B., Vona C., Neuner N., El Hajj E., Schneider R., Farcas V., Beyer U., Zechner A., Keilmann M., Poot O., Bartsch Supplementary Material for: Disruption of the ATE1 and SLC12A1 Genes by Balanced Translocation in a Boy with Non-Syndromic Hearing Loss We report on a boy with non-syndromic hearing loss and an apparently balanced translocation t(10;15)(q26.13;q21.1). The same translocation was found in the normally hearing brother, father and paternal grandfather; however, this does not exclude its involvement in disease pathogenesis, for example, by unmasking a second mutation. Breakpoint analysis via FISH with BAC clones and long-range PCR products revealed a disruption of the arginyltransferase 1 <i>(ATE1)</i> gene on translocation chromosome 10 and the solute carrier family 12, member 1 gene <i>(SLC12A1)</i> on translocation chromosome 15. SNP array analysis revealed neither loss nor gain of chromosomal regions in the affected child, and a targeted gene enrichment panel consisting of 130 known deafness genes was negative for pathogenic mutations. The expression patterns in zebrafish and humans did not provide evidence for ear-specific functions of the<i> ATE1</i> and <i>SLC12A1</i> genes. Sanger sequencing of the 2 genes in the boy and 180 <i>GJB2</i> mutation-negative hearing-impaired individuals did not detect homozygous or compound heterozygous pathogenic mutations. Our study demonstrates the many difficulties in unraveling the molecular causes of a heterogeneous phenotype. We cannot directly implicate disruption of <i>ATE1</i> and/or <i>SLC12A1</i> to the abnormal hearing phenotype; however, mutations in these genes may have a role in polygenic or multifactorial forms of hearing impairment. On the other hand, it is conceivable that our patient carries a disease-causing mutation in a so far unidentified deafness gene. Evidently, disruption of <i>ATE1 </i>and/or <i>SLC12A1</i> gene function alone does not have adverse effects. ATE1;Disease-associated balanced chromosome rearrangement;Non-syndromic hearing impairment;Reciprocal translocation;SLC12A1 2013-10-04
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