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<sec><h3>Background</h3><p>Hearing loss is a common sensorineural dysfunction with a high incidence in China. Although genetic factors are important causes of hearing loss, hearing-related gene detection has not been widely adopted in China.</p></sec>
<sec><h3>Objective</h3><p>Establishing a rapid and efficient method to simultaneously detect hotspot hearing loss gene mutations.</p></sec>
<sec><h3>Methods</h3><p>A reverse dot blot assay combined with a flow-through hybridization technique was developed for the simultaneous detection of 13 hotspot mutations of 4 hearing loss–related genes including <italic>GJB2, GJB3, SLC26A4,</italic> and the mitochondrial gene <italic>MT-RNR1</italic>. This method involved PCR amplification systems and a hybridization platform.</p></sec>
<sec><h3>Results</h3><p>The technique can detect 13 hotspot mutations of 4 hearing loss–related genes. And a total of 213 blood samples were used to evaluate the availability of this method.</p></sec>
<sec><h3>Discussion</h3><p>Our reverse dot blot assay was a simple, rapid, accurate, and cost-effective method to identify hotspot mutations of 4 hearing loss–related genes in a Chinese population.</p></sec>
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BackgroundHearing loss is a common sensorineural dysfunction with a high incidence in China. Although genetic factors are important causes of hearing loss, hearing-related gene detection has not been widely adopted in China.
ObjectiveEstablishing a rapid and efficient method to simultaneously detect hotspot hearing loss gene mutations.
MethodsA reverse dot blot assay combined with a flow-through hybridization technique was developed for the simultaneous detection of 13 hotspot mutations of 4 hearing loss–related genes including GJB2, GJB3, SLC26A4, and the mitochondrial gene MT-RNR1. This method involved PCR amplification systems and a hybridization platform.
ResultsThe technique can detect 13 hotspot mutations of 4 hearing loss–related genes. And a total of 213 blood samples were used to evaluate the availability of this method.
DiscussionOur reverse dot blot assay was a simple, rapid, accurate, and cost-effective method to identify hotspot mutations of 4 hearing loss–related genes in a Chinese population.

Establishment and application of a reverse dot blot assay for 13 mutations of hearing-loss genes in primary hospitals in China

Department of Clinical Laboratory, Changning Maternity and Infant Health Hospital

Asian Biomedicine

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BackgroundHearing loss is a common sensorineural dysfunction with a high incidence in China. Although genetic factors are important causes of hearing loss,...

Establishment and application of a reverse dot blot assay for 13 mutations of hearing-loss genes in primary hospitals in China

Article Category: Original Article

Published Online: Mar 20, 2024

Page range: 11 - 17

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/abm-2024-0003

Keywords
hearing-loss gene, reverse dot blot assay,

© 2024 Qing-Qing Jiang et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Establishment and application of a reverse dot blot assay for 13 mutations of hearing-loss genes in primary hospitals in China

Article Category: Original Article

Published Online: Mar 20, 2024

Page range: 11 - 17

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/abm-2024-0003

Keywordshearing-loss gene, reverse dot blot assay,

© 2024 Qing-Qing Jiang et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Keywords
hearing-loss gene, reverse dot blot assay,