for mutation carriers to reduce congenital disabilities.
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- 嘉 刘
- 中南大学湘雅二医院耳鼻咽喉头颈外科(长沙,410011)Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, the Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, 410011, China
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- 中南大学湘雅二医院耳鼻咽喉头颈外科(长沙,410011)Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, the Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, 410011, China
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- 中南大学湘雅二医院耳鼻咽喉头颈外科(长沙,410011)Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, the Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, 410011, China
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Naz S. Molecular genetic landscape of hereditary hearing loss in Pakistan. Hum Genet 2021; 141:633-648. [PMID: 34308486 DOI: 10.1007/s00439-021-02320-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2021] [Accepted: 07/17/2021] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Approximately 14.5 million Pakistani individuals have a hearing loss and half of these cases may be due to genetic causes. Though significant progress has been made in uncovering genetic variants for recessively inherited nonsyndromic deafness, Pendred syndrome, and Usher syndromes, the same is not true for dominantly inherited hearing loss, most syndromic cases and deafness with complex inheritance patterns. Variants of 57 genes have been reported to cause nonsyndromic recessive deafness in Pakistan, though most are rare. Variants of just five genes GJB2, HGF, MYO7A, SLC26A4, and TMC1 together explain 57% of profound deafness while those of GJB2, MYO15A, OTOF, SLC26A4, TMC1, and TMPRSS3 account for 47% of moderate to severe hearing loss. In contrast, although variants of at least 39 genes have been implicated in different deafness syndromes, their prevalence in the population and the spectrum of mutations have not been explored. Furthermore, research on genetics of deafness has mostly focused on individuals from the Punjab province and needs to be extended to other regions of Pakistan. Identifying the genes and their variants causing deafness in all ethnic groups is important as it will pinpoint rare as well as recurrent mutations. This information may ultimately help in offering genetic counseling and future treatments.
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- Sadaf Naz
- School of Biological Sciences, University of the Punjab, Quaid-e-Azam Campus, Lahore, 54590, Pakistan.
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Ahmed A, Wang M, Khan R, Shah AA, Guo H, Malik S, Xia K, Hu Z. A splice-site variant (c.3289-1G>T) in OTOF underlies profound hearing loss in a Pakistani kindred. BMC Med Genomics 2021; 14:2. [PMID: 33397372 PMCID: PMC7784026 DOI: 10.1186/s12920-020-00859-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2020] [Accepted: 12/14/2020] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Hearing loss/deafness is a common otological disorder found in the Pakistani population due to the high prevalence of consanguineous unions, but the full range of genetic causes is still unknown. METHODS A large consanguineous Pakistani kindred with hearing loss was studied. Whole-exome sequencing and Sanger sequencing were performed to search for the candidate gene underlying the disease phenotype. A minigene assay and reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction was used to assess the effect of splicing variants. RESULTS The splicing variants of OTOF (NM_194248, c.3289-1G>T) cosegregated with the disease phenotype in this Pakistani family. The substitution of a single base pair causes the deletion of 10 bp (splicing variant 1) or 13 bp (splicing variant 2) from exon 27, which results in truncated proteins of 1141 and 1140 amino acids, respectively. CONCLUSION Our findings reveal an OTOF splice-site variant as pathogenic for profound hearing loss in this family.
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- Ashfaque Ahmed
- Center for Medical Genetics and Hunan Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics, School of Life Sciences, Central South University, Changsha, 410078, Hunan, China
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- Center for Medical Genetics and Hunan Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics, School of Life Sciences, Central South University, Changsha, 410078, Hunan, China
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- Center for Medical Genetics and Hunan Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics, School of Life Sciences, Central South University, Changsha, 410078, Hunan, China
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- Center for Medical Genetics and Hunan Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics, School of Life Sciences, Central South University, Changsha, 410078, Hunan, China
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- Center for Medical Genetics and Hunan Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics, School of Life Sciences, Central South University, Changsha, 410078, Hunan, China
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- Human Genetics Program, Department of Zoology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-I-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
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- Center for Medical Genetics and Hunan Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics, School of Life Sciences, Central South University, Changsha, 410078, Hunan, China.
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- Center for Medical Genetics and Hunan Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics, School of Life Sciences, Central South University, Changsha, 410078, Hunan, China.
- Hunan Key Laboratory of Animal Models for Human Diseases, School of Life Sciences, Central South University, Changsha, 410078, Hunan, China.
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Homozygous mutations in Pakistani consanguineous families with prelingual nonsyndromic hearing loss. Mol Biol Rep 2020; 47:9979-9985. [PMID: 33269433 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-020-06037-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2020] [Accepted: 11/25/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Autosomal recessive nonsyndromic hearing loss (DFNB) is relatively frequent in Pakistan, which is thought to be mainly due to relatively frequent consanguinity. DFNB genes vary widely in their kinds and functions making molecular diagnosis difficult. This study determined the genetic causes in five Pakistani DFNB families with prelingual onset. The familial genetic analysis identified four pathogenic or likely pathogenic homozygous mutations by whole exome sequencing: two splicing donor site mutations of c.787+1G>A in ESRRB (DFNB35) and c.637+1G>T in CABP2 (DFNB93) and two missense mutations of c.7814A>G (p.Asn2605Ser) in CDH23 (DFNB12) and c.242G>A (p.Arg81His) in TMIE (DFNB6). The ESRRB and TMIE mutations were novel, and the TMIE mutation was observed in two families. The two missense mutations were located at well conserved sites and in silico analysis predicted their pathogenicity. This study identified four homozygous mutations as the underlying cause of DFNB including two novel mutations. This study will be helpful for the exact molecular diagnosis and treatment of deafness patients.
