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Allouch A, Al-Barazenji T, Al-Shafai M, Abdallah AM. The landscape of genetic variations in non-syndromic primary ovarian insufficiency in the MENA region: a systematic review. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2024; 14:1289333. [PMID: 38737775 PMCID: PMC11082268 DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2023.1289333] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2023] [Accepted: 12/01/2023] [Indexed: 05/14/2024] Open
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Introduction Premature ovarian insufficiency (POI) is a primary cause of infertility with variable clinical manifestations. POI is a multifactorial disease with both environmental and known genetic etiologies, but data on the genetic variations associated with POI in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region are scarce. The aim of this study was to systematically review all known genetic causes of POI in the MENA region. Methods The PubMed, Science Direct, ProQuest, and Embase databases were searched from inception to December 2022 for all reports of genetic variants associated with POI in the MENA region. Clinical and genetic data were collected from eligible articles, and ClinVar and PubMed (dbSNP) were searched for variants. Results Of 1,803 studies, 25 met the inclusion criteria. Fifteen studies were case-control studies and ten were case reports representing 1,080 non-syndromic POI patients in total. Seventy-nine variants in 25 genes associated with POI were reported in ten MENA countries. Of the 79 variants, 46 were rare and 33 were common variants. Of the 46 rare variants, 19 were pathogenic or likely pathogenic according to ACMG classification guidelines and ClinVar. No clear phenotype-genotype association was observed. Male family members carrying pathogenic variants also had infertility problems. Discussion To our best knowledge, this is the first systematic review of the genetic variants associated with POI in the MENA region. Further functional studies are needed to assess the disease-causing molecular mechanisms of these variants. Knowledge of the genetic basis of POI in the Middle East could facilitate early detection of the condition and thus early implementation of therapeutic interventions, paving the way for precision medicine options in specific populations.
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- Asma Allouch
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, QU Health, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, QU Health, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, QU Health, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar
- Biomedical Research Center, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, QU Health, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar
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Venkatesh SS, Wittemans LBL, Palmer DS, Baya NA, Ferreira T, Hill B, Lassen FH, Parker MJ, Reibe S, Elhakeem A, Banasik K, Bruun MT, Erikstrup C, Jensen BA, Juul A, Mikkelsen C, Nielsen HS, Ostrowski SR, Pedersen OB, Rohde PD, Sorensen E, Ullum H, Westergaard D, Haraldsson A, Holm H, Jonsdottir I, Olafsson I, Steingrimsdottir T, Steinthorsdottir V, Thorleifsson G, Figueredo J, Karjalainen MK, Pasanen A, Jacobs BM, Hubers N, Lippincott M, Fraser A, Lawlor DA, Timpson NJ, Nyegaard M, Stefansson K, Magi R, Laivuori H, van Heel DA, Boomsma DI, Balasubramanian R, Seminara SB, Chan YM, Laisk T, Lindgren CM. Genome-wide analyses identify 21 infertility loci and over 400 reproductive hormone loci across the allele frequency spectrum. medRxiv 2024:2024.03.19.24304530. [PMID: 38562841 PMCID: PMC10984039 DOI: 10.1101/2024.03.19.24304530] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/04/2024]
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Genome-wide association studies (GWASs) may help inform treatments for infertility, whose causes remain unknown in many cases. Here we present GWAS meta-analyses across six cohorts for male and female infertility in up to 41,200 cases and 687,005 controls. We identified 21 genetic risk loci for infertility (P≤5E-08), of which 12 have not been reported for any reproductive condition. We found positive genetic correlations between endometriosis and all-cause female infertility (rg=0.585, P=8.98E-14), and between polycystic ovary syndrome and anovulatory infertility (rg=0.403, P=2.16E-03). The evolutionary persistence of female infertility-risk alleles in EBAG9 may be explained by recent directional selection. We additionally identified up to 269 genetic loci associated with follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), luteinising hormone, oestradiol, and testosterone through sex-specific GWAS meta-analyses (N=6,095-246,862). While hormone-associated variants near FSHB and ARL14EP colocalised with signals for anovulatory infertility, we found no rg between female infertility and reproductive hormones (P>0.05). Exome sequencing analyses in the UK Biobank (N=197,340) revealed that women carrying testosterone-lowering rare variants in GPC2 were at higher risk of infertility (OR=2.63, P=1.25E-03). Taken together, our results suggest that while individual genes associated with hormone regulation may be relevant for fertility, there is limited genetic evidence for correlation between reproductive hormones and infertility at the population level. We provide the first comprehensive view of the genetic architecture of infertility across multiple diagnostic criteria in men and women, and characterise its relationship to other health conditions.
