Recurrent Variants in OTOF Are Significant Contributors to Prelingual Nonsydromic Hearing Loss in Saudi Patients

Overview

Journal Genet Med

Publisher Elsevier

Specialty Genetics

Date 2017 Oct 20

PMID 29048421

Citations 14

Authors

Naif A M Almontashiri

Abdulrahman Alswaid

Andrea Oza

Khalid A Al-Mazrou

Omnia Elrehim

Ahmad Abou Tayoun

Heidi L Rehm

Sami S Amr

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Abstract

PurposeHearing loss is more prevalent in the Saudi Arabian population than in other populations; however, the full range of genetic etiologies in this population is unknown. We report the genetic findings from 33 Saudi hearing-loss probands of tribal ancestry, with predominantly prelingual severe to profound hearing loss.MethodsTesting was performed over the course of 2012-2016, and involved initial GJB2 sequence and GJB6-D13S1830 deletion screening, with negative cases being reflexed to a next-generation sequencing panel with 70, 71, or 87 hearing-loss genes.ResultsA "positive" result was reached in 63% of probands, with two recurrent OTOF variants (p.Glu57* and p.Arg1792His) accountable for a third of all "positive" cases. The next most common cause was pathogenic variants in MYO7A and SLC26A4, each responsible for three "positive" cases. Interestingly, only one "positive" diagnosis had a DFNB1-related cause, due to a homozygous GJB6-D13S1830 deletion, and no sequence variants in GJB2 were detected.ConclusionOur findings implicate OTOF as a potential major contributor to hearing loss in the Saudi population, while highlighting the low contribution of GJB2, thus offering important considerations for clinical testing strategies for Saudi patients. Further screening of Saudi patients is needed to characterize the genetic spectrum in this population.

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