ClinVar

Description

The m.1555A>G variant in MTRNR1 has been reported in many individuals with heari ng loss (often after exposure to aminoglycosides) and segregated in many affecte d matrilineal relatives (Prezant 1993, Pandya 1997, Usami 1997). The variant ha s been identified in 0.6-12% of hearing impaired individuals (Chen 2011, Yelvert on 2013), in contrast to 0.1-0.3% of the general population (Bitner-Glindzicz 20 09, Rahman 2012, Wang 2011, Wu 2011). Individuals with this variant usually pass newborn hearing screen, but develop aminoglycoside-induced or late-onset progre ssive hearing loss (Usami 2000, Lu 2009, Lu 2010). The penetrance is incomplete, but higher with aminoglycoside exposure than without, and the clinical manifest ation is influenced by the degree of heteroplasmy, environmental factors, haplog roup background, and other genetic modifiers (Lu 2010). This variant is in a reg ion of the 12S rRNA gene in which aminoglycosides are known to bind, and in whic h aminoglycoside resistance mutations have been described in other species. Alt hough this variant is present in other primate species, it has been shown that c ells with this variant are susceptible to aminoglycosides (Pacheu-Grau 2011). I n summary, this variant meets criteria to be classified as pathogenic based upon the over-representation of the variant in individuals with aminoglycoside-induc ed hearing loss, segregation in affected matrilineal relatives, and functional s tudies. ACMG/AMP Criteria applied: PS4, PP1_Strong, PS3_Supporting