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Novel compound heterozygous mutations in MYO7A Associated with Usher syndrome 1 in a Chinese family.

ABSTRACT: Usher syndrome is an autosomal recessive disease characterized by sensorineural hearing loss, age-dependent retinitis pigmentosa (RP), and occasionally vestibular dysfunction. The most severe form is Usher syndrome type 1 (USH1). Mutations in the MYO7A gene are responsible for USH1 and account for 29-55% of USH1 cases. Here, we characterized a Chinese family (no. 7162) with USH1. Combining the targeted capture of 131 known deafness genes, next-generation sequencing, and bioinformatic analysis, we identified two deleterious compound heterozygous mutations in the MYO7A gene: a reported missense mutation c.73G>A (p.G25R) and a novel nonsense mutation c.462C>A (p.C154X). The two compound variants are absent in 219 ethnicity-matched controls, co-segregates with the USH clinical phenotypes, including hearing loss, vestibular dysfunction, and age-dependent penetrance of progressive RP, in family 7162. Therefore, we concluded that the USH1 in this family was caused by compound heterozygous mutations in MYO7A.

SUBMITTER: Gao X

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4117490 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Novel compound heterozygous mutations in MYO7A Associated with Usher syndrome 1 in a Chinese family.

Gao Xue X Wang Guo-Jian GJ Yuan Yong-Yi YY Xin Feng F Han Ming-Yu MY Lu Jing-Qiao JQ Zhao Hui H Yu Fei F Xu Jin-Cao JC Zhang Mei-Guang MG Dong Jiang J Lin Xi X Dai Pu P

PloS one 20140731 7

Usher syndrome is an autosomal recessive disease characterized by sensorineural hearing loss, age-dependent retinitis pigmentosa (RP), and occasionally vestibular dysfunction. The most severe form is Usher syndrome type 1 (USH1). Mutations in the MYO7A gene are responsible for USH1 and account for 29-55% of USH1 cases. Here, we characterized a Chinese family (no. 7162) with USH1. Combining the targeted capture of 131 known deafness genes, next-generation sequencing, and bioinformatic analysis, w ...[more]

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Novel compound heterozygous mutations in MYO7A Associated with Usher syndrome 1 in a Chinese family.

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Novel compound heterozygous mutations in MYO7A Associated with Usher syndrome 1 in a Chinese family.

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