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Variable hearing impairment in a DFNB2 family with a novel MYO7A missense mutation.


ABSTRACT: Myosin VIIA mutations have been associated with non-syndromic hearing loss (DFNB2; DFNA11) and Usher syndrome type 1B (USH1B). We report clinical and genetic analyses of a consanguineous Iranian family segregating autosomal recessive non-syndromic hearing loss (ARNSHL). The hearing impairment was mapped to the DFNB2 locus using Affymetrix 50K GeneChips; direct sequencing of the MYO7A gene was completed. The Iranian family (L-1419) was shown to segregate a novel homozygous missense mutation (c.1184G>A) that results in a p.R395H amino acid substitution in the motor domain of the myosin VIIA protein. As one affected family member had significantly less severe hearing loss, we used a candidate approach to search for a genetic modifier. This novel MYO7A mutation is the first reported to cause DFNB2 in the Iranian population and this DFNB2 family is the first to be associated with a potential modifier. The absence of vestibular and retinal defects, and less severe low frequency hearing loss, is consistent with the phenotype of a recently reported Pakistani DFNB2 family. Thus, we conclude this family has non-syndromic hearing loss (DFNB2) rather than USH1B, providing further evidence that these two diseases represent discrete disorders.

SUBMITTER: Hildebrand MS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2891191 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Variable hearing impairment in a DFNB2 family with a novel MYO7A missense mutation.

Hildebrand M S MS   Thorne N P NP   Bromhead C J CJ   Kahrizi K K   Webster J A JA   Fattahi Z Z   Bataejad M M   Kimberling W J WJ   Stephan D D   Najmabadi H H   Bahlo M M   Smith R J H RJ  

Clinical genetics 20100204 6


Myosin VIIA mutations have been associated with non-syndromic hearing loss (DFNB2; DFNA11) and Usher syndrome type 1B (USH1B). We report clinical and genetic analyses of a consanguineous Iranian family segregating autosomal recessive non-syndromic hearing loss (ARNSHL). The hearing impairment was mapped to the DFNB2 locus using Affymetrix 50K GeneChips; direct sequencing of the MYO7A gene was completed. The Iranian family (L-1419) was shown to segregate a novel homozygous missense mutation (c.11  ...[more]

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