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- Title
Screening of deafness-causing DNA variants that are common in patients of European ancestry using a microarray-based approach.
- Authors
Yan, Denise; Xiang, Guangxin; Chai, Xingping; Qing, Jie; Shang, Haiqiong; Zou, Bing; Mittal, Rahul; Shen, Jun; Smith, Richard J. H.; Fan, Yao-Shan; Blanton, Susan H.; Tekin, Mustafa; Morton, Cynthia; Xing, Wanli; Cheng, Jing; Liu, Xue Zhong
- Abstract
The unparalleled heterogeneity in genetic causes of hearing loss along with remarkable differences in prevalence of causative variants among ethnic groups makes single gene tests technically inefficient. Although hundreds of genes have been reported to be associated with nonsyndromic hearing loss (NSHL), GJB2, GJB6, SLC26A4, and mitochondrial (mt) MT-RNR1 and MTTS are the major contributors. In order to provide a faster, more comprehensive and cost effective assay, we constructed a DNA fluidic array, CapitalBioMiamiOtoArray, for the detection of sequence variants in five genes that are common in most populations of European descent. They consist of c.35delG, p.W44C, p.L90P, c.167delT (GJB2); 309kb deletion (GJB6); p.L236P, p.T416P (SLC26A4); and m.1555A>G, m.7444G>A (mtDNA). We have validated our hearing loss array by analyzing a total of 160 DNAs samples. Our results show 100% concordance between the fluidic array biochip-based approach and the established Sanger sequencing method, thus proving its robustness and reliability at a relatively low cost.
- Subjects
DIAGNOSIS of deafness; DNA microarrays; DISEASE prevalence; COST effectiveness; NUCLEOTIDE sequencing
- Publication
PLoS ONE, 2017, Vol 12, Issue 3, p1
- ISSN
1932-6203
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0169219