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Tekin AM, de Ceulaer G, Govaerts P, Bayazit Y, Wuyts W, Van de Heyning P, Topsakal V. A New Pathogenic Variant in the TRIOBP Associated with Profound Deafness Is Remediable with Cochlear Implantation. Audiol Neurootol 2020; 26:76-84. [PMID: 32877897 DOI: 10.1159/000508434] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2020] [Accepted: 05/05/2020] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES A rare type of nonsyndromic autosomal recessive hereditary hearing loss is caused by pathogenic mutations in the TRIOBP gene mostly involving exons 6 and 7. These mutations cause hearing loss originating from dysfunction of sensory inner ear hair cells. Of all the affected siblings, 2 brothers and 1 sister, part of an Afghan family, were referred to our clinic for diagnostic workup and candidacy selection for cochlear implantation (CI). METHODS Molecular analysis showed a homozygous c.1342C > T p. (Arg448*) pathogenic variant in exon 7 of the TRIOBP gene (reference sequence NM_001039141.2) in all 3 affected siblings. Clinical audiometry demonstrated profound sensorineural hearing loss in all 3 affected siblings (2 males and 1 female), and they were implanted unilaterally. RESULTS One month after activation, the pure-tone averages with the CI processor were between 30 and 23 dBHL. Ten months after the first activation of the implant, open-set speech audiometry test could be performed for the first time in the 2 younger CI recipients (S5 and S9), and they could identify up to a maximum 77% phonemes correctly. The oldest brother (S12) could not yet perform open-set speech audiometry at that moment. CONCLUSIONS Implant outcomes are better with normal inner ear anatomy in general. The earlier congenital patients are implanted, the better their outcomes. Here, we demonstrate both statements are true in a homozygous c.1342C > T p. (Arg448*) pathogenic variant in the TRIOBP gene in all 3 affected siblings.
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- Ahmet M Tekin
- Department of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, University of Medipol/Medipol University Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, University of Medipol/Medipol University Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Center of Medical Genetics/University of Antwerp/Antwerp University Hospital, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Department of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, University of Antwerp/Antwerp University Hospital, Antwerp, Belgium.,Department of Translational Neurosciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences/University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Department of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, University of Antwerp/Antwerp University Hospital, Antwerp, Belgium, .,Department of Translational Neurosciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences/University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium,
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Malesci R, Russo R, Monzillo C, Laria C, Corvino V, Auletta G, Iolascon A, Franzè A. Bimodal strategy for excellent audiological rehabilitation in a subject with a novel nonsense mutation of the SLC26A4 gene: A case report. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 2020; 134:110018. [PMID: 32251972 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2020.110018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2019] [Revised: 03/19/2020] [Accepted: 03/20/2020] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Sensorineural hearing loss is a heterogeneous disease caused by mutations in many genes. However, in the presence of enlarged vestibular aqueduct, it is frequently associated with mutations in the solute carrier family 26 member 4 (SLC26A4), a gene causative of a syndromic form (Pendred) as well as a non-syndromic form of hearing loss (DFNB4). We describe a clinical case presenting bilateral sensorineural hearing loss and enlarged vestibular aqueduct in which a novel homozygous SLC26A4 mutation was identified. Despite a late diagnosis of hearing loss, a peculiar rehabilitation therapy strategy was identified that provided excellent results.
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- Rita Malesci
- Institute of Audiology, Dept. of Neurosciences, Reproductive and Odontostomatologic Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy.
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- Dept. of Molecular Medicine and Medical Biotechnology, University of Naples Federico II, Italy; CEINGE- Advanced Biotechnologies, Naples, Italy.
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- Institute of Audiology, Dept. of Neurosciences, Reproductive and Odontostomatologic Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy.
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- Institute of Audiology, Dept. of Neurosciences, Reproductive and Odontostomatologic Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy.
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- Institute of Audiology, Dept. of Neurosciences, Reproductive and Odontostomatologic Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy.
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- Institute of Audiology, Dept. of Neurosciences, Reproductive and Odontostomatologic Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy.
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- Dept. of Molecular Medicine and Medical Biotechnology, University of Naples Federico II, Italy; CEINGE- Advanced Biotechnologies, Naples, Italy.
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- Institute of Audiology, Dept. of Neurosciences, Reproductive and Odontostomatologic Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy; CEINGE- Advanced Biotechnologies, Naples, Italy.
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Fang BX, Cen JT, Yuan T, Yin GD, Gu J, Zhang SQ, Li ZC, Liang YF, Zeng XL. Etiology of newborn hearing impairment in Guangdong province: 10-year experience with screening, diagnosis, and follow-up. World J Pediatr 2020; 16:305-313. [PMID: 31912317 DOI: 10.1007/s12519-019-00325-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2019] [Accepted: 11/06/2019] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND Hearing impairment is one of the most common birth defects in children. Universal newborn hearing screenings have been performed for 19 years in Guangdong province, China. A screening/diagnosis/intervention system has gradually been put in place. Over the past 10 years, a relatively complete data management system had been established. In the present study, an etiological analysis of newborn cases that failed the initial and follow-up screenings was performed. METHODS The nature and degree of hearing impairment in newborns were confirmed by a set of procedures performed at the time of initial hearing screening, rescreening and final hearing diagnosis. Then, multiple examinations were performed to explore the associated etiology. RESULTS Over a period of 10 years, 720 children were diagnosed with newborn hearing loss. Among these children, 445 (61.81%) children had a clearly identified cause, which included genetic factor(s) (30.56%), secretory otitis media (13.30%), maternal rubella virus infection during pregnancy (5.83%), inner ear malformations (4.86%), maternal human cytomegalovirus infection during pregnancy (2.92%), malformation of the middle ear ossicular chain (2.50%) and auditory neuropathy (1.81%). In addition, 275 cases of sensorineural hearing loss of unknown etiology accounted for 38.19% of the children surveyed. CONCLUSIONS Long-term follow-up is needed to detect delayed hearing impairment and auditory development in children. The need for long-term follow-up should be taken into account when designing an intervention strategy. Furthermore, the use of the deafness gene chip should further elucidate the etiology of neonatal hearing impairment.
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- Bi-Xing Fang
- Division of Otology, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Division of Otology, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Division of Otology, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Division of Otology, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Division of Otology, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Division of Otology, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Division of Otology, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Division of Otology, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Division of Otology, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China.
