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Neuro-rehabilitation Approach for Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss
Published on: January 25, 2016
Spectrum and frequency of GJB2 mutations causing deafness in the northwest of Iran
Mortaza J Bonyadi1, Nikou Fotouhi2, Mohsen Esmaeili3
1Center of Excellence for Biodiversity, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran; Liver and Gastrointestinal Disease Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
Objective:
Mutations in GJB2 and GJB6 which comprise DFNB1 locus cause up to half of all cases of the prelingual autosomal recessive non-syndromic hearing loss (ARNSHL) worldwide. This study has intended to assess the spectrum and frequency of GJB2/GJB6 mutations in northwest of Iran.
Methods:
508 Patients with presumed ARNSHL were analyzed by applying ARMS-PCR, SSCP, PCR-RFLP and sequencing assays.
Results:
Seventy-five (14.7%) different homozygous and eighty-seven (17.1%) different compound heterozygous genotypes were detected in this cohort. Concerning the GJB2 gene, c.35delG was the most prevalent mutation, accounting for 16.4% of the samples. In addition 29 sequence variations other than c.35delG mutation were distinguished in GJB2; namely, delE120, Ins A 290-291, R143Q, V37I, R32H, Y155X, V27I + T123N, F154F, 167delT, 312del14, 299-300delA, T8M, W24X, E114G + V27I, 235delC, R184P, V153I, S139N, A171T, M163V (unknown mutation), G127V, E147X, R127H, 35insG, R143W, V27I, G160S, E114G and IVS1 + 1G > A. Moreover, the IVS1 + 1G > A was accounted as a second common mutation.
Conclusions:
Overall, the frequency of GJB2 mutations (≥31%) is in agreement with other white population. These findings highlight the importance of the study of GJB2 gene in the diagnosis to provide early treatment and genetic counseling.
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