Research Article

Four Novel Variants in POU4F3 Cause Autosomal Dominant Nonsyndromic Hearing Loss

Table 2

Summary of all reported pathogenic variants in POU4F3.

NumberNucleotide changeProtein changeExonDomainOnset age of hearing lossProgressionPrevalenceOriginAudiometric configurationReference

1Whole deletion of POU4F311~13 yoYesN/ABrazilFlat and HFFreitas et al. [13]
2c.74dupAp.His25fs181~20 yoYes15/602JapanHFKitano et al. [14]
3c.120+1G>C10~40 yoYes3/16ChinaFlatHe et al. [15]
4c.183delGp.A62Rfs22225~44 yoYesN/AChinaHFThis study
5c.191A>Tp.Asp64Val2~30 yoYes15/602JapanHFKitano et al. [14]
6c.325C>Tp.His109Tyr27~30 yoYesN/AChinaHFThis study
7c.337C>Tp.Gln113Ter214~40 yoYesN/AChinaZhang et al. [16]
8c.367delAp.Ile123fs32~40 yoYes15/602JapanMFKitano et al. [14]
9c.427C>Tp.Gln143Ter23 yoN/A15/602JapanMFKitano et al. [14]
10c.491C>Gp.Pro164Arg2N/AN/A1/6ChinaFlat and HFWei et al. [17]
11c.574G>Tp.Glu192Ter2POU17~30 yoYes15/602JapanHFKitano et al. [14]
12c.581T>Ap.Phe194Tyr2POU20 yoYes15/602JapanHFKitano et al. [14]
13c.602T>Cp.Leu201Pro2POU>10 yoYesN/AChinaMFGao et al. [12]
14c.602delTp.Leu201fs32POU16~30 yoYesN/AChinaHFCai et al. [18]
15c.603_604delGGp.Val203Aspfs112POUN/AN/AN/AChinaN/AYang et al. [19]
16c.635T>Cp.Leu212Pro2POU10~20 yoYesN/AChinaMFThis study
17c.662_675del14p.Gly221Glufsf142POU20 yoN/A1/42KoreaHFLee et al. [20]
18c.665C>Tp.Ser222Leu2POU6 yoYes15/602JapanHFKitano et al. [14]
19c.668T>Cp.Leu223Pro2POU13~20 yoYesN/ANetherlandsFlat, MF, and HFCollin et al. [21]
20c.680delCp.Thr227fs132POU0 yoYes15/602JapanMFKitano et al. [14]
21c.694G>Ap.Glu232Lys2POU~20 yoN/A1/8KoreaHFBaek et al. [22]
22c.696G>Tp.Glu232Asp2POU7~22 yoYesN/AChinaHFThis study
23c.718A>Tp.Asn240Tyr2POU6 yoYes15/602JapanMFKitano et al. [14]
24c.841A>Gp.Ile281Val2POU homeobox50~54 yoYes15/602JapanHFKitano et al. [14]
25c.865C>Tp.Leu289Phe2POU homeobox13~20 yoYesN/ANetherlandsFlat, MF, and HFCollin et al. [21]
26c.884_891del8Ile295Thrfs52POU homeobox18~30 yoYesN/AIsraelHFVahava et al. [11]
27c.896C>Tp.Pro299Leu2POU homeobox26~41 yoYes15/602JapanMFKitano et al. [14]
28c.932T>Cp.Leu311Pro2POU homeobox10~20 yoYes3/16ChinaHFHe et al. [2]
29c.976A>Tp.Arg326Ter2POU homeoboxChildhoodYes15/602JapanHFKitano et al. [14]
30c.977G>Ap.Arg326Lys2POU homeobox10~50 yoN/AN/AKoreaHFKim et al. [41]
31c.982A>Gp.Lys328Glu2POU homeoboxN/AYesN/ATaiwanHFLin et al. [23]
32c.1007delCp.Ala336fs2POU homeobox0 yoYes1/3JapanN/AMutai et al. [24]

yo: years old; HF: high frequency; MF: middle frequency; N/A: not available.