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Yu X, Lin Y, Xu J, Che T, Li L, Yang T, Wu H. Molecular epidemiology of Chinese Han deaf patients with bi-allelic and mono-allelic GJB2 mutations. Orphanet J Rare Dis 2020; 15:29. [PMID: 31992338 PMCID: PMC6986010 DOI: 10.1186/s13023-020-1311-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2019] [Accepted: 01/17/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Background Recessive mutations in GJB2 is the most common cause of genetic hearing loss worldwide. The aim of this study is to determine the spectrum and frequency of GJB2 variants in Chinese Han deaf patients and to investigate the underlying causative genes in patients with mono-allelic GJB2 mutations. Methods We analyzed the mutation screening results of GJB2 in 1852 Chinese Han probands with apparently autosomal-recessive hearing loss in our laboratory. Targeted next-generation sequencing of 139 known deafness-related genes were performed in 44 probands with mono-allelic GJB2 mutations. Results Bi-allelic GJB2 mutations was identified in 25.65% of patients, in which the c.235delC (p.L79Cfs*3) mutation is the most frequent cause for both severe-to-profound (84.93%) and mild-to-moderate hearing loss (54.05%), while the c.109G > A (p.V37I) mutation is another frequent cause for mild-to-moderate hearing loss (40.54%). In 3.89% of patients only one mutant allele can be identified in GJB2. Targeted next generation sequencing in 44 such probands revealed digenic heterozygous mutations in GJB2/GJB6 and GJB2/GJB3 as the likely pathogenic mechanism in three probands. In 13 probands, on the other hand, pathogenic mutations in other deafness-associated genes (STRC, EYA1, MITF, PCDH15, USH2A, MYO15A, CDH23, OTOF, SLC26A4, SMPX, and TIMM8A) can be identified as the independent genetic cause, suggesting that the mono-allelic GJB2 mutations in those probands is likely co-incidental. Conclusions Our results demonstrated that GJB2 should be a primary target for mutation screening in Chinese Han deaf patients, and those with mono-allelic GJB2 mutations should be further screened by next generation sequencing.
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- Xiaoyu Yu
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.,Ear Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.,Shanghai Key Laboratory of Translational Medicine on Ear and Nose Diseases, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.,Ear Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.,Shanghai Key Laboratory of Translational Medicine on Ear and Nose Diseases, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.,Ear Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.,Shanghai Key Laboratory of Translational Medicine on Ear and Nose Diseases, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Genomic and Molecular Diagnosis of Gansu Province, Lanzhou, 730030, China
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- Laboratory of Precision Medicine and Translational Medicine, Suzhou Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, Suzhou Science and Technology Town Hospital, Suzhou, 215153, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China. .,Ear Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China. .,Shanghai Key Laboratory of Translational Medicine on Ear and Nose Diseases, Shanghai, China.
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China. .,Ear Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China. .,Shanghai Key Laboratory of Translational Medicine on Ear and Nose Diseases, Shanghai, China.
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Korrapati S, Taukulis I, Olszewski R, Pyle M, Gu S, Singh R, Griffiths C, Martin D, Boger E, Morell RJ, Hoa M. Single Cell and Single Nucleus RNA-Seq Reveal Cellular Heterogeneity and Homeostatic Regulatory Networks in Adult Mouse Stria Vascularis. Front Mol Neurosci 2019; 12:316. [PMID: 31920542 PMCID: PMC6933021 DOI: 10.3389/fnmol.2019.00316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2019] [Accepted: 12/05/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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The stria vascularis (SV) generates the endocochlear potential (EP) in the inner ear and is necessary for proper hair cell mechanotransduction and hearing. While channels belonging to SV cell types are known to play crucial roles in EP generation, relatively little is known about gene regulatory networks that underlie the ability of the SV to generate and maintain the EP. Using single cell and single nucleus RNA-sequencing, we identify and validate known and rare cell populations in the SV. Furthermore, we establish a basis for understanding molecular mechanisms underlying SV function by identifying potential gene regulatory networks as well as druggable gene targets. Finally, we associate known deafness genes with adult SV cell types. This work establishes a basis for dissecting the genetic mechanisms underlying the role of the SV in hearing and will serve as a basis for designing therapeutic approaches to hearing loss related to SV dysfunction.
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- Soumya Korrapati
- Auditory Development and Restoration Program, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States
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- Auditory Development and Restoration Program, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States
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- Auditory Development and Restoration Program, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States
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- Auditory Development and Restoration Program, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States
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- Auditory Development and Restoration Program, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States
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- Auditory Development and Restoration Program, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States
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- Auditory Development and Restoration Program, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States
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- Biomedical Research Informatics Office, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States
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- Genomics and Computational Biology Core, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States
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- Genomics and Computational Biology Core, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States
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- Auditory Development and Restoration Program, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States
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Identification of a novel homozygous mutation in the MYO15A gene in a Kazakh family with non-syndromic hearing loss. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 2019; 125:128-132. [PMID: 31301639 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2019.06.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2019] [Revised: 06/16/2019] [Accepted: 06/16/2019] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND Millions of people around the world are plagued by hearing loss. More than 50% of congenital or pre-lingual deafness is associated with genetic factors and has highly genetic heterogeneity. To date, although hundreds of genes have been found to be implicated in non-syndromic deafness, there are still lots of genes or loci that we need to verify. METHODS In this study, we performed target sequencing and Sanger sequencing in a Kazakh consanguineous family with autosomal recessive non-syndromic hearing loss. Following that, functional and structural studies predicted the pathogenic effect of novel mutations by use of the online tools. RESULTS We identified a novel homozygous mutation p.R3191C in MYO15A gene causing deafness in this family. The mutation p.R3191C co-segregated with the disease phenotype in this family and was not present in any public databases. Automatic tools predict that the novel mutation makes a great impact on the function and structure of MYO15A protein. CONCLUSIONS This is a novel mutation of MYO15A causing deafness and also the first report of MYO15A mutations causing deafness in the Kazakh families. This finding expanded the spectrum of MYO15A mutations, making it more precise for future genetic diagnosis in patients with deafness.
