Publication
Title
DNA diagnostics of hereditary hearing loss : a targeted resequencing approach combined with a mutation classification system
Author
Abstract
Although there are nearly 100 different causative genes identified for nonsyndromic hearing loss (NSHL), Sanger sequencing-based DNA diagnostics usually only analyses three, namely, GJB2, SLC26A4, and OTOF. As this is seen as inadequate, there is a need for high-throughput diagnostic methods to detect disease-causing variations, including single-nucleotide variations (SNVs), insertions/deletions (Indels), and copy-number variations (CNVs). In this study, a targeted resequencing panel for hearing loss was developed including 79 genes for NSHL and selected forms of syndromic hearing loss. One-hundred thirty one presumed autosomal-recessive NSHL (arNSHL) patients of Western-European ethnicity were analyzed for SNVs, Indels, and CNVs. In addition, we established a straightforward variant classification system to deal with the large number of variants encountered. We estimate that combining prescreening of GJB2 with our panel leads to a diagnosis in 25%-30% of patients. Our data show that after GJB2, the most commonly mutated genes in a Western-European population are TMC1, MYO15A, and MYO7A (3.1%). CNV analysis resulted in the identification of causative variants in two patients in OTOA and STRC. One of the major challenges for diagnostic gene panels is assigning pathogenicity for variants. A collaborative database collecting all identified variants from multiple centers could be a valuable resource for hearing loss diagnostics.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Human mutation. - New York, N.Y.
Publication
New York, N.Y. : 2016
ISSN
1059-7794
DOI
10.1002/HUMU.22999
Volume/pages
37 :8 (2016) , p. 812-819
ISI
000379932300012
Pubmed ID
27068579
Full text (Publisher's DOI)
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UAntwerpen
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Research group
Project info
Belgian medical genomics initiative (BeMGI).
Publication type
Subject
Affiliation
Publications with a UAntwerp address
External links
Web of Science
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Creation 02.09.2016
Last edited 04.03.2024
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