Journal article
Utilizing ethnic-specific differences in minor allele frequency to recategorize reported pathogenic deafness variants
American journal of human genetics, Vol.95(4), pp.445-453
10/02/2014
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2014.09.001
PMCID: PMC4185121
PMID: 25262649
Abstract
Ethnic-specific differences in minor allele frequency impact variant categorization for genetic screening of nonsyndromic hearing loss (NSHL) and other genetic disorders. We sought to evaluate all previously reported pathogenic NSHL variants in the context of a large number of controls from ethnically distinct populations sequenced with orthogonal massively parallel sequencing methods. We used HGMD, ClinVar, and dbSNP to generate a comprehensive list of reported pathogenic NSHL variants and re-evaluated these variants in the context of 8,595 individuals from 12 populations and 6 ethnically distinct major human evolutionary phylogenetic groups from three sources (Exome Variant Server, 1000 Genomes project, and a control set of individuals created for this study, the OtoDB). Of the 2,197 reported pathogenic deafness variants, 325 (14.8%) were present in at least one of the 8,595 controls, indicating a minor allele frequency (MAF) > 0.00006. MAFs ranged as high as 0.72, a level incompatible with pathogenicity for a fully penetrant disease like NSHL. Based on these data, we established MAF thresholds of 0.005 for autosomal-recessive variants (excluding specific variants in GJB2) and 0.0005 for autosomal-dominant variants. Using these thresholds, we recategorized 93 (4.2%) of reported pathogenic variants as benign. Our data show that evaluation of reported pathogenic deafness variants using variant MAFs from multiple distinct ethnicities and sequenced by orthogonal methods provides a powerful filter for determining pathogenicity. The proposed MAF thresholds will facilitate clinical interpretation of variants identified in genetic testing for NSHL. All data are publicly available to facilitate interpretation of genetic variants causing deafness.
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- Title: Subtitle
- Utilizing ethnic-specific differences in minor allele frequency to recategorize reported pathogenic deafness variants
- Creators
- A Eliot Shearer - Molecular Otolaryngology & Renal Research Labs, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA 52242, USARobert W Eppsteiner - Molecular Otolaryngology & Renal Research Labs, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA 52242, USAKevin T Booth - Molecular Otolaryngology & Renal Research Labs, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA 52242, USASean S Ephraim - Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USAJosé Gurrola II - Molecular Otolaryngology & Renal Research Labs, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA 52242, USAAllen Simpson - Molecular Otolaryngology & Renal Research Labs, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA 52242, USAE Ann Black-Ziegelbein - Molecular Otolaryngology & Renal Research Labs, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA 52242, USASwati Joshi - Agilent Technologies, Cedar Creek, TX 78612, USAHarini Ravi - Agilent Technologies, Cedar Creek, TX 78612, USAAngelica C Giuffre - Agilent Technologies, Cedar Creek, TX 78612, USAScott Happe - Agilent Technologies, Cedar Creek, TX 78612, USAMichael S Hildebrand - Epilepsy Research Centre, Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Heidelberg, VIC 3084, AustraliaHela Azaiez - Molecular Otolaryngology & Renal Research Labs, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA 52242, USAYildirim A Bayazit - Department of Otolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, Medipol University, Istanbul 34083, TurkeyMehmet Emin Erdal - Department of Medical Biology and Genetics, University of Mersin, Mersin 33160, TurkeyJose A Lopez-Escamez - Otology and Neurotology Group CTS495, Center for Genomic and Oncological Research (GENyO), Granada 18012, SpainIrene Gazquez - Otology and Neurotology Group CTS495, Center for Genomic and Oncological Research (GENyO), Granada 18012, SpainMarta L Tamayo - Instituto de Genética Humana, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá 11001000, ColombiaNancy Y Gelvez - Instituto de Genética Humana, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá 11001000, ColombiaGreizy Lopez Leal - Instituto de Genética Humana, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá 11001000, ColombiaChaim Jalas - Bonei Olam, Center for Rare Jewish Genetic Disorders, Brooklyn, NY 11204, USAJosef Ekstein - Dor Yeshorim, The Committee for Prevention of Jewish Genetic Diseases, Brooklyn, NY 11211, USATao Yang - Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Xinhua Hospital, and the Ear Institute, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 20025, ChinaShin-ichi Usami - Department of Otorhinolaryngology, School of Medicine, Shinshu University, Matsumoto, Nagano 390-8621, JapanKimia Kahrizi - Genetics Research Centre, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran 1985713834, IranNiloofar Bazazzadegan - Genetics Research Centre, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran 1985713834, IranHossein Najmabadi - Genetics Research Centre, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran 1985713834, IranTodd E Scheetz - Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA; Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA; Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USATerry A Braun - Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA; Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA; Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USAThomas L Casavant - Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA; Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA; Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USAEmily M LeProust - Agilent Technologies, Cedar Creek, TX 78612, USARichard J H Smith - Molecular Otolaryngology & Renal Research Labs, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA; Interdepartmental PhD Program in Genetics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA; Department of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA. Electronic address: richard-smith@uiowa.edu
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- American journal of human genetics, Vol.95(4), pp.445-453
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.ajhg.2014.09.001
- PMID
- 25262649
- PMCID
- PMC4185121
- NLM abbreviation
- Am J Hum Genet
- ISSN
- 1537-6605
- eISSN
- 1537-6605
- Publisher
- United States
- Grant note
- DC002842 / NIDCD NIH HHS 1F30DC011674 / NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC003544 / NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC012049 / NIDCD NIH HHS DC012049 / NIDCD NIH HHS F30 DC011674 / NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC002842 / NIDCD NIH HHS R01S DC003544 / NIDCD NIH HHS
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 10/02/2014
- Academic Unit
- Roy J. Carver Department of Biomedical Engineering; Electrical and Computer Engineering; Molecular Physiology and Biophysics; Anatomy and Cell Biology; Stead Family Department of Pediatrics; Iowa Neuroscience Institute; Otolaryngology; Internal Medicine; Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
- Record Identifier
- 9983979953302771
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