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Wang H, Stahl F, Scheper T, Steffens M, Warnecke A, Zeilinger C. Microarray-based screening system identifies temperature-controlled activity of Connexin 26 that is distorted by mutations. Sci Rep 2019; 9:13543. [PMID: 31537823 PMCID: PMC6753059 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-49423-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2019] [Accepted: 08/24/2019] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Here, we show that human Connexin 26 (hCx26 or Cx26WT) hemichannel opening rapidly enables the transport of small molecules when triggered by temperature and by compensation of the Ca2+ blockade with EDTA. Point mutations within Cx26 were analysed by a novel optical microarray-based Lucifer Yellow uptake assay or by two electrode voltage clamp (TEVC) on frog oocytes to monitor simultaneous activities of channel proteins. Point mutations L90P, F161S, R184P or K188N influenced the temperature-dependent activity drastically. Since several mutations blocked trafficking, the temperature-dependent activity of the recombinant synthesized and purified wild-type Cx26WT and Cx26K188N hemichannel was tested by liposome flux assay (LFA) and on a microarray-based Lucifer Yellow uptake assay under warm conditions (>30 °C). The data from TEVC measurements and dye flux experiments showed that the mutations gave no or only a weak activity at increased temperature (>30 °C). We conclude that the position K188 in the Cx26WT forms a temperature-sensitive salt bridge with E47 whereas the exchange to K188N destabilizes the network loop- gating filter, which was recently identified as a part of the flexible Ca2+ binding site. We assume that the temperature sensitivity of Cx26 is required to protect cells from uncontrolled release or uptake activities through Cx26 hemichannels.
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- Hongling Wang
- Hannover Medical School, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head- and Neck-Surgery, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, 30625, Hannover, Germany.,Gottfried-Wilhelm-Leibniz University of Hannover, BMWZ (Zentrum für Biomolekulare Wirkstoffe), Schneiderberg 38, 30167, Hannover, Germany
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- Gottfried-Wilhelm-Leibniz University of Hannover, Institut für Technische Chemie/BMWZ (Zentrum für Biomolekulare Wirkstoffe), Callinstr. 5, 30167, Hannover, Germany.,Gottfried-Wilhelm-Leibniz University of Hannover, BMWZ (Zentrum für Biomolekulare Wirkstoffe), Schneiderberg 38, 30167, Hannover, Germany
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- Gottfried-Wilhelm-Leibniz University of Hannover, Institut für Technische Chemie/BMWZ (Zentrum für Biomolekulare Wirkstoffe), Callinstr. 5, 30167, Hannover, Germany.,Gottfried-Wilhelm-Leibniz University of Hannover, BMWZ (Zentrum für Biomolekulare Wirkstoffe), Schneiderberg 38, 30167, Hannover, Germany
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- Hannover Medical School, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head- and Neck-Surgery, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, 30625, Hannover, Germany
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- Hannover Medical School, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head- and Neck-Surgery, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, 30625, Hannover, Germany.,Cluster of Excellence EXC1077 "Hearing4all", German Research Foundation (DFG; "Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft"), Hannover, Germany
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- Gottfried-Wilhelm-Leibniz University of Hannover, BMWZ (Zentrum für Biomolekulare Wirkstoffe), Schneiderberg 38, 30167, Hannover, Germany.
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Nordvik Ø, Heggdal POL, Brännström JK, Hjermstad MJ, Aarstad AK, Aarstad HJ. Quality of life in persons with hearing loss: a study of patients referred to an audiological service. Int J Audiol 2019; 58:696-703. [PMID: 31195860 DOI: 10.1080/14992027.2019.1627010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Objective: To investigate the relationship between hearing loss (HL) and general quality of life (QoL) in adults seeking hearing aids (HAs). Design: The patients completed the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) Quality of Life Questionnaire's general part and a questionnaire measuring self-assessed communication ability (Abbreviated Profile of hearing Aid Benefit-APHAB). These responses were compared with EORTC scores from a general population and patients with former head and neck cancer. Study sample: One-hundred and fifty-eight adults with HL were recruited prior to hearing aid (HA) fitting with one half seeking renewal of their HA. Results: General QoL scores among patients with HL were similar to those in the general population, but higher than in many chronic serious diseases. Patients with unilateral HL reported slightly worse social function and more fatigue than patients with bilateral HL. Self-assessed communication ability correlated with general QoL scores. Also, we found that best ear pure tone average (PTA), cognitive and physical QoL function predicted APHAB scores. Conclusion: In the investigated HL group, general QoL scores seem to be relatively close to those seen in the general population.
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- Øyvind Nordvik
- Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, Haukeland University Hospital , Bergen , Norway.,Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Bergen , Bergen , Norway.,Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, Western Norway University of Applied sciences , Bergen , Norway
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- Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, Haukeland University Hospital , Bergen , Norway.,Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Bergen , Bergen , Norway
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- Department of Clinical Science, Section of Logopedics, Phoniatrics and Audiology, Lund University , Lund , Sweden
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- Department of Oncology, Regional Centre for Excellence in Palliative Care, Oslo University Hospital , Oslo , Norway.,Department of Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, European Palliative Care Research Centre, NTNU , Trondheim , Norway
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- Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, Haukeland University Hospital , Bergen , Norway.,Faculty of Health, VID Specialized University , Bergen , Norway
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- Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, Haukeland University Hospital , Bergen , Norway.,Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Bergen , Bergen , Norway
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Zhang J, Guan J, Wang H, Yin L, Wang D, Zhao L, Zhou H, Wang Q. Genotype-phenotype correlation analysis of MYO15A variants in autosomal recessive non-syndromic hearing loss. BMC MEDICAL GENETICS 2019; 20:60. [PMID: 30953472 PMCID: PMC6451310 DOI: 10.1186/s12881-019-0790-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2018] [Accepted: 03/20/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Background MYO15A variants are responsible for human non-syndromic autosomal recessive deafness (DFNB3). The majority of MYO15A variants are associated with a congenital severe-to-profound hearing loss phenotype, except for MYO15A variants in exon 2, which cause a milder auditory phenotype, suggesting a genotype-phenotype correlation of MYO15A. However, MYO15A variants not in exon 2 related to a milder phenotype have also been reported, indicating that the genotype-phenotype correlation of MYO15A is complicated. This study aimed to provide more cases of MYO15A variation with diverse phenotypes to analyse this complex correlation. Methods Fifteen Chinese autosomal recessive non-syndromic hearing loss (ARNSHL) individuals with MYO15A variants (8 males and 7 females) from 14 unrelated families, identified by targeted gene capture of 127 known candidate deafness genes, were recruited. Additionally, we conducted a review of the literature to further analyses all reported MYO15A genotype-phenotype relationships worldwide. Results We identified 16 novel variants and 12 reported pathogenic MYO15A variants in 15 patients, two of which presented with a milder phenotype. Interestingly, one of these cases carried two reported pathogenic variants in exon 2, while the other carried two novel variants not in exon 2. Based on our literature review, MYO15A genotype-phenotype correlation analysis showed that almost all domains were reported to be correlated with a milder phenotype. However, variants in the N-terminal domain were more likely to cause a milder phenotype. Using next-generation sequencing (NGS), we also found that the number of known MYO15A variants with milder phenotypes in Southeast Asia has increased in recent years. Conclusion Our work extended the MYO15A variant spectrum, enriched our knowledge of auditory phenotypes, and tried to explore the genotype-phenotype correlation in different populations in order to investigate the cause of the complex MYO15A genotype-phenotype correlation. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s12881-019-0790-2) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Jing Zhang
- Chinese PLA Institute of Otolaryngology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Medical School of Chinese PLA, 28 Fuxing Road, Beijing, 100853, China.,Department of Otolaryngology of Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, 300052, China
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- Chinese PLA Institute of Otolaryngology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Medical School of Chinese PLA, 28 Fuxing Road, Beijing, 100853, China.
