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Hearing loss, X-linked 6(DFNX6)

MedGen UID:
813067
•Concept ID:
C3806737
•
Disease or Syndrome
Synonym: Deafness, X-linked 6
 
Gene (location): COL4A6 (Xq22.3)
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0010484
OMIM®: 300914

Definition

Any X-linked nonsyndromic deafness in which the cause of the disease is a mutation in the COL4A6 gene. [from MONDO]

Clinical features

From HPO
Bilateral sensorineural hearing impairment
MedGen UID:
96788
•Concept ID:
C0452138
•
Disease or Syndrome
A bilateral form of sensorineural hearing impairment.
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Incomplete partition of the cochlea
MedGen UID:
868978
•Concept ID:
C4023392
•
Anatomical Abnormality
Incomplete formation of the cochlear partition. The scala vestibuli and scala tympani separated by the cochlear partition, except in the apical turn where the two scalae are in continuity via the helicotrema.
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Professional guidelines

PubMed

X-Linked and Autosomal Recessive Alport Syndrome: Pathogenic Variant Features and Further Genotype-Phenotype Correlations.
Savige J, Storey H, Il Cheong H, Gyung Kang H, Park E, Hilbert P, Persikov A, Torres-Fernandez C, Ars E, Torra R, Hertz JM, Thomassen M, Shagam L, Wang D, Wang Y, Flinter F, Nagel M
PLoS One 2016;11(9):e0161802. Epub 2016 Sep 14 doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0161802. PMID: 27627812Free PMC Article
Phenotype and genotype of deaf patients with combined genomic and mitochondrial inheritance models.
Huang S, Wang G, Jiang Y, Yuan Y, Han D, Song Y, Dai P
Mitochondrion 2013 Nov;13(6):791-4. Epub 2013 May 18 doi: 10.1016/j.mito.2013.05.004. PMID: 23688906
Phenotype and genotype in females with POU3F4 mutations.
Marlin S, Moizard MP, David A, Chaissang N, Raynaud M, Jonard L, Feldmann D, Loundon N, Denoyelle F, Toutain A
Clin Genet 2009 Dec;76(6):558-63. doi: 10.1111/j.1399-0004.2009.01215.x. PMID: 19930154

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Genetic findings of Sanger and nanopore single-molecule sequencing in patients with X-linked hearing loss and incomplete partition type III.
Chen Y, Qiu J, Wu Y, Jia H, Jiang Y, Jiang M, Wang Z, Sheng HB, Hu L, Zhang Z, Wang Z, Li Y, Huang Z, Wu H
Orphanet J Rare Dis 2022 Feb 21;17(1):65. doi: 10.1186/s13023-022-02235-7. PMID: 35189936Free PMC Article
X-linked Malformation Deafness: Neurodevelopmental Symptoms Are Common in Children With IP3 Malformation and Mutation in POU3F4.
Smeds H, Wales J, Karltorp E, Anderlid BM, Henricson C, Asp F, Anmyr L, Lagerstedt-Robinson K, Löfkvist U
Ear Hear 2022 Jan/Feb;43(1):53-69. doi: 10.1097/AUD.0000000000001073. PMID: 34133399Free PMC Article
Molecular Epidemiology in 591 Italian Probands With Nonsyndromic Retinitis Pigmentosa and Usher Syndrome.
Colombo L, Maltese PE, Castori M, El Shamieh S, Zeitz C, Audo I, Zulian A, Marinelli C, Benedetti S, Costantini A, Bressan S, Percio M, Ferri P, Abeshi A, Bertelli M, Rossetti L
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2021 Feb 1;62(2):13. doi: 10.1167/iovs.62.2.13. PMID: 33576794Free PMC Article
Clinical and genetic features in autosomal recessive and X-linked Alport syndrome.
Wang Y, Sivakumar V, Mohammad M, Colville D, Storey H, Flinter F, Dagher H, Savige J
Pediatr Nephrol 2014 Mar;29(3):391-6. Epub 2013 Nov 2 doi: 10.1007/s00467-013-2643-0. PMID: 24178893
The clinical spectrum of type IV collagen mutations.
Lemmink HH, Schröder CH, Monnens LA, Smeets HJ
Hum Mutat 1997;9(6):477-99. doi: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-1004(1997)9:6<477::AID-HUMU1>3.0.CO;2-#. PMID: 9195222

