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A mutation in CCDC50, a gene encoding an effector of epidermal growth factor-mediated cell signalling, causes progressive hearing loss

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posted on 2023-06-07, 23:07 authored by Silvia Modamio-Hoybjor, Ángeles Mencía, Richard GoodyearRichard Goodyear, Ignacio del Castillo, Guy Richardson, Felipe Moreno, Miguel Ángel Moreno-Pelayo
We previously mapped a novel autosomal dominant deafness locus, DFNA44, by studying a family with postlingual, progressive, nonsyndromic hearing loss. We report here on the identification of a mutation in CCDC50 as the cause of hearing loss in the family. CCDC50 encodes Ymer, an effector of epidermal growth factor (EGF)¿mediated cell signaling that is ubiquitously expressed in different organs and has been suggested to inhibit down-regulation of the EGF receptor. We have examined its expression pattern in mouse inner ear. Western blotting and cell transfection results indicate that Ymer is a soluble, cytoplasmic protein, and immunostaining shows that Ymer is expressed in a complex spatiotemporal pattern during inner ear development. In adult inner ear, the expression of Ymer is restricted to the pillar cells of the cochlea, the stria vascularis, and the vestibular sensory epithelia, where it shows spatial overlap with the microtubule-based cytoskeleton. In dividing cells, Ymer colocalizes with microtubules of the mitotic apparatus. We suggest that DFNA44 hearing loss may result from a time-dependent disorganization of the microtubule-based cytoskeleton in the pillar cells and stria vascularis of the adult auditory system.

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  • Published

Journal

American Journal of Human Genetics

ISSN

0002-9297

Issue

6

Volume

80

Page range

1076-1089

Pages

14.0

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  • Neuroscience Publications

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  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2012-02-06

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