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- Chinese PLA Institute of Otolaryngology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Medical School of Chinese PLA, 28 Fuxing Road, Beijing, 100853, China
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- Chinese PLA Institute of Otolaryngology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Medical School of Chinese PLA, 28 Fuxing Road, Beijing, 100853, China
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- Chinese PLA Institute of Otolaryngology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Medical School of Chinese PLA, 28 Fuxing Road, Beijing, 100853, China
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- Department of Otolaryngology of Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, 300052, China
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- Chinese PLA Institute of Otolaryngology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Medical School of Chinese PLA, 28 Fuxing Road, Beijing, 100853, China.
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Imtiaz A, Belyantseva IA, Beirl AJ, Fenollar-Ferrer C, Bashir R, Bukhari I, Bouzid A, Shaukat U, Azaiez H, Booth KT, Kahrizi K, Najmabadi H, Maqsood A, Wilson EA, Fitzgerald TS, Tlili A, Olszewski R, Lund M, Chaudhry T, Rehman AU, Starost MF, Waryah AM, Hoa M, Dong L, Morell RJ, Smith RJH, Riazuddin S, Masmoudi S, Kindt KS, Naz S, Friedman TB. CDC14A phosphatase is essential for hearing and male fertility in mouse and human. Hum Mol Genet 2019; 27:780-798. [PMID: 29293958 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddx440] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2017] [Accepted: 12/21/2017] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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The Cell Division-Cycle-14 gene encodes a dual-specificity phosphatase necessary in yeast for exit from mitosis. Numerous disparate roles of vertebrate Cell Division-Cycle-14 (CDC14A) have been proposed largely based on studies of cultured cancer cells in vitro. The in vivo functions of vertebrate CDC14A are largely unknown. We generated and analyzed mutations of zebrafish and mouse CDC14A, developed a computational structural model of human CDC14A protein and report four novel truncating and three missense alleles of CDC14A in human families segregating progressive, moderate-to-profound deafness. In five of these families segregating pathogenic variants of CDC14A, deaf males are infertile, while deaf females are fertile. Several recessive mutations of mouse Cdc14a, including a CRISPR/Cas9-edited phosphatase-dead p.C278S substitution, result in substantial perinatal lethality, but survivors recapitulate the human phenotype of deafness and male infertility. CDC14A protein localizes to inner ear hair cell kinocilia, basal bodies and sound-transducing stereocilia. Auditory hair cells of postnatal Cdc14a mutants develop normally, but subsequently degenerate causing deafness. Kinocilia of germ-line mutants of mouse and zebrafish have normal lengths, which does not recapitulate the published cdc14aa knockdown morphant phenotype of short kinocilia. In mutant male mice, degeneration of seminiferous tubules and spermiation defects result in low sperm count, and abnormal sperm motility and morphology. These findings for the first time define a new monogenic syndrome of deafness and male infertility revealing an absolute requirement in vivo of vertebrate CDC14A phosphatase activity for hearing and male fertility.
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- Ayesha Imtiaz
- Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.,School of Biological Sciences, University of the Punjab, Lahore 54590, Pakistan
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- Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Section on Sensory Cell Development and Function, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology, Section on Molecular and Cellular Signaling, National Institute of Mental Health, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of the Punjab, Lahore 54590, Pakistan
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of the Punjab, Lahore 54590, Pakistan
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- Laboratoire Procédés de Criblage Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Centre de Biotechnologie de Sfax, Université de Sfax, Sfax 3451, Tunisia
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- Center of Excellence in Molecular Biology, University of the Punjab, Lahore 54590, Pakistan
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- Molecular Otolaryngology and Renal Research Laboratories, Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, 52242, IA, USA
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- Molecular Otolaryngology and Renal Research Laboratories, Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, 52242, IA, USA.,The Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Molecular Medicine, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, 52242, IA, USA
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- Genetics Research Center, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran 1987513834, Iran
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- Genetics Research Center, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran 1987513834, Iran
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- Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.,School of Biological Sciences, University of the Punjab, Lahore 54590, Pakistan
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- Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Laboratoire Procédés de Criblage Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Centre de Biotechnologie de Sfax, Université de Sfax, Sfax 3451, Tunisia
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- Auditory Development and Restoration Program, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Division of Veterinary Resources, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Center of Excellence in Molecular Biology, University of the Punjab, Lahore 54590, Pakistan
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- Auditory Development and Restoration Program, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Genetic Engineering Core, National Eye Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Genomics and Computational Biology Core, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Molecular Otolaryngology and Renal Research Laboratories, Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, 52242, IA, USA.,The Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Molecular Medicine, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, 52242, IA, USA
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- Center of Excellence in Molecular Biology, University of the Punjab, Lahore 54590, Pakistan.,Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Medical University, Islamabad 44000, Pakistan.,Laboratory for Research in Genetic Diseases, Burn Centre, Allama Iqbal Medical College, University of Health Sciences, Lahore 54590, Pakistan
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- Laboratoire Procédés de Criblage Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Centre de Biotechnologie de Sfax, Université de Sfax, Sfax 3451, Tunisia
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- Section on Sensory Cell Development and Function, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of the Punjab, Lahore 54590, Pakistan
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- Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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Richard EM, Santos-Cortez RLP, Faridi R, Rehman AU, Lee K, Shahzad M, Acharya A, Khan AA, Imtiaz A, Chakchouk I, Takla C, Abbe I, Rafeeq M, Liaqat K, Chaudhry T, Bamshad MJ, Schrauwen I, Khan SN, Morell RJ, Zafar S, Ansar M, Ahmed ZM, Ahmad W, Riazuddin S, Friedman TB, Leal SM, Riazuddin S. Global genetic insight contributed by consanguineous Pakistani families segregating hearing loss. Hum Mutat 2019; 40:53-72. [PMID: 30303587 PMCID: PMC6296877 DOI: 10.1002/humu.23666] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2018] [Revised: 10/04/2018] [Accepted: 10/07/2018] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Consanguineous Pakistani pedigrees segregating deafness have contributed decisively to the discovery of 31 of the 68 genes associated with nonsyndromic autosomal recessive hearing loss (HL) worldwide. In this study, we utilized genome-wide genotyping, Sanger and exome sequencing to identify 163 DNA variants in 41 previously reported HL genes segregating in 321 Pakistani families. Of these, 70 (42.9%) variants identified in 29 genes are novel. As expected from genetic studies of disorders segregating in consanguineous families, the majority of affected individuals (94.4%) are homozygous for HL-associated variants, with the other variants being compound heterozygotes. The five most common HL genes in the Pakistani population are SLC26A4, MYO7A, GJB2, CIB2 and HGF, respectively. Our study provides a profile of the genetic etiology of HL in Pakistani families, which will allow for the development of more efficient genetic diagnostic tools, aid in accurate genetic counseling, and guide application of future gene-based therapies. These findings are also valuable in interpreting pathogenicity of variants that are potentially associated with HL in individuals of all ancestries. The Pakistani population, and its infrastructure for studying human genetics, will continue to be valuable to gene discovery for HL and other inherited disorders.
