Genotype-phenotype correlations for SLC26A4-related deafness.
Pendred syndrome (PS) and non-syndromic enlarged vestibular aqueduct (EVA) are two recessive disorders characterized by the association of sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) with inner ear malformations that range from isolated EVA to Mondini Dysplasia, a complex malformation that includes a cochlear dysplasia and EVA. Mutations in the SLC26A4 gene, coding for the protein pendrin, have been implicated in the pathophysiology of both disorders. In order to determine whether SLC26A4 genotypes can be correlated to the complexity and severity of the phenotypes, we ascertained 1,506 deaf patients. Inner ear abnormalities were present in 474 patients (32%). Mutation screening of SLC26A4 detected two mutations in 16% of patients, one mutation in 19% of patients and zero mutation in 65% of patients. When the distribution of SLC26A4 genotypes was compared across phenotypes, a statistically significant difference was found between PS patients and non-syndromic EVA-Mondini patients (P = 0.005), as well as between EVA patients and Mondini patients (P = 0.0003). There was a correlation between phenotypic complexity of inner ear malformations and genetic heterogeneity--PS patients have the most severe phenotype and the most homogeneous etiology while EVA patients have the least severe phenotype and the most heterogeneous etiology. For all patients, variability in the degree of hearing loss is seen across genotypes implicating other genetic and/or environmental factors in the pathogenesis of the PS-Mondini-EVA disease spectrum.
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Molecular Otolaryngology Research Laboratories, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, 200 Hawkins Dr, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA.
Yang
Tao
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Prasad
Sai
S
Sorensen
Jessica L
JL
Nishimura
Carla J
CJ
Kimberling
William J
WJ
Smith
Richard J H
RJ
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003051:Cochlea / Q000002:abnormalities; D005260:Female; D005808:Genes, Recessive; D005838:Genotype; D006042:Goiter / Q000235:genetics; D006319:Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009154:Mutation; D010641:Phenotype; D000076988:Sulfate Transporters; D013577:Syndrome; D014723:Vestibular Aqueduct / Q000002:abnormalities
D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; C085609:SLC26A4 protein, human; D000076988:Sulfate Transporters
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