Expression and replication studies to identify new candidate genes involved in normal hearing function.
Considerable progress has been made in identifying deafness genes, but still little is known about the genetic basis of normal variation in hearing function. We recently carried out a Genome Wide Association Study (GWAS) of quantitative hearing traits in southern European populations and found sever...
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| author | Giorgia Girotto Dragana Vuckovic Annalisa Buniello Beatriz Lorente-Cánovas Morag Lewis Paolo Gasparini Karen P Steel |
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| description | Considerable progress has been made in identifying deafness genes, but still little is known about the genetic basis of normal variation in hearing function. We recently carried out a Genome Wide Association Study (GWAS) of quantitative hearing traits in southern European populations and found several SNPs with suggestive but none with significant association. In the current study, we followed up these SNPs to investigate which of them might show a genuine association with auditory function using alternative approaches. Firstly, we generated a shortlist of 19 genes from the published GWAS results. Secondly, we carried out immunocytochemistry to examine expression of these 19 genes in the mouse inner ear. Twelve of them showed distinctive cochlear expression patterns. Four showed expression restricted to sensory hair cells (Csmd1, Arsg, Slc16a6 and Gabrg3), one only in marginal cells of the stria vascularis (Dclk1) while the others (Ptprd, Grm8, GlyBP, Evi5, Rimbp2, Ank2, Cdh13) in multiple cochlear cell types. In the third step, we tested these 12 genes for replication of association in an independent set of samples from the Caucasus and Central Asia. Nine out of them showed nominally significant association (p<0.05). In particular, 4 were replicated at the same SNP and with the same effect direction while the remaining 5 showed a significant association in a gene-based test. Finally, to look for genotype-phenotype relationship, the audiometric profiles of the three genotypes of the most strongly associated gene variants were analyzed. Seven out of the 9 replicated genes (CDH13, GRM8, ANK2, SLC16A6, ARSG, RIMBP2 and DCLK1) showed an audiometric pattern with differences between different genotypes further supporting their role in hearing function. These data demonstrate the usefulness of this multistep approach in providing new insights into the molecular basis of hearing and may suggest new targets for treatment and prevention of hearing impairment. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-b7b877d8f59f463eb3a77d6d10a2dff62025-08-20T02:22:49ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032014-01-0191e8535210.1371/journal.pone.0085352Expression and replication studies to identify new candidate genes involved in normal hearing function.Giorgia GirottoDragana VuckovicAnnalisa BunielloBeatriz Lorente-CánovasMorag LewisPaolo GaspariniKaren P SteelConsiderable progress has been made in identifying deafness genes, but still little is known about the genetic basis of normal variation in hearing function. We recently carried out a Genome Wide Association Study (GWAS) of quantitative hearing traits in southern European populations and found several SNPs with suggestive but none with significant association. In the current study, we followed up these SNPs to investigate which of them might show a genuine association with auditory function using alternative approaches. Firstly, we generated a shortlist of 19 genes from the published GWAS results. Secondly, we carried out immunocytochemistry to examine expression of these 19 genes in the mouse inner ear. Twelve of them showed distinctive cochlear expression patterns. Four showed expression restricted to sensory hair cells (Csmd1, Arsg, Slc16a6 and Gabrg3), one only in marginal cells of the stria vascularis (Dclk1) while the others (Ptprd, Grm8, GlyBP, Evi5, Rimbp2, Ank2, Cdh13) in multiple cochlear cell types. In the third step, we tested these 12 genes for replication of association in an independent set of samples from the Caucasus and Central Asia. Nine out of them showed nominally significant association (p<0.05). In particular, 4 were replicated at the same SNP and with the same effect direction while the remaining 5 showed a significant association in a gene-based test. Finally, to look for genotype-phenotype relationship, the audiometric profiles of the three genotypes of the most strongly associated gene variants were analyzed. Seven out of the 9 replicated genes (CDH13, GRM8, ANK2, SLC16A6, ARSG, RIMBP2 and DCLK1) showed an audiometric pattern with differences between different genotypes further supporting their role in hearing function. These data demonstrate the usefulness of this multistep approach in providing new insights into the molecular basis of hearing and may suggest new targets for treatment and prevention of hearing impairment.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0085352 |
| spellingShingle | Giorgia Girotto Dragana Vuckovic Annalisa Buniello Beatriz Lorente-Cánovas Morag Lewis Paolo Gasparini Karen P Steel Expression and replication studies to identify new candidate genes involved in normal hearing function. PLoS ONE |
| title | Expression and replication studies to identify new candidate genes involved in normal hearing function. |
| title_full | Expression and replication studies to identify new candidate genes involved in normal hearing function. |
| title_fullStr | Expression and replication studies to identify new candidate genes involved in normal hearing function. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Expression and replication studies to identify new candidate genes involved in normal hearing function. |
| title_short | Expression and replication studies to identify new candidate genes involved in normal hearing function. |
| title_sort | expression and replication studies to identify new candidate genes involved in normal hearing function |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0085352 |
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