Diagnosis

Molecular Epidemiology in 591 Italian Probands With Nonsyndromic Retinitis Pigmentosa and Usher Syndrome.
Colombo L, Maltese PE, Castori M, El Shamieh S, Zeitz C, Audo I, Zulian A, Marinelli C, Benedetti S, Costantini A, Bressan S, Percio M, Ferri P, Abeshi A, Bertelli M, Rossetti L
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2021 Feb 1;62(2):13. doi: 10.1167/iovs.62.2.13. PMID: 33576794Free PMC Article
Characterization of vertigo and hearing loss in patients with Fabry disease.
Köping M, Shehata-Dieler W, Schneider D, Cebulla M, Oder D, Müntze J, Nordbeck P, Wanner C, Hagen R, Schraven SP
Orphanet J Rare Dis 2018 Aug 15;13(1):137. doi: 10.1186/s13023-018-0882-7. PMID: 30111353Free PMC Article
Comprehensive genomic diagnosis of non-syndromic and syndromic hereditary hearing loss in Spanish patients.
Cabanillas R, Diñeiro M, Cifuentes GA, Castillo D, Pruneda PC, Álvarez R, Sánchez-Durán N, Capín R, Plasencia A, Viejo-Díaz M, García-González N, Hernando I, Llorente JL, Repáraz-Andrade A, Torreira-Banzas C, Rosell J, Govea N, Gómez-Martínez JR, Núñez-Batalla F, Garrote JA, Mazón-Gutiérrez Á, Costales M, Isidoro-García M, García-Berrocal B, Ordóñez GR, Cadiñanos J
BMC Med Genomics 2018 Jul 9;11(1):58. doi: 10.1186/s12920-018-0375-5. PMID: 29986705Free PMC Article
Clinical and genetic features in autosomal recessive and X-linked Alport syndrome.
Wang Y, Sivakumar V, Mohammad M, Colville D, Storey H, Flinter F, Dagher H, Savige J
Pediatr Nephrol 2014 Mar;29(3):391-6. Epub 2013 Nov 2 doi: 10.1007/s00467-013-2643-0. PMID: 24178893
Genetic causes of nonsyndromic hearing loss.
Skvorak Giersch AB, Morton CC
Curr Opin Pediatr 1999 Dec;11(6):551-7. doi: 10.1097/00008480-199912000-00014. PMID: 10590915

Therapy

Major Organic Involvement in Women with Fabry Disease in Argentina.
Perretta F, Antongiovanni N, Jaurretche S
ScientificWorldJournal 2018;2018:6515613. Epub 2018 May 21 doi: 10.1155/2018/6515613. PMID: 29950951Free PMC Article
X-Linked and Autosomal Recessive Alport Syndrome: Pathogenic Variant Features and Further Genotype-Phenotype Correlations.
Savige J, Storey H, Il Cheong H, Gyung Kang H, Park E, Hilbert P, Persikov A, Torres-Fernandez C, Ars E, Torra R, Hertz JM, Thomassen M, Shagam L, Wang D, Wang Y, Flinter F, Nagel M
PLoS One 2016;11(9):e0161802. Epub 2016 Sep 14 doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0161802. PMID: 27627812Free PMC Article
Spastic paraparesis and sensorineural hearing loss in a patient with neurobrucellosis.
Baykal T, Baygutalp F, Senel K, Levent A, Erdal A, Ugur M, Ozgocmen S
J Back Musculoskelet Rehabil 2012;25(3):157-9. doi: 10.3233/BMR-2012-0322. PMID: 23077765
Novel PHEX nonsense mutation in a patient with X-linked hypophosphatemic rickets and review of current therapeutic regimens.
Kienitz T, Ventz M, Kaminsky E, Quinkler M
Exp Clin Endocrinol Diabetes 2011 Jul;119(7):431-5. Epub 2011 May 6 doi: 10.1055/s-0031-1277162. PMID: 21553362
Hearing loss in Fabry disease: the effect of agalsidase alfa replacement therapy.
Hajioff D, Enever Y, Quiney R, Zuckerman J, Mackermot K, Mehta A
J Inherit Metab Dis 2003;26(8):787-94. doi: 10.1023/B:BOLI.0000009948.86528.72. PMID: 14739683

