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- Title
AUDIOLOGICAL FEATURES AND MITOCHONDRIAL DNA SEQUENCE IN A LARGE FAMILY CARRYING MITOCHONDRIAL A1555G MUTATION WITHOUT USE OF AMINOGLYCOSIDE.
- Authors
Matsunaga, Tatsuo; Kumanomido, Hiroshi; Goto, Yu-Ichi; Shiroma, Masae; Usami, Shin-Ichi
- Abstract
To elucidate the pathophysiological and genetic mechanisms of hearing loss associated with the homoplasmic mitochondrial A1555G mutation in the absence of aminoglycoside exposure, we conducted audiological and genetic analyses on 67 maternally related members of a large Japanese family carrying this mutation. A consistent pattern was evident in the audiograms, with features of sensory presbycusis, cochlear origin at all levels of heating loss, and a high degree of vulnerability of outer hair cells. That the degree of hearing loss was similar in affected subjects within the same sibling group but differed between sibling groups suggests the involvement of nuclear modifier genes. Total mitochondrial DNA sequences were completely identical among subjects with various levels of hearing loss, and lacked additional pathogenic mutations. For the diagnosis of sensorineural hearing loss, the mitochondrial A1555G mutation should be considered when these features are present even in the absence of aminoglycoside exposure.
- Subjects
JAPAN; PATHOLOGICAL physiology; DEAFNESS; MITOCHONDRIA; AMINOGLYCOSIDES; GENETICS; HAIR cells; DNA
- Publication
Annals of Otology, Rhinology & Laryngology, 2005, Vol 114, Issue 2, p153
- ISSN
0003-4894
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/000348940511400213