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. 2006 Jul;38(7):770-8.
doi: 10.1038/ng1829. Epub 2006 Jun 25.

Mutations in the gene encoding pejvakin, a newly identified protein of the afferent auditory pathway, cause DFNB59 auditory neuropathy

Sedigheh Delmaghani  1 , Francisco J del Castillo, Vincent Michel, Michel Leibovici, Asadollah Aghaie, Uri Ron, Lut Van Laer, Nir Ben-Tal, Guy Van Camp, Dominique Weil, Francina Langa, Mark Lathrop, Paul Avan, Christine Petit
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Mutations in the gene encoding pejvakin, a newly identified protein of the afferent auditory pathway, cause DFNB59 auditory neuropathy

Sedigheh Delmaghani et al. Nat Genet. 2006 Jul.

Abstract

Auditory neuropathy is a particular type of hearing impairment in which neural transmission of the auditory signal is impaired, while cochlear outer hair cells remain functional. Here we report on DFNB59, a newly identified gene on chromosome 2q31.1-q31.3 mutated in four families segregating autosomal recessive auditory neuropathy. DFNB59 encodes pejvakin, a 352-residue protein. Pejvakin is a paralog of DFNA5, a protein of unknown function also involved in deafness. By immunohistofluorescence, pejvakin is detected in the cell bodies of neurons of the afferent auditory pathway. Furthermore, Dfnb59 knock-in mice, homozygous for the R183W variant identified in one DFNB59 family, show abnormal auditory brainstem responses indicative of neuronal dysfunction along the auditory pathway. Unlike previously described sensorineural deafness genes, all of which underlie cochlear cell pathologies, DFNB59 is the first human gene implicated in nonsyndromic deafness due to a neuronal defect.

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