A Novel Heterozygous Missense Variant (c.667G>T;p.Gly223Cys) in USH1C That Interferes With Cadherin-Related 23 and Harmonin Interaction Causes Autosomal Dominant Nonsyndromic Hearing Loss

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BACKGROUND: Pathogenic variants of USH1C, encoding a PDZ-domain-containing protein called harmonin, have been known to cause autosomal recessive syndromic or nonsyndromic hearing loss (NSHL). We identified a causative gene in a large Korean family with NSHL showing a typical pattern of autosomal dominant (AD) inheritance.

METHODS: Exome sequencing was performed for five affected and three unaffected individuals in this family. Following identification of a candidate gene variant, segregation analysis and functional studies, including circular dichroism and biolayer interferometry experiments, were performed.

RESULTS: A novel USH1C heterozygous missense variant (c.667G>T;p.Gly223Cys) was shown to segregate with the NSHL phenotype in this family. This variant affects an amino acid residue located in the highly conserved carboxylate-binding loop of the harmonin PDZ2 domain and is predicted to disturb the interaction with cadherin-related 23 (cdh23). The affinity of the variant PDZ2 domain for a biotinylated synthetic peptide containing the PDZ-binding motif of cdh23 was approximately 16-fold lower than that of the wild-type PDZ2 domain and that this inaccessibility of the binding site was caused by a conformational change in the variant PDZ2 domain.

CONCLUSIONS: A heterozygous variant of USH1C that interferes with the interaction between cdh23 and harmonin causes novel AD-NSHL.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:40

Enthalten in:

Annals of laboratory medicine - 40(2020), 3 vom: 23. Mai, Seite 224-231

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Song, Ju Sun [VerfasserIn]
Bahloul, Amel [VerfasserIn]
Petit, Christine [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Sang Jin [VerfasserIn]
Moon, Il Joon [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Jinhyuk [VerfasserIn]
Ki, Change Seok [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

CDH23 protein, human
Cadherin Related Proteins
Cadherins
Cell Cycle Proteins
Cytoskeletal Proteins
Harmonin
Heterozygous variant
Journal Article
Nonsyndromic hearing loss
USH1C
USH1C protein, human

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Date Completed 27.05.2020

Date Revised 04.12.2021

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3343/alm.2020.40.3.224

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM304593133