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ArticleMolecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy2026

Gene supplementation with precise transgene expression rescues hearing loss in a mouse model with an Mpzl2 East Asian founder variant.

Seung Hyun Jang, Hyeong Gi Song, Sun Young Joo, Jung Ah Kim, Se Jin Kim, Jae Young Choi, Jinsei Jung, Heon Yung Gee

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Article in Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Seung Hyun JangDepartment of Pharmacology, Graduate School of Medical Science, Brain Korea 21 Project, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea; Won-Sang Lee Institute for Hearing Loss, Seoul, Korea.
Hyeong Gi SongDepartment of Pharmacology, Graduate School of Medical Science, Brain Korea 21 Project, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea; Won-Sang Lee Institute for Hearing Loss, Seoul, Korea.
Sun Young JooDepartment of Pharmacology, Graduate School of Medical Science, Brain Korea 21 Project, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea; Won-Sang Lee Institute for Hearing Loss, Seoul, Korea.
Jung Ah KimDepartment of Pharmacology, Graduate School of Medical Science, Brain Korea 21 Project, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea; Won-Sang Lee Institute for Hearing Loss, Seoul, Korea.
Se Jin KimDepartment of Pharmacology, Graduate School of Medical Science, Brain Korea 21 Project, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea; Won-Sang Lee Institute for Hearing Loss, Seoul, Korea.
Jae Young ChoiWon-Sang Lee Institute for Hearing Loss, Seoul, Korea; Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Jinsei JungWon-Sang Lee Institute for Hearing Loss, Seoul, Korea; Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. Electronic address: jsjung@yuhs.ac.
Heon Yung GeeDepartment of Pharmacology, Graduate School of Medical Science, Brain Korea 21 Project, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea; Won-Sang Lee Institute for Hearing Loss, Seoul, Korea. Electronic address: hygee@yuhs.ac.

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Abstract

Hearing loss is the most common sensory organ disorder, with genetic factors contributing substantially to the disease. Among the 87 genes responsible for autosomal recessive nonsyndromic hearing loss, mutations in MPZL2 have been frequently linked to mild-to-moderate autosomal recessive hearing loss (DFNB111). Here, we present multiple families whose hearing loss arose from biallelic mutations in the MPZL2 gene and found that the MPZL2 p.Q74∗ mutation may be a founder allele among East Asians. Furthermore, we generated an Mpzl2 p.Q74∗ knockin mouse model that exhibited autosomal recessive, progressive, ski-sloping hearing loss with Deiter's cell degeneration. Gene supplementation using AAV-DJ or AAV-PHP.eB to deliver human MPZL2 (hMPZL2) under control of the CAG promoter induced ototoxicity, whereas employing an alternative EF1α promoter with AAV-DJ (DJ-EF1α-hMPZL2) circumvented this issue, restoring long-term auditory function and Deiter's cell survival in Mpzl2

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Gene ExpressionGenetic TherapyHearing LossMembrane ProteinsTransgenesAnimalsDependovirusDisease Models, AnimalEast Asian PeopleFemaleFounder EffectGene Knock-In TechniquesGenetic VectorsHumansMaleMiceMembrane ProteinsAAVautosomal recessiveDFNB111gene therapyhearing lossMPZL2

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PMCPMC12925802

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