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- Elodie M. Richard
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, 21201, USA
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- Center for Statistical Genetics, Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
- National Center for Excellence in Molecular Biology, University of the Punjab, Lahore 53700, Pakistan
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- Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
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- Center for Statistical Genetics, Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, 21201, USA
- Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Medical University, Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, Islamabad, 44000, Pakistan
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- Center for Statistical Genetics, Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- National Center for Excellence in Molecular Biology, University of the Punjab, Lahore 53700, Pakistan
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- Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
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- Center for Statistical Genetics, Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
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- Center for Statistical Genetics, Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- National Center for Excellence in Molecular Biology, University of the Punjab, Lahore 53700, Pakistan
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- Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, 45320, Pakistan
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- Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
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- Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Center for Statistical Genetics, Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- National Center for Excellence in Molecular Biology, University of the Punjab, Lahore 53700, Pakistan
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- The Genomics and Computational Biology Core, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 20892
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- Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, 59300, Pakistan
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- Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, 45320, Pakistan
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, 21201, USA
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- Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, 45320, Pakistan
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- Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Medical University, Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, Islamabad, 44000, Pakistan
- Allama Iqbal Medical College, University of Health Sciences, Lahore, 54500, Pakistan
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- Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
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- Center for Statistical Genetics, Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, 21201, USA
- Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Medical University, Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, Islamabad, 44000, Pakistan
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Generic Quality of Life in Persons With Hearing Loss: A Review of the Recent Literature. Otol Neurotol 2018; 39:1074-1078. [PMID: 30124619 DOI: 10.1097/mao.0000000000001959] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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BACKGROUND It is unknown whether persons with hearing loss (HL) have reduced generic quality of life (QoL) and to what extent a hearing aid (HA) might improve QoL. The main aim of the study was to review studies about the relationship between HL and QoL. A supporting aim was to study the association between distress and HL. METHODS Literature databases (CINAHL, Pub Med, and Web of Science) were searched for relevant articles published from January 2000 to March 17, 2016. A primary search was performed regarding the relationship between HL, HA, and QoL (search one) followed by a supporting search about the relationship between distress/mood/anxiety and HL (search two). After removing duplications and screening the titles of the articles, the abstracts of the remaining articles were read and those that met the inclusion criteria were included. RESULTS The two searches yielded a total of 4,188 journal articles. Twenty journal articles were included in the present review: 13 from search one, and 7 from search two. The literature shows distressed persons tend to have a lowered generic QoL. Some studies suggest an improved generic QoL following the use of HA. Other studies suggest that HA use is one of several possible factors that contribute to improved generic QoL. CONCLUSION Most of the studies suggest that HL is associated with reduced generic QoL. Using HA seems to improve general QoL. Further research is needed to explore the relationship between HL and generic QoL, in addition to the importance of influencing variables on this relationship.
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Carvalho SDCES, Grangeiro CHP, Picanço-Albuquerque CG, Dos Anjos TO, De Molfetta GA, Silva WA, Ferraz VEDF. Contribution of SLC26A4 to the molecular diagnosis of nonsyndromic prelingual sensorineural hearing loss in a Brazilian cohort. BMC Res Notes 2018; 11:546. [PMID: 30068397 PMCID: PMC6071330 DOI: 10.1186/s13104-018-3647-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2018] [Accepted: 07/24/2018] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE Hereditary hearing loss (HL) is the most common sensorineural disorder in humans. Besides mutations in GJB2 and GJB6 genes, pathogenic variants in the SLC26A4 gene have been reported as a cause of hereditary HL due to its role in the physiology of the inner ear. In this research we wanted to investigate the prevalence of mutations in SLC26A4 in Brazilian patients with nonsyndromic prelingual sensorineural HL. We applied the high-resolution melting technique to screen 88 DNA samples from unrelated deaf individuals that were previously screened for GJB2, GJB6 and MT-RNR1 mutations. RESULTS The frequency of mutations in the SLC26A4 gene was 28.4%. Two novel mutations were found: p.Ile254Val and p.Asn382Lys. The mutation c.-66C>G (rs17154282) in the promoter region of SLC26A4, was the most frequent mutation found and was significantly associated with nonsyndromic prelingual sensorineural HL. After mutations in the GJB2, GJB6 and mitochondrial genes, SLC26A4 mutations are considered the next most common cause of hereditary HL in Brazilian as well as in other populations, which corroborates with our data. Furthermore, we suggest the inclusion of the SCL26A4 gene in the investigation of hereditary HL since there was an increase in the frequency of the mutations found, up to 22.7%.
