PMID: 25755848Jan 1, 2014Paper

Screening for the mitochondrial A1555G mutation among Egyptian patients with non-syndromic, sensorineural hearing loss

International Journal of Molecular Epidemiology and Genetics
Mahmoud R FassadEbtesam M Abdalla

Abstract

Hearing loss is the most frequent form of neurosensory deficit in humans. Although the majority of hereditary hearing loss is due to nuclear gene mutations, it has become clear the significant contribution of mitochondrial genes. The first mitochondrial mutation shown to cause non-syndromic hearing loss in humans was the A1555G mutation in the small ribosomal RNA gene (12S rRNA). It has been detected in hundreds of families of different ethnic backgrounds, making it one of the prevalent genetic causes of hearing loss currently identified. However, there are major differences between ethnic groups regarding the frequency of this mutation. Few studies have been made in Arab countries, especially in Egypt. Here we report the prevalence of the mitochondrial mutation A1555G among patients with non-syndromic hearing loss (NSHL) and in healthy individuals with normal hearing in the Egyptian population. The study was conducted on 97 patients with SNHL and 300 unrelated healthy Egyptian individuals, with normal hearing, as normal control subjects. Polymerase chain reaction followed by restriction enzyme digestion was used to screen the DNA samples of all subjects for the A1555G mutation. Participants included 97 cases with SNHL, 46 male...Continue Reading

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