Lin Changliang, Lyu Yuan, Li Chuang, Zhang Zhitao, Feng Xinghuo
Department of Critical Care Medicine, People's Hospital of Liaoning Province, Shenyang, Liaoning 110016, China.
Zhonghua Yi Xue Yi Chuan Xue Za Zhi. 2020 Apr 10;37(4):431-433. doi: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1003-9406.2020.04.016.
To detect potential variants in a family affected with Usher syndrome type I, and analyze its genotype-phenotype correlation.
Clinical data of the family was collected. Potential variants in the proband were detected by high-throughput sequencing. Suspected variants were verified by Sanger sequencing.
The proband developed night blindness at 10 year old, in addition with bilateral cataract and retinal degeneration. Hearing loss occurred along with increase of age. High-throughput sequencing and Sanger sequencing revealed that she has carried compound heterozygous variants of the MYO7A gene, namely c.2694+2T>G and c.6028G>A. Her sister carried the same variants with similar clinical phenotypes. Her daughter was heterozygous for the c.6028G>A variant but was phenotypically normal.
The clinical features and genetic variants were delineated in this family with Usher syndrome type I. The results have enriched the phenotype and genotype data of the disease and provided a basis for genetic counseling.
