The H723R mutation in the PDS/SLC26A4 gene is associated with typical Pendred syndrome in Korean patients

Endocrine. 2006 Oct;30(2):237-43. doi: 10.1385/ENDO:30:2:237.

Abstract

Inherited as an autosomal recessive trait, Pendred syndrome is a disease that shows congenital sensorineural hearing loss and goiter, with a positive finding in the perchlorate discharge test. Pendred syndrome results from various mutations in the PDS/SLC26A4 gene that cause production of an abnormal pendrin protein. More than 90 mutations in the PDS/SLC26A4 gene have been reported throughout the world. A recent study of 26 Korean patients with a relatively high frequency (65%) of a mutated PDS/SLC26A4 gene exhibited nonsyndromic deafness and an enlarged vestibular aqueduct. We report two patients with characteristics of typical Pendred syndrome, a 26-yr-old female and a 61-yr-old male, who were both homozygous for a previously reported missense mutation, H723R (Histidine 723Arginine) in the PDS/SLC26A4 gene.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • DNA Mutational Analysis
  • Female
  • Goiter / congenital*
  • Goiter / diagnostic imaging
  • Goiter / genetics*
  • Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / congenital*
  • Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / genetics*
  • Humans
  • Korea
  • Male
  • Membrane Transport Proteins / genetics*
  • Middle Aged
  • Mutation
  • Pedigree
  • Sulfate Transporters
  • Syndrome
  • Ultrasonography
  • Vestibular Aqueduct / diagnostic imaging

Substances

  • Membrane Transport Proteins
  • SLC26A4 protein, human
  • Sulfate Transporters