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This was the first description of a serine protease involved in hearing loss (HL). In Taiwan, however, data on the TMPRSS3 gene\u2019s association with NSHL is still insufficient. In this study, we described 10 mutations of TMPRSS3 genes found in 14 patients after screening 230 children with NSHL. The prevalence of the TMPRSS3 mutation appeared to be 6.09% (14\/230). Of the 10 mutations, three were missense mutations: c.239G&gt;A (p.R80H), c.551T&gt;C (p.L184S), and 1253C&gt;T (p.A418V); three were silent mutations, and four were mutations in introns. To determine the functional importance of TMPRSS3 mutations, we constructed plasmids carrying TMPRSS3 mutations of p.R80H, p.L184S, and p.A418V. TMPRSS3 function can be examined by secretory genetic assay for site-specific proteolysis (sGASP) and Xenopus oocyte expression system. Our results showed that p.R80H, p.L184S, and p.A418V TMPRSS3 mutations gave ratios of 19.4%, 13.2%, and 27.6%, respectively, via the sGASP system. Moreover, these three TMPRSS3 mutations failed to activate the epithelial sodium channel (ENaC) in the Xenopus oocyte expression system. These results indicate that the p.R80H, p.L184S, and p.A418V missense mutations of TMPRSS3 resulted in greatly diminishing the proteolytic activity of TMPRSS3. Our study provides information for understanding the importance of TMPRSS3 in the NSHL of Taiwanese children and provides a novel molecular explanation for the role of TMPRSS3 in HL.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ijms21072382","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,4,1]],"date-time":"2020-04-01T03:44:13Z","timestamp":1585712653000},"page":"2382","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":6,"title":["Novel Mutations in the TMPRSS3 Gene May Contribute to Taiwanese Patients with Nonsyndromic Hearing Loss"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"21","author":[{"given":"Swee-Hee","family":"Wong","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung 402, Taiwan"},{"name":"Department of BioMedical Sciences, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung 402, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6931-4409","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Yung-Chang","family":"Yen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Ophthalmology, Chi-Mei Medical Center, Liou-Ying, Tainan 736, Taiwan"},{"name":"Department of Nursing, Min Hwei College of Healthe Care Management, Tainan 736, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Shuan-Yow","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of BioMedical Sciences, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung 402, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9019-2178","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jiann-Jou","family":"Yang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of BioMedical Sciences, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung 402, Taiwan"},{"name":"Department of Medical Research, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung 402, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,3,30]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"75","DOI":"10.1080\/14992020600582190","article-title":"Connexin 26 mutations in autosomal recessive deafness disorders: A review","volume":"46","author":"Apps","year":"2007","journal-title":"Int. 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