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ArticleBMC medical genomics2015

Association of SNPs in LCP1 and CTIF with hearing in 11 year old children: findings from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) birth cohort and the G-EAR consortium.

Sean Harrison, Sarah J Lewis, Amanda J Hall, Dragana Vuckovic, Giorgia Girotto, Richard M Martin, Josephine C Adams

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Sean HarrisonSchool of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 2PS, UK. sean.harrison@bristol.ac.uk.
Sarah J LewisSchool of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 2PS, UK. s.j.lewis@bristol.ac.uk.
Amanda J HallSchool of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 2PS, UK. amanda.hall@bristol.ac.uk.
Dragana VuckovicDepartment of Medical, Surgical and Health Sciences, University of Trieste, 34100, Trieste, Italy. dragana.vuckovic@burlo.trieste.it.
Giorgia GirottoDepartment of Medical, Surgical and Health Sciences, University of Trieste, 34100, Trieste, Italy. giorgia.girotto@burlo.trieste.it.
Richard M MartinSchool of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 2PS, UK. richard.martin@bristol.ac.uk.
Josephine C AdamsSchool of Biochemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1TD, UK. jo.adams@bristol.ac.uk.
University of Bristol · GBUniversity of Trieste · IT

Funding

Medical Research Council MC_PC_15018Wellcome Trust 102215Wellcome Trust 102215/2/13/2Wellcome Trust 102432/Z/13/Z.
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe genetic basis of hearing loss in humans is relatively poorly understood. In recent years, experimental approaches including laboratory studies of early onset hearing loss in inbred mouse strains, or proteomic analyses of hair cells or hair bundles, have suggested new candidate molecules involved in hearing function. However, the relevance of these genes/gene products to hearing function in humans remains unknown. We investigated whether single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the human orthologues of genes of interest arising from the above-mentioned studies correlate with hearing function in children.

methods577 SNPs from 13 genes were each analysed by linear regression against averaged high (3, 4 and 8 kHz) or low frequency (0.5, 1 and 2 kHz) audiometry data from 4970 children in the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) birth-cohort at age eleven years. Genes found to contain SNPs with low p-values were then investigated in 3417 adults in the G-EAR study of hearing.

resultsGenotypic data were available in ALSPAC for a total of 577 SNPs from 13 genes of interest. Two SNPs approached sample-wide significance (pre-specified at p = 0.00014): rs12959910 in CBP80/20-dependent translation initiation factor (CTIF) for averaged high frequency hearing (p = 0.00079, β = 0.61 dB per minor allele); and rs10492452 in L-plastin (LCP1) for averaged low frequency hearing (p = 0.00056, β = 0.45 dB). For low frequencies, rs9567638 in LCP1 also enhanced hearing in females (p = 0.0011, β = -1.76 dB; males p = 0.23, β = 0.61 dB, likelihood-ratio test p = 0.006). SNPs in LCP1 and CTIF were then examined against low and high frequency hearing data for adults in G-EAR. Although the ALSPAC results were not replicated, a SNP in LCP1, rs17601960, is in strong LD with rs9967638, and was associated with enhanced low frequency hearing in adult females in G-EAR (p = 0.00084).

conclusionsThere was evidence to suggest that multiple SNPs in CTIF may contribute a small detrimental effect to hearing, and that a sex-specific locus in LCP1 is protective of hearing. No individual SNPs reached sample-wide significance in both ALSPAC and G-EAR. This is the first report of a possible association between LCP1 and hearing function.

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InternationalityParturitionPolymorphism, Single NucleotideAdultAnimalsChildCohort StudiesEukaryotic Initiation FactorsFemaleGenetic LociGenotypeHearingHumansInfantLongitudinal StudiesMaleCTIF protein, humanEukaryotic Initiation FactorsLCP1 protein, humanMicrofilament Proteins

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PMID26264041
PMCPMC4533938
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