A novel biallelic splice site mutation of TECTA causes moderate to severe hearing impairment in an Algerian family

Publication date: August 2016
Source:International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology, Volume 87
Author(s): Asma Behlouli, Crystel Bonnet, Samia Abdi, Mokhtar Hasbellaoui, Farid Boudjenah, Jean-Pierre Hardelin, Malek Louha, Mohamed Makrelouf, Fatima Ammar-Khodja, Akila Zenati, Christine Petit
Congenital deafness is certainly one of the most common monogenic diseases in humans, but it is also one of the most genetically heterogeneous, which makes molecular diagnosis challenging in most cases. Whole-exome sequencing in two out of three Algerian siblings affected by recessively-inherited, moderate to severe sensorineural deafness allowed us to identify a novel splice donor site mutation (c.5272+1G > A) in the gene encoding α-tectorin, a major component of the cochlear tectorial membrane. The mutation was present at the homozygous state in the three affected siblings, and at the heterozygous state in their unaffected, consanguineous parents. To our knowledge, this is the first reported TECTA mutation leading to the DFNB21 form of hearing impairment among Maghrebian individuals suffering from congenital hearing impairment, which further illustrates the diversity of the genes involved in congenital deafness in the Maghreb.



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