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- Samvida S Venkatesh
- Big Data Institute, Li Ka Shing Centre for Health Information and Discovery, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7LF, United Kingdom
- Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7BN, United Kingdom
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- Novo Nordisk Research Centre Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
- Nuffield Department of Women's and Reproductive Health, Medical Sciences Division, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Big Data Institute, Li Ka Shing Centre for Health Information and Discovery, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7LF, United Kingdom
- Nuffield Department of Population Health, Medical Sciences Division, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Big Data Institute, Li Ka Shing Centre for Health Information and Discovery, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7LF, United Kingdom
- Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7BN, United Kingdom
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- Big Data Institute, Li Ka Shing Centre for Health Information and Discovery, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7LF, United Kingdom
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- Big Data Institute, Li Ka Shing Centre for Health Information and Discovery, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7LF, United Kingdom
- Nuffield Department of Population Health, Medical Sciences Division, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Big Data Institute, Li Ka Shing Centre for Health Information and Discovery, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7LF, United Kingdom
- Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7BN, United Kingdom
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- Big Data Institute, Li Ka Shing Centre for Health Information and Discovery, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7LF, United Kingdom
- Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Big Data Institute, Li Ka Shing Centre for Health Information and Discovery, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7LF, United Kingdom
- Nuffield Department of Population Health, Medical Sciences Division, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit at the University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
- Population Health Science, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
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- Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Copenhagen University Hospital, Hvidovre, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Clinical Immunology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
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- Department of Clinical Immunology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
- Department of Clinical Medicine, Health, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Department of Clinical Immunology, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen; Copenhagen, Denmark
- Department of Growth and Reproduction, Copenhagen University Hospital-Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Clinical Immunology, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research, Faculty of Health and Medical Science, Copenhagen University, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Fertility Clinic, Hvidovre University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Clinical Immunology, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Department of Clinical Immunology, Zealand University Hospital, Kge, Denmark
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- Genomic Medicine, Department of Health Science and Technology, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark
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- Department of Clinical Immunology, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Copenhagen University Hospital, Hvidovre, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
- Children's Hospital Iceland, Landspitali University Hospital, Reykjavik, Iceland
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- deCODE genetics/Amgen, Inc., Reykjavik, Iceland
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
- deCODE genetics/Amgen, Inc., Reykjavik, Iceland
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- Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Landspitali University Hospital, Reykjavik, Iceland
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Landspitali University Hospital, Reykjavik, Iceland
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- Estonian Genome Centre, Institute of Genomics, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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- Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland, Helsinki Institute of Life Science, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Research Unit of Population Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oulu, Finland
- Northern Finland Birth Cohorts, Arctic Biobank, Infrastructure for Population Studies, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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- Research Unit of Clinical Medicine, Medical Research Center Oulu, University of Oulu, and Department of Children and Adolescents, Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland
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- Centre for Preventive Neurology, Wolfson Institute of Population Health, Queen Mary University London, London, EC1M 6BQ, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biological Psychology, Netherlands Twin Register, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Amsterdam Reproduction and Development Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Harvard Reproductive Sciences Center and Reproductive Endocrine Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit at the University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
- Population Health Science, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
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- MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit at the University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
- Population Health Science, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
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- MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit at the University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
- Population Health Science, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
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- Genomic Medicine, Department of Health Science and Technology, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
- deCODE genetics/Amgen, Inc., Reykjavik, Iceland
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- Estonian Genome Centre, Institute of Genomics, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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- Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland, Helsinki Institute of Life Science, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Medical and Clinical Genetics, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tampere University Hospital, Finland
- Center for Child, Adolescent, and Maternal Health Research, Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, Finland
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- Blizard Institute, Queen Mary University London, London, E1 2AT, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biological Psychology, Netherlands Twin Register, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Amsterdam Reproduction and Development Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Harvard Reproductive Sciences Center and Reproductive Endocrine Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Harvard Reproductive Sciences Center and Reproductive Endocrine Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Division of Endocrinology, Department of Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Estonian Genome Centre, Institute of Genomics, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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- Big Data Institute, Li Ka Shing Centre for Health Information and Discovery, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7LF, United Kingdom
- Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7BN, United Kingdom
- Nuffield Department of Women's and Reproductive Health, Medical Sciences Division, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
- Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Wei SM, Gregory MD, Nash T, de Abreu e Gouvêa A, Mervis CB, Cole KM, Garvey MH, Kippenhan JS, Eisenberg DP, Kolachana B, Schmidt PJ, Berman KF. Altered pubertal timing in 7q11.23 copy number variations and associated genetic mechanisms. iScience 2024; 27:109113. [PMID: 38375233 PMCID: PMC10875153 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2024.109113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2023] [Revised: 11/20/2023] [Accepted: 01/31/2024] [Indexed: 02/21/2024] Open
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Pubertal timing, including age at menarche (AAM), is a heritable trait linked to lifetime health outcomes. Here, we investigate genetic mechanisms underlying AAM by combining genome-wide association study (GWAS) data with investigations of two rare genetic conditions clinically associated with altered AAM: Williams syndrome (WS), a 7q11.23 hemideletion characterized by early puberty; and duplication of the same genes (7q11.23 Duplication syndrome [Dup7]) characterized by delayed puberty. First, we confirm that AAM-derived polygenic scores in typically developing children (TD) explain a modest amount of variance in AAM (R2 = 0.09; p = 0.04). Next, we demonstrate that 7q11.23 copy number impacts AAM (WS < TD < Dup7; p = 1.2x10-8, η2 = 0.45) and pituitary volume (WS < TD < Dup7; p = 3x10-5, ηp2 = 0.2) with greater effect sizes. Finally, we relate an AAM-GWAS signal in 7q11.23 to altered expression in postmortem brains of STAG3L2 (p = 1.7x10-17), a gene we also find differentially expressed with 7q11.23 copy number (p = 0.03). Collectively, these data explicate the role of 7q11.23 in pubertal onset, with STAG3L2 and pituitary development as potential mediators.
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- Shau-Ming Wei
- Behavioral Endocrinology Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, Intramural Research Program, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
- Section on Integrative Neuroimaging, Clinical and Translational Neuroscience Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, Intramural Research Program, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Section on Integrative Neuroimaging, Clinical and Translational Neuroscience Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, Intramural Research Program, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Section on Integrative Neuroimaging, Clinical and Translational Neuroscience Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, Intramural Research Program, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Section on Integrative Neuroimaging, Clinical and Translational Neuroscience Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, Intramural Research Program, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Neurodevelopmental Sciences Laboratory, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA
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- Behavioral Endocrinology Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, Intramural Research Program, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
- Section on Integrative Neuroimaging, Clinical and Translational Neuroscience Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, Intramural Research Program, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Section on Integrative Neuroimaging, Clinical and Translational Neuroscience Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, Intramural Research Program, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Section on Integrative Neuroimaging, Clinical and Translational Neuroscience Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, Intramural Research Program, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Section on Integrative Neuroimaging, Clinical and Translational Neuroscience Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, Intramural Research Program, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Human Brain Collection Core, National Institute of Mental Health, Intramural Research Program, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Behavioral Endocrinology Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, Intramural Research Program, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Section on Integrative Neuroimaging, Clinical and Translational Neuroscience Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, Intramural Research Program, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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Ding X, Gong X, Fan Y, Cao J, Zhao J, Zhang Y, Wang X, Meng K. DNA double-strand break genetic variants in patients with premature ovarian insufficiency. J Ovarian Res 2023; 16:135. [PMID: 37430352 DOI: 10.1186/s13048-023-01221-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2022] [Accepted: 06/20/2023] [Indexed: 07/12/2023] Open
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Premature ovarian insufficiency (POI) is a clinically heterogeneous disease that may seriously affect the physical and mental health of women of reproductive age. POI primarily manifests as ovarian function decline and endocrine disorders in women prior to age 40 and is an established cause of female infertility. It is crucial to elucidate the causative factors of POI, not only to expand the understanding of ovarian physiology, but also to provide genetic counselling and fertility guidance to affected patients. Factors leading to POI are multifaceted with genetic factors accounting for 7% to 30%. In recent years, an increasing number of DNA damage-repair-related genes have been linked with the occurrence of POI. Among them, DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs), one of the most damaging to DNA, and its main repair methods including homologous recombination (HR) and non-homologous end joining (NHEJ) are of particular interest. Numerous genes are known to be involved in the regulation of programmed DSB formation and damage repair. The abnormal expression of several genes have been shown to trigger defects in the overall repair pathway and induce POI and other diseases. This review summarises the DSB-related genes that may contribute to the development of POI and their potential regulatory mechanisms, which will help to further establish role of DSB in the pathogenesis of POI and provide theoretical guidance for the study of the pathogenesis and clinical treatment of this disease.
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- Xuechun Ding
- Collaborative Innovation Center for Birth Defect Research and Transformation of Shandong Province, Jining Medical University, Jining, China
- College of Second Clinical Medical, Jining Medical University, Jining, China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center for Birth Defect Research and Transformation of Shandong Province, Jining Medical University, Jining, China
- College of Second Clinical Medical, Jining Medical University, Jining, China
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- Affiliated Hospital of Jining Medical University, Jining, China
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- Affiliated Hospital of Jining Medical University, Jining, China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center for Birth Defect Research and Transformation of Shandong Province, Jining Medical University, Jining, China
- College of Second Clinical Medical, Jining Medical University, Jining, China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center for Birth Defect Research and Transformation of Shandong Province, Jining Medical University, Jining, China
- College of Second Clinical Medical, Jining Medical University, Jining, China
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- College of Basic Medicine, Jining Medical University, Jining, China.
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- Collaborative Innovation Center for Birth Defect Research and Transformation of Shandong Province, Jining Medical University, Jining, China.
- Lin He's Academician Workstation of New Medicine and Clinical Translation, Jining Medical University, Jining, China.
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Sun L, Lv Z, Chen X, Wang C, Lv P, Yan L, Tian S, Xie X, Yao X, Liu J, Wang Z, Luo H, Cui S, Liu J. SRSF1 regulates primordial follicle formation and number determination during meiotic prophase I. BMC Biol 2023; 21:49. [PMID: 36882745 PMCID: PMC9993595 DOI: 10.1186/s12915-023-01549-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2022] [Accepted: 02/20/2023] [Indexed: 03/09/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Ovarian folliculogenesis is a tightly regulated process leading to the formation of functional oocytes and involving successive quality control mechanisms that monitor chromosomal DNA integrity and meiotic recombination. A number of factors and mechanisms have been suggested to be involved in folliculogenesis and associated with premature ovarian insufficiency, including abnormal alternative splicing (AS) of pre-mRNAs. Serine/arginine-rich splicing factor 1 (SRSF1; previously SF2/ASF) is a pivotal posttranscriptional regulator of gene expression in various biological processes. However, the physiological roles and mechanism of SRSF1 action in mouse early-stage oocytes remain elusive. Here, we show that SRSF1 is essential for primordial follicle formation and number determination during meiotic prophase I. RESULTS The conditional knockout (cKO) of Srsf1 in mouse oocytes impairs primordial follicle formation and leads to primary ovarian insufficiency (POI). Oocyte-specific genes that regulate primordial follicle formation (e.g., Lhx8, Nobox, Sohlh1, Sohlh2, Figla, Kit, Jag1, and Rac1) are suppressed in newborn Stra8-GFPCre Srsf1Fl/Fl mouse ovaries. However, meiotic defects are the leading cause of abnormal primordial follicle formation. Immunofluorescence analyses suggest that failed synapsis and an inability to undergo recombination result in fewer homologous DNA crossovers (COs) in the Srsf1 cKO mouse ovaries. Moreover, SRSF1 directly binds and regulates the expression of the POI-related genes Six6os1 and Msh5 via AS to implement the meiotic prophase I program. CONCLUSIONS Altogether, our data reveal the critical role of an SRSF1-mediated posttranscriptional regulatory mechanism in the mouse oocyte meiotic prophase I program, providing a framework to elucidate the molecular mechanisms of the posttranscriptional network underlying primordial follicle formation.
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- Longjie Sun
- State Key Laboratory of Farm Animal Biotech Breeding, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Farm Animal Biotech Breeding, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Farm Animal Biotech Breeding, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Farm Animal Biotech Breeding, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Farm Animal Biotech Breeding, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Farm Animal Biotech Breeding, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Farm Animal Biotech Breeding, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Farm Animal Biotech Breeding, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Farm Animal Biotech Breeding, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Farm Animal Biotech Breeding, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Farm Animal Biotech Breeding, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Farm Animal Biotech Breeding, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, 225009, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Farm Animal Biotech Breeding, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China.
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Chen M, Jiang H, Zhang C. Selected Genetic Factors Associated with Primary Ovarian Insufficiency. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24054423. [PMID: 36901862 PMCID: PMC10002966 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24054423] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2022] [Revised: 02/14/2023] [Accepted: 02/14/2023] [Indexed: 03/12/2023] Open
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Primary ovarian insufficiency (POI) is a heterogeneous disease resulting from non-functional ovaries in women before the age of 40. It is characterized by primary amenorrhea or secondary amenorrhea. As regards its etiology, although many POI cases are idiopathic, menopausal age is a heritable trait and genetic factors play an important role in all POI cases with known causes, accounting for approximately 20% to 25% of cases. This paper reviews the selected genetic causes implicated in POI and examines their pathogenic mechanisms to show the crucial role of genetic effects on POI. The genetic factors that can be found in POI cases include chromosomal abnormalities (e.g., X chromosomal aneuploidies, structural X chromosomal abnormalities, X-autosome translocations, and autosomal variations), single gene mutations (e.g., newborn ovary homeobox gene (NOBOX), folliculogenesis specific bHLH transcription factor (FIGLA), follicle-stimulating hormone receptor (FSHR), forkhead box L2 (FOXL2), bone morphogenetic protein 15 (BMP15), etc., as well as defects in mitochondrial functions and non-coding RNAs (small ncRNAs and long ncRNAs). These findings are beneficial for doctors to diagnose idiopathic POI cases and predict the risk of POI in women.
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- Mengchi Chen
- Queen Mary School, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330006, China
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- Department of Cell Biology, College of Medicine, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330006, China
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- Department of Cell Biology, College of Medicine, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330006, China
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Akbari A, Zoha Tabatabaei S, Salehi N, Padidar K, Almadani N, Ali Sadighi Gilani M, Mashayekhi M, Motevaseli E, Totonchi M. Novel STAG3 variant associated with primary ovarian insufficiency and non-obstructive azoospermia in an Iranian consanguineous family. Gene 2022; 821:146281. [PMID: 35176428 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2022.146281] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2021] [Revised: 01/24/2022] [Accepted: 02/03/2022] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Non-obstructive azoospermia (NOA) and primary ovarian insufficiency (POI) present the most severe forms of male and female infertility. In the last decade, the increasing use of whole exome sequencing (WES) in genomics studies of these conditions has led to the introduction of a number of novel genes and variants especially in meiotic genes with restricted expression to gonads. In this study, exome sequencing of a consanguineous Iranian family with one POI and two NOA cases in three siblings showed that all three patients were double homozygous for a novel in-frame deletion and a novel missense variant in STAG3 (NM_001282717.1:c.1942G > A: p.Ala648Thr; NM_001282717.1:c.1951_1953del: p. Leu652del). Both variants occur within a short proximity of each other affecting the relatively conserved armadillo-type fold superfamily feature. STAG3 is a specific meiotic cohesin complex component that interacts with the α-kleisin subunit through this feature. Protein homology modeling indicated that the in-frame deletion destabilizes kleisin biding by STAG3. Although the missense variant did not seem to affect the binding significantly, protein homology modeling suggests that it further destabilizes kleisin binding when in double homozygous state with the deletion. Our findings are in line with several other studies having associated deleterious variants affecting this region with male and female infertility in humans and mouse models. This is the first report associating an in-frame STAG3 variant with NOA and POI in a single family. SUMMARY SENTENCE: A patient with primary ovarian failure and her two brothers with non-obstructive azoospermia were double homozygous for a novel in-frame deletion and a novel missense variant in STAG3 that potentially disrupt the protein's meiotic functions.
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Gómez-Rojas S, Aristizábal-Duque JE, Muñoz-Fernández LF, Sarmiento-Ramón MP, Pereira-Gómez MDP. Nueva variante del gen STAG3 causante de insuficiencia ovárica prematura. Rev Colomb Obstet Ginecol 2022; 73:142-148. [PMID: 35503298 PMCID: PMC9097685 DOI: 10.18597/rcog.3806] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2021] [Accepted: 04/05/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Objetivos: describir un caso de falla ovárica secundaria a una variante patogénica homocigota en el gen STAG3 no reportada previamente. Materiales y métodos: paciente de 16 años con amenorrea primaria y ausencia de características sexuales secundarias, en quien se documentó hipotiroidismo autoinmune, pobre desarrollo genital y cintilla gonadal, por lo cual se realizó secuenciación de exorna clínico. Se identificó una variante homocigota patogénica previamente no reportada en el gen STAG3, el cual ha sido relacionado con insuficiencia ovárica prematura (IOP). Conclusiones: en este caso, la realización de exorna clínico fue determinante para identificar una alteración del gen STAG, probablemente asociada a la IOP y el pronóstico a largo plazo de la paciente. Se establece una nueva variante patogénica c.2773delT; p.Ser925Profs*6 del gen STAG3 asociada a la IOP.
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Hatırnaz Ş, Hatırnaz ES, Ellibeş Kaya A, Hatırnaz K, Soyer Çalışkan C, Sezer Ö, Dokuzeylül Güngor N, Demirel C, Baltacı V, Tan S, Dahan M. Oocyte maturation abnormalities - A systematic review of the evidence and mechanisms in a rare but difficult to manage fertility pheneomina. Turk J Obstet Gynecol 2022; 19:60-80. [PMID: 35343221 PMCID: PMC8966321 DOI: 10.4274/tjod.galenos.2022.76329] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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A small proportion of infertile women experience repeated oocyte maturation abnormalities (OMAS). OMAS include degenerated and dysmorphic oocytes, empty follicle syndrome, oocyte maturation arrest (OMA), resistant ovary syndrome and maturation defects due to primary ovarian insufficiency. Genetic factors play an important role in OMAS but still need specifications. This review documents the spectrum of OMAS and to evaluate the multiple subtypes classified as OMAS. In this review, readers will be able to understand the oocyte maturation mechanism, gene expression and their regulation that lead to different subtypes of OMAs, and it will discuss the animal and human studies related to OMAS and lastly the treatment options for OMAs. Literature searches using PubMed, MEDLINE, Embase, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence were performed to identify articles written in English focusing on Oocyte Maturation Abnormalities by looking for the following relevant keywords. A search was made with the specified keywords and included books and documents, clinical trials, animal studies, human studies, meta-analysis, randomized controlled trials, reviews, systematic reviews and options written in english. The search detected 3,953 sources published from 1961 to 2021. After title and abstract screening for study type, duplicates and relevancy, 2,914 studies were excluded. The remaining 1,039 records were assessed for eligibility by full-text reading and 886 records were then excluded. Two hundred and twenty seven full-text articles and 0 book chapters from the database were selected for inclusion. Overall, 227 articles, one unpublished and one abstract paper were included in this final review. In this review study, OMAS were classified and extensively evaluatedand possible treatment options under the light of current information, present literature and ongoing studies. Either genetic studies or in vitro maturation studies that will be handled in the future will lead more informations to be reached and may make it possible to obtain pregnancies.
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- Şafak Hatırnaz
- Medicana Samsun International Hospital, In Vitro Fertilization-In Vitro Maturation Unit, Samsun, Turkey
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- Medicana Samsun International Hospital, In Vitro Fertilization-In Vitro Maturation Unit, Samsun, Turkey
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- Private Office, Clinic of Obstetrics and Gynecology Specialist, Samsun, Turkey
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- Ondokuz Mayıs University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Samsun, Turkey
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- University of Health Sciences Turkey, Samsun Training and Research Hospital, Clinic of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Samsun, Turkey
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- University of Health Sciences Turkey, Samsun Training and Research Hospital, Clinic of Genetics, Samsun, Turkey
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- Memorial Ataşehir Hospital, In Vitro Fertilization Unit, İstanbul, Turkey
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- James Edmund Dodds Chair in ObGyn, Department of ObGyn, McGill University, OriginElle Fertility Clinic and Women, QC, Canada
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- McGill Reproductive Centre, Department of ObGyn, McGill University Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Akin L, Rizzoti K, Gregory LC, Corredor B, Le Quesne Stabej P, Williams H, Buonocore F, Mouilleron S, Capra V, McGlacken-Byrne SM, Martos-Moreno GÁ, Azmanov DN, Kendirci M, Kurtoglu S, Suntharalingham JP, Galichet C, Gustincich S, Tasic V, Achermann JC, Accogli A, Filipovska A, Tuilpakov A, Maghnie M, Gucev Z, Gonen ZB, Pérez-Jurado LA, Robinson I, Lovell-Badge R, Argente J, Dattani MT. Pathogenic variants in RNPC3 are associated with hypopituitarism and primary ovarian insufficiency. Genet Med 2022; 24:384-397. [PMID: 34906446 PMCID: PMC7612377 DOI: 10.1016/j.gim.2021.09.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2021] [Revised: 07/15/2021] [Accepted: 09/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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PURPOSE We aimed to investigate the molecular basis underlying a novel phenotype including hypopituitarism associated with primary ovarian insufficiency. METHODS We used next-generation sequencing to identify variants in all pedigrees. Expression of Rnpc3/RNPC3 was analyzed by in situ hybridization on murine/human embryonic sections. CRISPR/Cas9 was used to generate mice carrying the p.Leu483Phe pathogenic variant in the conserved murine Rnpc3 RRM2 domain. RESULTS We described 15 patients from 9 pedigrees with biallelic pathogenic variants in RNPC3, encoding a specific protein component of the minor spliceosome, which is associated with a hypopituitary phenotype, including severe growth hormone (GH) deficiency, hypoprolactinemia, variable thyrotropin (also known as thyroid-stimulating hormone) deficiency, and anterior pituitary hypoplasia. Primary ovarian insufficiency was diagnosed in 8 of 9 affected females, whereas males had normal gonadal function. In addition, 2 affected males displayed normal growth when off GH treatment despite severe biochemical GH deficiency. In both mouse and human embryos, Rnpc3/RNPC3 was expressed in the developing forebrain, including the hypothalamus and Rathke's pouch. Female Rnpc3 mutant mice displayed a reduction in pituitary GH content but with no reproductive impairment in young mice. Male mice exhibited no obvious phenotype. CONCLUSION Our findings suggest novel insights into the role of RNPC3 in female-specific gonadal function and emphasize a critical role for the minor spliceosome in pituitary and ovarian development and function.
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- Leyla Akin
- Department of Paediatric Endocrinology, Faculty of Medicine, Ondokuz Mayıs University, Samsun, Turkey; Department of Paediatric Endocrinology, Faculty of Medicine, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey.
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- Stem Cell Biology and Developmental Genetics Lab, The Francis Crick Institute, London, United Kingdom
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- Genetics and Genomic Medicine Research and Teaching Department, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Departments of Paediatrics and Paediatric Endocrinology, Hospital Infantil Universitario Niño Jesús, Madrid, Spain
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- GOSgene, Genetics and Genomic Medicine Research and Teaching Department, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom; Department of Molecular Medicine and Pathology, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Division of Cancer and Genetics, Genetics and Genomic Medicine, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom
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- Genetics and Genomic Medicine Research and Teaching Department, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Structural Biology Science Technology Platforms, The Francis Crick Institute, London, United Kingdom
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- Unit of Medical Genetics, IRCCS Giannina Gaslini Institute, Genova, Italy
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- Genetics and Genomic Medicine Research and Teaching Department, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Departments of Paediatrics and Paediatric Endocrinology, Hospital Infantil Universitario Niño Jesús, Madrid, Spain; Department of Paediatrics, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain; CIBER Fisiopatología Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBERobn), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Centre of Medical Research, The University of Western Australia and Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, Perth, Western Australia, Australia; Department of Diagnostic Genomics, PathWest, QEII MedicalCentre, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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- Department of Paediatric Endocrinology, Faculty of Medicine, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey
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- Department of Paediatric Endocrinology, Faculty of Medicine, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey
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- Genetics and Genomic Medicine Research and Teaching Department, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Stem Cell Biology and Developmental Genetics Lab, The Francis Crick Institute, London, United Kingdom
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- University Children's Hospital, Medical School, Skopje, North Macedonia
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- Genetics and Genomic Medicine Research and Teaching Department, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Division of Medical Genetics, Department of Specialized Medicine, Montreal Children's Hospital, McGill University Health Centre (MUHC), Montreal, QC, Canada; Department of Human Genetics, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Centre of Medical Research, The University of Western Australia and Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, Perth, Western Australia, Australia; Telethon Kids Institute, Perth Children's Hospital, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia
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- Department of Endocrine Genetics, Research Centre for Medical Genetics, Moscow, Russia; Department of Inherited Endocrine Disorders, Endocrinology Research Centre, Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Neurosciences, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (DINOGMI), University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy; Department of Paediatrics, IRCCS Giannina Gaslini Institute, Genoa, Italy
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- University Children's Hospital, Medical School, Skopje, North Macedonia
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- Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Genome and Stem Cell Center, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey
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- Genetics Unit, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Hospital del Mar Research Institute (IMIM) and Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER), Barcelona, Spain; South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI), The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- Stem Cell Biology and Developmental Genetics Lab, The Francis Crick Institute, London, United Kingdom
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- Stem Cell Biology and Developmental Genetics Lab, The Francis Crick Institute, London, United Kingdom
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- Departments of Paediatrics and Paediatric Endocrinology, Hospital Infantil Universitario Niño Jesús, Madrid, Spain; Department of Paediatrics, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain; CIBER Fisiopatología Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBERobn), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain; IMDEA Food Institute, Campus of International Excellence UAM+CSIC, Madrid, Spain
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- Genetics and Genomic Medicine Research and Teaching Department, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom; South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI), The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia; Department of Paediatric Endocrinology, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, United Kingdom.
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Rouen A, Rogers E, Kerlan V, Delemer B, Catteau-Jonard S, Reznik Y, Gompel A, Cedrin I, Guedj AM, Grouthier V, Brue T, Pienkowski C, Bachelot A, Chantot-Bastaraud S, Rousseau A, Simon T, Kott E, Siffroi JP, Touraine P, Christin-Maitre S. Whole exome sequencing in a cohort of familial premature ovarian insufficiency cases reveals a broad array of pathogenic or likely pathogenic variants in 50% of families. Fertil Steril 2022; 117:843-853. [PMID: 35115167 DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2021.12.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2021] [Revised: 12/19/2021] [Accepted: 12/21/2021] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To study the diagnostic yield, including variants in genes yet to be incriminated, of whole exome sequencing (WES) in familial cases of premature ovarian insufficiency (POI). DESIGN Cross-sectional study. SETTING Endocrinology and reproductive medicine teaching hospital departments. PATIENTS Familial POI cases were recruited as part of a nationwide multicentric cohort. A total of 36 index cases in 36 different families were studied. Fifty-two relatives were available, including 25 with POI and 27 affectedwho were nonaffected. Karyotype analysis, FMR1 screening, single nucleotide polymorphism array analysis, and WES were performed in all subjects. INTERVENTIONS None. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES The primary outcome was a molecular etiology, as diagnosed by karyotype, FMR1 screening, single nucleotide polymorphism array, and WES. RESULTS A likely molecular etiology (pathogenic or likely pathogenic variant) was identified in 18 of 36 index cases (50% diagnostic yield). In 12 families, we found a pathogenic or likely pathogenic variant in a gene previously incriminated in POI, and in 6 families, we found a pathogenic or likely pathogenic variant in new candidate genes. Most of the variants identified were located in genes involved in cell division and meiosis (n = 11) or DNA repair (n = 4). CONCLUSIONS The genetic etiologic diagnosis in POI allows for genetic familial counseling, anticipated pregnancy planning, and ovarian tissue preservation or oocyte preservation. Identifying new genes may lead to future development of therapeutics in reproduction based on disrupted molecular pathways. CLINICAL TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER NCT 01177891.
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- Alexandre Rouen
- Département de Génétique Médicale, Unité INSERM U933, Hôpital Armand-Trousseau, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France.
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- Département de Génétique Médicale, Unité INSERM U933, Hôpital Armand-Trousseau, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France
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- Service d'Endocrinologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Brest, Brest, France
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- Service d'Endocrinologie, Diabète, Nutrition, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Reims, Reims, France
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- Service d'Endocrinologie, Hôpital Caen, France
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- Université de Paris, Unité de Gynécologie Médicale, Hôpital Port-Royal, France
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- Service de Médecine de la Reproduction, Hôpital Jean Verdier, France
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- Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Marseille, Department of Endocrinology, Hôpital de la Conception, Centre de Référence des Maladies Rares de l'Hypophyse, Marseille, France, and Aix-Marseille Université, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Marseille Medical Genetics, Institut Marseille Maladies Rares, Marseille, France
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- Service d'Endocrinologie et Médecine de la Reproduction, Centre Constitutif des Maladies Endocriniennes Rares de la Croissance et du Développement, Centre Constitutif du Centre des Pathologies Gynécologiques Rares, Sorbonne Université, Hôpital de la Pitié-Salpétrière, Paris, France; Sorbonne Université, Paris, France
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- Département de Génétique Médicale, Unité INSERM U933, Hôpital Armand-Trousseau, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France
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- Unité de Recherche Clinique de l'Est Parisien, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris, France
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- Unité de Recherche Clinique de l'Est Parisien, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris, France
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- Département de Génétique Médicale, Unité INSERM U933, Hôpital Armand-Trousseau, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France
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- Département de Génétique Médicale, Unité INSERM U933, Hôpital Armand-Trousseau, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France; Sorbonne Université, Paris, France
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- Service d'Endocrinologie et Médecine de la Reproduction, Centre Constitutif des Maladies Endocriniennes Rares de la Croissance et du Développement, Centre Constitutif du Centre des Pathologies Gynécologiques Rares, Sorbonne Université, Hôpital de la Pitié-Salpétrière, Paris, France; Sorbonne Université, Paris, France
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- Département de Génétique Médicale, Unité INSERM U933, Hôpital Armand-Trousseau, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France; Sorbonne Université, Paris, France; Service d'Endocrinologie, Diabétologie et Médecine de la Reproduction, Centre Constitutif des Maladies Endocriniennes Rares de la Croissance et du Développement, Sorbonne Université, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, Paris, France
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- Chunbo Xie
- Institute of Reproduction and Stem Cell Engineering, School of Basic Medical Science, Central South University, Changsha, China
- Clinical Research Center for Reproduction and Genetics in Hunan Province, Reproductive and Genetic Hospital of CITIC-Xiangya, Changsha, China
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- Institute of Reproduction and Stem Cell Engineering, School of Basic Medical Science, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Institute of Reproduction and Stem Cell Engineering, School of Basic Medical Science, Central South University, Changsha, China
- Clinical Research Center for Reproduction and Genetics in Hunan Province, Reproductive and Genetic Hospital of CITIC-Xiangya, Changsha, China
- NHC Key Laboratory of Human Stem Cell and Reproductive Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, China
- College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, China
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- Institute of Reproduction and Stem Cell Engineering, School of Basic Medical Science, Central South University, Changsha, China
- Clinical Research Center for Reproduction and Genetics in Hunan Province, Reproductive and Genetic Hospital of CITIC-Xiangya, Changsha, China
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- Institute of Reproduction and Stem Cell Engineering, School of Basic Medical Science, Central South University, Changsha, China
- Clinical Research Center for Reproduction and Genetics in Hunan Province, Reproductive and Genetic Hospital of CITIC-Xiangya, Changsha, China
- NHC Key Laboratory of Human Stem Cell and Reproductive Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, China
- College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, China
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- Institute of Reproduction and Stem Cell Engineering, School of Basic Medical Science, Central South University, Changsha, China
- Clinical Research Center for Reproduction and Genetics in Hunan Province, Reproductive and Genetic Hospital of CITIC-Xiangya, Changsha, China
- NHC Key Laboratory of Human Stem Cell and Reproductive Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, China
- College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, China
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- Key Laboratory of Reproductive Genetics (Ministry of Education) and Women's Reproductive Health Laboratory of Zhejiang Province, Women's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
- Institute of Translational Medicine, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- Institute of Reproduction and Stem Cell Engineering, School of Basic Medical Science, Central South University, Changsha, China
- Clinical Research Center for Reproduction and Genetics in Hunan Province, Reproductive and Genetic Hospital of CITIC-Xiangya, Changsha, China
- NHC Key Laboratory of Human Stem Cell and Reproductive Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, China
- College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, China
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Primary ovarian insufficiency (POI) is determined by exhaustion of follicles in the ovaries, which leads to infertility before the age of 40 years. It is characterized by a strong familial and heterogeneous genetic background. Therefore, we will mainly discuss the genetic basis of POI in this review. We identified 107 genes related to POI etiology in mammals described by several independent groups. Thirty-four of these genes (AARS2, AIRE, ANTXR1, ATM, BMPR1B, CLPP, CYP17A1, CYP19A1, DCAF17, EIF2B, ERAL1, FANCA, FANCC, FMR1, FOXL2, GALT, GNAS, HARS2, HSD17B4, LARS2, LMNA, MGME1, NBN, PMM2, POLG, PREPL, RCBTB1, RECQL2/3/4, STAR, TWNK, and XRCC4/9) have been linked to syndromic POI and are mainly implicated in metabolism function and meiosis/DNA repair. In addition, the majority of genes associated with nonsyndromic POI, widely expanded by high-throughput techniques over the last decade, have been implicated in ovarian development and meiosis/DNA repair pathways (ATG7, ATG9, ANKRD31, BMP8B, BMP15, BMPR1A, BMPR1B, BMPR2, BNC1, BRCA2, CPEB1, C14ORF39, DAZL, DIAPH2, DMC1, ERCC6, FANCL, FANCM, FIGLA, FSHR, GATA4, GDF9, GJA4, HELQ, HSF2BP, HFM1, INSL3, LHCGR, LHX8, MCM8, MCM9, MEIOB, MSH4, MSH5, NANOS3, NOBOX, NOTCH2, NR5A1, NUP107, PGRMC1, POLR3H, PRDM1, PRDM9, PSMC3IP, SOHLH1, SOHLH2, SPIDR, STAG3, SYCE1, TP63, UBR2, WDR62, and XRCC2), whereas a few are related to metabolic functions (EIF4ENIF1, KHDRBS1, MRPS22, POLR2C). Some genes, such as STRA8, FOXO3A, KIT, KITL, WNT4, and FANCE, have been shown to cause ovarian insufficiency in rodents, but mutations in these genes have yet to be elucidated in women affected by POI. Lastly, some genes have been rarely implicated in its etiology (AMH, AMHR2, ERRC2, ESR1, INHA, LMN4, POF1B, POU5F1, REC8, SMC1B). Considering the heterogeneous genetic and familial background of this disorder, we hope that an overview of literature data would reinforce that genetic screening of those patients is worthwhile and helpful for better genetic counseling and patient management.
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- Monica Malheiros França
- Unidade de Endocrinologia do Desenvolvimento, Laboratório de Hormônios e Genética Molecular/LIM42, Hospital das Clínicas, Disciplina de Endocrinologia, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil; Section of Endocrinology Diabetes and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
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- Unidade de Endocrinologia do Desenvolvimento, Laboratório de Hormônios e Genética Molecular/LIM42, Hospital das Clínicas, Disciplina de Endocrinologia, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
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Wyrwoll MJ, van Walree ES, Hamer G, Rotte N, Motazacker MM, Meijers-Heijboer H, Alders M, Meißner A, Kaminsky E, Wöste M, Krallmann C, Kliesch S, Hunt TJ, Clark AT, Silber S, Stallmeyer B, Friedrich C, van Pelt AMM, Mathijssen IB, Tüttelmann F. Bi-allelic variants in DNA mismatch repair proteins MutS Homolog MSH4 and MSH5 cause infertility in both sexes. Hum Reprod 2021; 37:178-189. [PMID: 34755185 DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deab230] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2021] [Revised: 09/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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STUDY QUESTION Do bi-allelic variants in the genes encoding the MSH4/MSH5 heterodimer cause male infertility? SUMMARY ANSWER We detected biallelic, (likely) pathogenic variants in MSH5 (4 men) and MSH4 (3 men) in six azoospermic men, demonstrating that genetic variants in these genes are a relevant cause of male infertility. WHAT IS KNOWN ALREADY MSH4 and MSH5 form a heterodimer, which is required for prophase of meiosis I. One variant in MSH5 and two variants in MSH4 have been described as causal for premature ovarian insufficiency (POI) in a total of five women, resulting in infertility. Recently, pathogenic variants in MSH4 have been reported in infertile men. So far, no pathogenic variants in MSH5 had been described in males. STUDY DESIGN, SIZE, DURATION We utilized exome data from 1305 men included in the Male Reproductive Genomics (MERGE) study, including 90 males with meiotic arrest (MeiA). Independently, exome sequencing was performed in a man with MeiA from a large consanguineous family. PARTICIPANTS/MATERIALS, SETTING, METHODS Assuming an autosomal-recessive mode of inheritance, we screened the exome data for rare, biallelic coding variants in MSH4 and MSH5. If possible, segregation analysis in the patients' families was performed. The functional consequences of identified loss-of-function (LoF) variants in MSH5 were studied using heterologous expression of the MSH5 protein in HEK293T cells. The point of arrest during meiosis was determined by γH2AX staining. MAIN RESULTS AND THE ROLE OF CHANCE We report for the first time (likely) pathogenic, homozygous variants in MSH5 causing infertility in 2 out of 90 men with MeiA and overall in 4 out of 902 azoospermic men. Additionally, we detected biallelic variants in MSH4 in two men with MeiA and in the sister of one proband with POI. γH2AX staining revealed an arrest in early prophase of meiosis I in individuals with pathogenic MSH4 or MSH5 variants. Heterologous in vitro expression of the detected LoF variants in MSH5 showed that the variant p.(Ala620GlnTer9) resulted in MSH5 protein truncation and the variant p.(Ser26GlnfsTer42) resulted in a complete loss of MSH5. LARGE SCALE DATA All variants have been submitted to ClinVar (SCV001468891-SCV001468896 and SCV001591030) and can also be accessed in the Male Fertility Gene Atlas (MFGA). LIMITATIONS, REASONS FOR CAUTION By selecting for variants in MSH4 and MSH5, we were able to determine the cause of infertility in six men and one woman, leaving most of the examined individuals without a causal diagnosis. WIDER IMPLICATIONS OF THE FINDINGS Our findings have diagnostic value by increasing the number of genes associated with non-obstructive azoospermia with high clinical validity. The analysis of such genes has prognostic consequences for assessing whether men with azoospermia would benefit from a testicular biopsy. We also provide further evidence that MeiA in men and POI in women share the same genetic causes. STUDY FUNDING/COMPETING INTEREST(S) This study was carried out within the frame of the German Research Foundation sponsored Clinical Research Unit 'Male Germ Cells: from Genes to Function' (DFG, CRU326), and supported by institutional funding of the Research Institute Amsterdam Reproduction and Development and funds from the LucaBella Foundation. The authors declare no conflict of interest.
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- M J Wyrwoll
- Institute of Reproductive Genetics, University of Münster, Münster, Germany.,Department of Clinical and Surgical Andrology, Centre of Reproductive Medicine and Andrology, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Department of Complex Trait Genetics, Center for Neurogenomics and Cognitive Research, Amsterdam Neuroscience, VU University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Reproductive Biology Laboratory, Center for Reproductive Medicine, Research Institute Amsterdam Reproduction and Development, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Institute of Reproductive Genetics, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Laboratory of Genome Diagnostics, Department of Clinical Genetics, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Department of Clinical Genetics, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Center for Reproductive Medicine, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Praxis für Humangenetik, Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Informatics, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Department of Clinical and Surgical Andrology, Centre of Reproductive Medicine and Andrology, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Department of Clinical and Surgical Andrology, Centre of Reproductive Medicine and Andrology, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Infertility Center of St Louis, St Luke's Hospital, St Louis, MO, USA
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- Institute of Reproductive Genetics, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Institute of Reproductive Genetics, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Reproductive Biology Laboratory, Center for Reproductive Medicine, Research Institute Amsterdam Reproduction and Development, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Institute of Reproductive Genetics, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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Mellone S, Zavattaro M, Vurchio D, Ronzani S, Caputo M, Leone I, Prodam F, Giordano M. A Long Contiguous Stretch of Homozygosity Disclosed a Novel STAG3 Biallelic Pathogenic Variant Causing Primary Ovarian Insufficiency: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. Genes (Basel) 2021; 12:genes12111709. [PMID: 34828315 PMCID: PMC8622734 DOI: 10.3390/genes12111709] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2021] [Revised: 10/20/2021] [Accepted: 10/26/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
Abstract
Primary ovarian insufficiency (POI) refers to an etiologically heterogeneous disorder characterized by hypergonadotropic hypogonadism that represents a major cause of infertility in women under 40 years of age. Most cases are apparently sporadic, but about 10–15% have an affected first-degree relative, indicating a genetic etiology. Pathogenic variations in genes involved in development, meiosis and hormonal signaling have been detected in the hereditary form of the disorder. However, most cases of POI remain unsolved even after exhaustive investigation. A 19-year-old Senegalese female affected by non-syndromic POI presented with primary amenorrhoea and answered well to the hormonal induction of puberty. In order to investigate the presence of a genetic defect, aCGH-SNP analysis was performed. A 13.5 Mb long contiguous stretch of homozygosity (LCSH) was identified on chromosome 7q21.13-q22.1 where the exome sequencing revealed a novel homozygous 4-bp deletion (c.3381_3384delAGAA) in STAG3. Pathogenic variants in this gene, encoding for a meiosis-specific protein, have been previously reported as the cause of POI in only eight families and recently as the cause of infertility in a male. The here-identified mutation leads to the truncation of the last 55 amino acids, confirming the important role in meiosis of the STAG3 C-terminal domain.
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- Simona Mellone
- Laboratory of Genetics, SCDU Biochimica Clinica, Ospedale Maggiore della Carità, 28100 Novara, