Table 1

Genotypes of Usher syndrome type 1 probands (novel variants are in bold)

FamilyGeneAllele 1* Allele 2* Allele 1scoreAllele 2 scoreEthnicity
107 CDH23 c.6712+1G>A UnknownPathogenic Caucasian
140 CDH23 p.Arg2107Xp.Arg2107XPathogenicPathogenicPakistani (Sindi)
163 CDH23 p.Arg2107X p.Leu2436ThrfsX3 PathogenicPathogenicCaucasian
407 CDH23 c.2177-2A>G P.Leu3041Pro PathogenicUV4Caucasian
555 CDH23 c.7362G>A § c.6254_6254-3delCAGGinsT UV3PathogenicCaucasian
168 CDH23 Unknown Unknown Turkish Cypriot
30 MYO7A p.Lys1255ArgfsX8p.Ala26Glu** PathogenicPathogenicCaucasian
146 MYO7A p.Lys1255ArgfsX8p.Asp521GlufsX8PathogenicPathogenicCaucasian
444 MYO7A p.Lys1255ArgfsX8p.Lys542GlnfsX5PathogenicPathogenicCaucasian
68 MYO7A p.Gly214Argp.Arg212HisPathogenicPathogenicCaucasian
100 MYO7A c.3108+1G>A c.3108+1G>A PathogenicPathogenicIndian
111 MYO7A p.Arg669Xc.5944G>A†† PathogenicPathogenicCaucasian
132 MYO7A p.Arg972Xp.Arg972XPathogenicPathogenicIranian
93 MYO7A c.3504-1G>C** p.Leu1858ProPathogenicPathogenicCaucasian
262 MYO7A p.Asp1613ValfsX32 p.Lys420X PathogenicPathogenicCaucasian
287 MYO7A p.Gly1942X p.Gly25ArgPathogenicPathogenicCaucasian
435 MYO7A p.Arg1240Glnc.133-2A>GPathogenicPathogenicCaucasian
578 MYO7A p.Arg669Xp.Lys542GlnfsX5PathogenicPathogenicCaucasian
731 MYO7A p.Ala2009ProfsX32 c.-48A>G ‡‡ PathogenicPathogenicCaucasian
732 MYO7A p.Glu117SerfsX33 c.592+1G>TPathogenicPathogenicCaucasian
516 MYO7A p.Gly1378TrpfsX6 p.Glu968Asp PathogenicUV4Caucasian
69 MYO7A p.Arg241Pro c.5944G>A†† UV4PathogenicCaucasian
35 MYO7A p.Arg2024X p.Asp75His PathogenicUV4Caucasian
79 MYO7A p.Arg1240Gln p.Leu2193Phe PathogenicUV4Caucasian
257 MYO7A p.Cys31Xp.Arg1883GlnPathogenicUV4Asian
706 MYO7A p.Phe1963delp.Phe1963delUV4UV4Black African (Ghana)
182 MYO7A p.Pro2126LeufsX5 p.Arg1240TrpPathogenicUV3Caucasian
500 MYO7A p.Trp1431X p.Ala826Thr§§ PathogenicUV4Caucasian
692 MYO7A p.Arg212His c.1798-3C>G PathogenicUV2Caucasian
676 MYO7A p.Arg241Pro p.Glu380Lys UV4UV2Caucasian
42 MYO7A p.Arg1701XUnknownPathogenic Turkish Cypriot
104 MYO7A ¶¶ Unknown¶¶ Unknown¶¶ Caucasian
206 MYO7A ¶¶ p.Tyr2015Hisp.Tyr2015HisUV2UV2Caucasian
705 MYO7A c.1793-3C>G UnknownUV2 Greek Cypriot
291 PCDH15 p.Gly942ValfsX22 p.Gly942ValfsX22 PathogenicPathogenicSouth Pacific
313 PCDH15 c.3717+1G>A Exon 9-18 deleted *** PathogenicPathogenicCaucasian
399 PCDH15 c.3501+2T>C c.3501+2T>C PathogenicPathogenicCaucasian
119 PCDH15 Exon 10 deleted ††† Exon 10 deleted ††† PathogenicPathogenicCaucasian
87 USHIC p.Arg80ProfsX69c.496+1G>APathogenicPathogenicCaucasian
461 USHIC p.Arg80ProfsX69p.Arg80ProfsX69PathogenicPathogenicJewish
4 families USHIC c.496+1G>Ac.496+1G>APathogenicPathogenicCaucasian
530 USHIC p.Glu149del p.Glu149del PathogenicPathogenicIndian
129, 340Unknown Caucasian
  • * Unless stated otherwise, the alleles were not observed in control chromosomes.

  • Caucasian: UK and European.

  • Consanguineous family.

  • § Last nucleotide of exon (possibly affects splicing).

  • See supplemental figure 1.

  • ** Found in 1/872 (0.11%) control chromosomes.

  • †† Last nucleotide of exon; causes MYO7A:p.Val1953GlufsX12.23

  • ‡‡ IVS1-2A>G.

  • §§ Found in 2/826 (0.23%) control chromosomes (both heterozygotes are Pakistani controls).

  • ¶¶ Consanguineous family demonstrating linkage to Usher type1 genes. The causative mutations were either not found or were of uncertain pathogenicity (UV2).

  • *** See supplemental figure 2. Deletion of PCDH15 exons 9–18 was confirmed by MLPA.

  • ††† A homozygous deletion of PCDH15 exon 10 was confirmed by MLPA. The family is not knowingly consanguineous.

  • MLPA, multiplex ligation dependent probe amplification; UV unclassified variant.