Center for Individualized Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
Molecular Otolaryngology and Renal Research Laboratories, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa, USA.
Am J Med Genet A. 2021 Aug;185(8):2417-2433. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.62347. Epub 2021 May 27.
Biallelic loss-of-function variants in the thrombospondin-type laminin G domain and epilepsy-associated repeats (TSPEAR) gene have recently been associated with ectodermal dysplasia and hearing loss. The first reports describing a TSPEAR disease association identified this gene is a cause of nonsyndromic hearing loss, but subsequent reports involving additional affected families have questioned this evidence and suggested a stronger association with ectodermal dysplasia. To clarify genotype-phenotype associations for TSPEAR variants, we characterized 13 individuals with biallelic TSPEAR variants. Individuals underwent either exome sequencing or panel-based genetic testing. Nearly all of these newly reported individuals (11/13) have phenotypes that include tooth agenesis or ectodermal dysplasia, while three newly reported individuals have hearing loss. Of the individuals displaying hearing loss, all have additional variants in other hearing-loss-associated genes, specifically TMPRSS3, GJB2, and GJB6, that present competing candidates for their hearing loss phenotype. When presented alongside previous reports, the overall evidence supports the association of TSPEAR variants with ectodermal dysplasia and tooth agenesis features but creates significant doubt as to whether TSPEAR variants are a monogenic cause of hearing loss. Further functional evidence is needed to evaluate this phenotypic association.
最近,血小板反应蛋白型层粘连蛋白 G 结构域和癫痫相关重复(TSPEAR)基因的双等位基因功能丧失变异与外胚层发育不良和听力损失有关。描述 TSPEAR 疾病关联的第一份报告确定了该基因是一种非综合征性听力损失的原因,但随后涉及更多受影响家庭的报告对这一证据提出了质疑,并表明其与外胚层发育不良的关联更强。为了阐明 TSPEAR 变异的基因型-表型关联,我们对 13 名具有双等位基因 TSPEAR 变异的个体进行了特征描述。个体接受外显子组测序或基于面板的基因测试。几乎所有这些新报告的个体(11/13)的表型包括牙齿缺失或外胚层发育不良,而 3 名新报告的个体有听力损失。在表现出听力损失的个体中,所有个体都有其他听力损失相关基因(特别是 TMPRSS3、GJB2 和 GJB6)的额外变异,这些变异是其听力损失表型的竞争候选者。当与以前的报告一起呈现时,总体证据支持 TSPEAR 变异与外胚层发育不良和牙齿缺失特征的关联,但对 TSPEAR 变异是否是听力损失的单基因原因存在重大疑问。需要进一步的功能证据来评估这种表型关联。
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