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- Department of Genetics, Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.,Medical Genetics Service of the University Hospital of the Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Genetics, Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.,Medical Genetics Service of the University Hospital of the Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil
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- Center for Medical Genomics at University Hospital of the Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Genetics, Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.,Center for Medical Genomics at University Hospital of the Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Genetics, Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.,Center for Medical Genomics at University Hospital of the Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.,Regional Blood Center of Ribeirão Preto (FUNDHERP) of the Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Genetics, Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil. .,Medical Genetics Service of the University Hospital of the Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil. .,Center for Medical Genomics at University Hospital of the Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
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Park S, Lee H, Kim M, Park J, Kim SH, Park J. Emerging roles of TRIO and F-actin-binding protein in human diseases. Cell Commun Signal 2018; 16:29. [PMID: 29890989 PMCID: PMC5996455 DOI: 10.1186/s12964-018-0237-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2018] [Accepted: 05/18/2018] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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TRIO and F-actin-binding protein (TRIOBP) also referred to as Tara, was originally isolated as a cytoskeleton remodeling protein. TRIOBP-1 is important for regulating F-actin filament reorganization. TRIOBP variants are broadly classified as variant-1 or − 4 and do not share exons. TRIOBP variant-5 contains all exons. Earlier studies indicated that TRIOBP-4/5 mutation is a pivotal element of autosomal recessive nonsyndromic hearing loss. However, recent studies provide clues that TRIOBP variants are associated with other human diseases including cancer and brain diseases. In this review, recent functional studies focusing on TRIOBP variants and its possible disease models are described.
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- Sungjin Park
- Department of Pharmacology, Metabolic Syndrome and Cell Signaling Laboratory, Institute for Cancer Research, College of Medicine, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, 35015, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Pharmacology, Metabolic Syndrome and Cell Signaling Laboratory, Institute for Cancer Research, College of Medicine, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, 35015, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Pharmacology, Metabolic Syndrome and Cell Signaling Laboratory, Institute for Cancer Research, College of Medicine, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, 35015, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Pharmacology, Metabolic Syndrome and Cell Signaling Laboratory, Institute for Cancer Research, College of Medicine, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, 35015, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Institute for Cancer Research, College of Medicine, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, 35015, South Korea.
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- Department of Pharmacology, Metabolic Syndrome and Cell Signaling Laboratory, Institute for Cancer Research, College of Medicine, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, 35015, Republic of Korea. .,Department of Medical Science, College of Medicine, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, 35015, Republic of Korea.
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Li T, Bellen HJ, Groves AK. Using Drosophila to study mechanisms of hereditary hearing loss. Dis Model Mech 2018; 11:11/6/dmm031492. [PMID: 29853544 PMCID: PMC6031363 DOI: 10.1242/dmm.031492] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Johnston's organ - the hearing organ of Drosophila - has a very different structure and morphology to that of the hearing organs of vertebrates. Nevertheless, it is becoming clear that vertebrate and invertebrate auditory organs share many physiological, molecular and genetic similarities. Here, we compare the molecular and cellular features of hearing organs in Drosophila with those of vertebrates, and discuss recent evidence concerning the functional conservation of Usher proteins between flies and mammals. Mutations in Usher genes cause Usher syndrome, the leading cause of human deafness and blindness. In Drosophila, some Usher syndrome proteins appear to physically interact in protein complexes that are similar to those described in mammals. This functional conservation highlights a rational role for Drosophila as a model for studying hearing, and for investigating the evolution of auditory organs, with the aim of advancing our understanding of the genes that regulate human hearing and the pathogenic mechanisms that lead to deafness.
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- Tongchao Li
- Program in Developmental Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Program in Developmental Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.,Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX 77030, USA.,Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.,Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.,Department of Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Program in Developmental Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA .,Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.,Department of Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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Chang MY, Lee C, Han JH, Kim MY, Park HR, Kim N, Park WY, Oh DY, Choi BY. Expansion of phenotypic spectrum of MYO15A pathogenic variants to include postlingual onset of progressive partial deafness. BMC MEDICAL GENETICS 2018; 19:29. [PMID: 29482514 PMCID: PMC6389081 DOI: 10.1186/s12881-018-0541-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2017] [Accepted: 02/12/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND MYO15A variants, except those in the N-terminal domain, have been shown to be associated with congenital or pre-lingual severe-to-profound hearing loss (DFNB3), which ultimately requires cochlear implantation in early childhood. Recently, such variants have also been shown to possibly cause moderate-to-severe hearing loss. Herein, we also demonstrate that some MYO15A mutant alleles can cause postlingual onset of progressive partial deafness. METHODS Two multiplex Korean families (SB246 and SB224), manifesting postlingual, progressive, partial deafness in an autosomal recessive fashion, were recruited. Molecular genetics testing was performed in two different pipelines, in a parallel fashion, for the SB246 family: targeted exome sequencing (TES) of 129 known deafness genes from the proband and whole exome sequencing (WES) of all affected subjects. Only the former pipeline was performed for the SB224 family. Rigorous bioinformatics analyses encompassing structural variations were executed to investigate any causative variants. RESULTS In the SB246 family, two different molecular diagnostic pipelines provided exactly the same candidate variants: c.5504G > A (p.R1835H) in the motor domain and c.10245_10247delCTC (p.S3417del) in the FERM domain of MYO15A. In the SB224 family, c.9790C > T (p.Q3264X) and c.10263C > G (p.I3421M) in the FERM domain were detected as candidate variants. CONCLUSIONS Some recessive MYO15A variants can cause postlingual onset of progressive partial deafness. The phenotypic spectrum of DFNB3 should be extended to include such partial deafness. The mechanism for a milder phenotype could be due to the milder pathogenic potential from hypomorphic alleles of MYO15A or the presence of modifier genes. This merits further investigation.
