Putative Digenic GJB2/MYO7A Inheritance of Hearing Loss Detected in a Patient with 48,XXYY Klinefelter Syndrome

Objectives: Nonsyndromic hearing loss (NSHL) is the most frequent type of hereditary hearing impairment. Here, we explored the underlying genetic cause of NSHL in a three-generation family using whole-exome sequencing. The proband had concomitant NSHL and rare 48,XXYY Klinefelter syndrome. Material and Methods: Genomic DNA was extracted from the peripheral blood of the proband and their family members. Sanger sequencing and pedigree verification were performed on the pathogenic variants filtered by whole-exome sequencing. The function of the variants was analyzed using bioinformatics software. Results: The proband was digenic heterozygous for p.V37I in the GJB2 gene and p.L347I in the MYO7A gene. The proband’s mother had normal hearing and did not have any variant. The proband’s father and uncle both had NSHL and were compound for the GJB2 p.V37I and MYO7A p.L347I variants, thus indicating a possible GJB2/MYO7A digenic inheritance of NSHL. 48,XXYY Klinefelter syndrome was discovered in the proband after the karyotype analysis, while his parents both had normal karyotypes. Conclusions: Our findings reported a putative GJB2/MYO7A digenic inheritance form of hearing loss, expanding the genotype and phenotype spectrum of NSHL. In addition, this is the first report of concomitant NSHL and 48,XXYY syndrome.

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