Prognosis

Molecular Epidemiology in 591 Italian Probands With Nonsyndromic Retinitis Pigmentosa and Usher Syndrome.
Colombo L, Maltese PE, Castori M, El Shamieh S, Zeitz C, Audo I, Zulian A, Marinelli C, Benedetti S, Costantini A, Bressan S, Percio M, Ferri P, Abeshi A, Bertelli M, Rossetti L
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2021 Feb 1;62(2):13. doi: 10.1167/iovs.62.2.13. PMID: 33576794Free PMC Article
Corneal endothelial cell abnormalities in X-linked Alport syndrome.
Nicklason E, Mack H, Beltz J, Jacob J, Farahani M, Colville D, Savige J
Ophthalmic Genet 2020 Feb;41(1):13-19. Epub 2020 Mar 11 doi: 10.1080/13816810.2019.1709126. PMID: 32159412
Comprehensive genomic diagnosis of non-syndromic and syndromic hereditary hearing loss in Spanish patients.
Cabanillas R, Diñeiro M, Cifuentes GA, Castillo D, Pruneda PC, Álvarez R, Sánchez-Durán N, Capín R, Plasencia A, Viejo-Díaz M, García-González N, Hernando I, Llorente JL, Repáraz-Andrade A, Torreira-Banzas C, Rosell J, Govea N, Gómez-Martínez JR, Núñez-Batalla F, Garrote JA, Mazón-Gutiérrez Á, Costales M, Isidoro-García M, García-Berrocal B, Ordóñez GR, Cadiñanos J
BMC Med Genomics 2018 Jul 9;11(1):58. doi: 10.1186/s12920-018-0375-5. PMID: 29986705Free PMC Article
X-Linked and Autosomal Recessive Alport Syndrome: Pathogenic Variant Features and Further Genotype-Phenotype Correlations.
Savige J, Storey H, Il Cheong H, Gyung Kang H, Park E, Hilbert P, Persikov A, Torres-Fernandez C, Ars E, Torra R, Hertz JM, Thomassen M, Shagam L, Wang D, Wang Y, Flinter F, Nagel M
PLoS One 2016;11(9):e0161802. Epub 2016 Sep 14 doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0161802. PMID: 27627812Free PMC Article
Clinical and genetic features in autosomal recessive and X-linked Alport syndrome.
Wang Y, Sivakumar V, Mohammad M, Colville D, Storey H, Flinter F, Dagher H, Savige J
Pediatr Nephrol 2014 Mar;29(3):391-6. Epub 2013 Nov 2 doi: 10.1007/s00467-013-2643-0. PMID: 24178893

Clinical prediction guides

Cone Structure and Function in RPGR- and USH2A-Associated Retinal Degeneration.
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X-linked hypomyelination with spondylometaphyseal dysplasia (H-SMD) associated with mutations in AIFM1.
Miyake N, Wolf NI, Cayami FK, Crawford J, Bley A, Bulas D, Conant A, Bent SJ, Gripp KW, Hahn A, Humphray S, Kimura-Ohba S, Kingsbury Z, Lajoie BR, Lal D, Micha D, Pizzino A, Sinke RJ, Sival D, Stolte-Dijkstra I, Superti-Furga A, Ulrick N, Taft RJ, Ogata T, Ozono K, Matsumoto N, Neubauer BA, Simons C, Vanderver A
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Clinical, biochemical and molecular characteristics of Filipino patients with mucopolysaccharidosis type II - Hunter syndrome.
Chiong MA, Canson DM, Abacan MA, Baluyot MM, Cordero CP, Silao CL
Orphanet J Rare Dis 2017 Jan 11;12(1):7. doi: 10.1186/s13023-016-0558-0. PMID: 28077157Free PMC Article
X-Linked and Autosomal Recessive Alport Syndrome: Pathogenic Variant Features and Further Genotype-Phenotype Correlations.
Savige J, Storey H, Il Cheong H, Gyung Kang H, Park E, Hilbert P, Persikov A, Torres-Fernandez C, Ars E, Torra R, Hertz JM, Thomassen M, Shagam L, Wang D, Wang Y, Flinter F, Nagel M
PLoS One 2016;11(9):e0161802. Epub 2016 Sep 14 doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0161802. PMID: 27627812Free PMC Article
Clinical and genetic features in autosomal recessive and X-linked Alport syndrome.
Wang Y, Sivakumar V, Mohammad M, Colville D, Storey H, Flinter F, Dagher H, Savige J
Pediatr Nephrol 2014 Mar;29(3):391-6. Epub 2013 Nov 2 doi: 10.1007/s00467-013-2643-0. PMID: 24178893

Recent systematic reviews

WTX R353X mutation in a family with osteopathia striata and cranial sclerosis (OS-CS): case report and literature review of the disease clinical, genetic and radiological features.
Zicari AM, Tarani L, Perotti D, Papetti L, Nicita F, Liberati N, Spalice A, Salvatori G, Guaraldi F, Duse M
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