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- Mun Young Chang
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Chung-Ang University College of Medicine, 102 Heukseok-ro, Dongjak-gu, 06973, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Samsung Genome Institute, Samsung Medical Center, 81 Irwon-ro, Gangnam-gu, 06351, Seoul, Republic of Korea.,Department of Health Sciences and Technology, SAIHST, Sungkyunkwan University, 2066 Seobu-ro, Jangan-gu, 16419, Suwon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, 82 Gumi-ro 173 beon-gil, Bundang-gu, 13620, Seongnam, 463-707, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, 82 Gumi-ro 173 beon-gil, Bundang-gu, 13620, Seongnam, 463-707, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, 82 Gumi-ro 173 beon-gil, Bundang-gu, 13620, Seongnam, 463-707, Republic of Korea
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- Samsung Genome Institute, Samsung Medical Center, 81 Irwon-ro, Gangnam-gu, 06351, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Samsung Genome Institute, Samsung Medical Center, 81 Irwon-ro, Gangnam-gu, 06351, Seoul, Republic of Korea.,Department of Health Sciences and Technology, SAIHST, Sungkyunkwan University, 2066 Seobu-ro, Jangan-gu, 16419, Suwon, Republic of Korea.,Department of Molecular Cell Biology, School of Medicine, Sungkyunkwan University, 2066 Seobu-ro, Jangan-gu, 16419, Suwon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, 82 Gumi-ro 173 beon-gil, Bundang-gu, 13620, Seongnam, 463-707, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, 82 Gumi-ro 173 beon-gil, Bundang-gu, 13620, Seongnam, 463-707, Republic of Korea. .,Wide River Institute of Immunology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, 101 Dabyeonbatgil, 25159, Hongcheon, Republic of Korea.
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Genetic analysis of CLDN14 in the Chinese population affected with non-syndromic hearing loss. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 2018; 105:6-11. [PMID: 29447821 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2017.11.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2017] [Revised: 11/15/2017] [Accepted: 11/18/2017] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The CLDN14 gene, encoding the tight junction protein Claudin-14, has been proposed as a candidate causative gene affecting autosomal recessive non-syndromic hearing loss (ARNSHL). Genetic analysis of nonsynonymous single-nucleotide variations (nsSNVs) in CLDN14 has been performed in different populations. The role of CLDN14 nsSNVs in contributing to hearing loss in Chinese populations would be investigated in this study. METHODS Target screening for CLDN14 variations were conducted in 500 unrelated patients diagnosed with non-syndromic hearing loss (NSHL). RESULTS No reported pathogenic CLDN14 nsSNVs in heterozygote or homozygote were detected in this study, however, we identified 4 heterozygous nsSNVs [c.11C > T, p.(Thr4Met); c.16G > A, p.(Val6Met); c.68T > C, p.(Ile23Thr); c.367A > C, p.(Thr123Pro)] in CLDN14. The 4 nsSNVs are located at claudin-14 transmembrane domains, but assessed to be poorly conservative and non-pathogenic via multiple in silico algorithms. The structure-based analysis also suggested that the 4 nsSNVs had less structural and functional impact on claudin-14. CONCLUSION Our findings indicated that CLDN14 might not be a major causative gene for NSHL in Chinese populations, which would contribute to fully understanding the genetic cause of NSHL in the East Asian populations.
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Nordvik Ø, Laugen Heggdal PO, Brännström J, Vassbotn F, Aarstad AK, Aarstad HJ. Generic quality of life in persons with hearing loss: a systematic literature review. BMC EAR, NOSE, AND THROAT DISORDERS 2018; 18:1. [PMID: 29386982 PMCID: PMC5778781 DOI: 10.1186/s12901-018-0051-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2017] [Accepted: 01/02/2018] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Background To the best of our knowledge, no empirically based consensus has been reached as to if, and to what extent, persons with hearing loss (HL) have reduced generic Quality of life (QoL). There seems to be limited knowledge regarding to what extent a hearing aid (HA) would improve QoL. The main aim of the present study was to review studies about the relationship between HL and QoL. A supporting aim was to study the association between distress and HL. Methods Literature databases (Cinahl, Pub Med and Web of Science) were searched to identify relevant journal articles published in the period from January 2000 to March 17, 2016. We performed a primary search pertaining to the relationship between HL, HA and QoL (search number one) followed by a supporting search pertaining to the relationship between distress/mood/anxiety and HL (search number two). After checking for duplications and screening the titles of the papers, we read the abstracts of the remaining papers. The most relevant papers were read thoroughly, leaving us with the journal articles that met the inclusion criteria. Results Twenty journal articles were included in the present review: 13 were found in the primary search (HL and QoL), and seven in the supporting search (HL and distress). The literature yields equivocal findings regarding the association between generic QoL and HL. A strong association between distress and HL was shown, where distressed persons tend to have a lowered generic QoL. It is suggested that QoL is lowered among HL patients. Some studies suggest an increased generic QoL following the use of HA, especially during the first few months after initiation of treatment. Other studies suggest that HA use is one of several possible factors that contribute to improve generic QoL. Conclusions The majority of the studies suggest that HL is associated with reduced generic QoL. Using hearing aids seem to improve general QoL at follow-up within the first year. HL is a risk factor for distress. Further research is needed to explore the relationship between HL and generic QoL, in addition to the importance of influencing variables on this relationship.
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- Øyvind Nordvik
- 3Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, Bergen University College, Bergen, Norway
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- 1Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway.,2Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- 4Department of Clinical Science, Section of Logopedics, Phoniatrics and Audiology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- 1Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway.,2Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- 1Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway.,5Department of Health Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Stavanger, Stavanger, Norway
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- 1Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway.,2Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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Ahmed H, Shubina-Oleinik O, Holt JR. Emerging Gene Therapies for Genetic Hearing Loss. J Assoc Res Otolaryngol 2017; 18:649-670. [PMID: 28815315 PMCID: PMC5612923 DOI: 10.1007/s10162-017-0634-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2017] [Accepted: 07/04/2017] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Gene therapy, or the treatment of human disease using genetic material, for inner ear dysfunction is coming of age. Recent progress in developing gene therapy treatments for genetic hearing loss has demonstrated tantalizing proof-of-principle in animal models. While successful translation of this progress into treatments for humans awaits, there is growing interest from patients, scientists, clinicians, and industry. Nonetheless, it is clear that a number of hurdles remain, and expectations for total restoration of auditory function should remain tempered until these challenges have been overcome. Here, we review progress, prospects, and challenges for gene therapy in the inner ear. We focus on technical aspects, including routes of gene delivery to the inner ear, choice of vectors, promoters, inner ear targets, therapeutic strategies, preliminary success stories, and points to consider for translating of these successes to the clinic.
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- Hena Ahmed
- Departments of Otolaryngology and Neurology, F.M. Kirby Neurobiology Center Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Departments of Otolaryngology and Neurology, F.M. Kirby Neurobiology Center Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Departments of Otolaryngology and Neurology, F.M. Kirby Neurobiology Center Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
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