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Girotto, Giorgia; Morgan, Anna; Krishnamoorthy, Navaneethakrishnan; Cocca, Massimiliano; Brumat, Marco; Bassani, Sissy; La Bianca, Martina; Di Stazio, Mariateresa; Gasparini, Paolo
Frontiers in genetics, 02/2019, Volume: 10Journal Article
Age-related hearing loss (ARHL) is the most common sensory impairment in the elderly affecting millions of people worldwide. To shed light on the genetics of ARHL, a large cohort of 464 Italian patients has been deeply characterized at clinical and molecular level. In particular, 46 candidate genes, selected on the basis of genome-wide association studies (GWAS), animal models and literature updates, were analyzed by targeted re-sequencing. After filtering and prioritization steps, has been identified as a strong candidate and then validated by " and studies. Briefly, a rare (MAF: 2.886e-5) missense variant c.539G > A, p.(R180Q) was detected in two unrelated male patients affected by ARHL characterized by a severe to profound high-frequency hearing loss. The variant, predicted as damaging, was not present in healthy matched controls. Protein modeling confirmed the pathogenic effect of p.(R180Q) variant on protein's structure leading to a change in the total number of hydrogen bonds. hybridization showed expression in zebrafish inner ear. A zebrafish knock-in model, generated by CRISPR-Cas9 technology, revealed a reduced auditory response at all frequencies in mutants compared to and animals. Moreover, a significant reduction (5.8%) in the total volume of the saccular otolith (which is responsible for sound detection) was observed in compared to ( = 0.0014), while the utricular otolith, necessary for balance, was not affected in agreement with the human phenotype. Overall, these data strongly support the role of gene in the pathogenesis of ARHL opening new perspectives in terms of diagnosis, prevention and treatment.
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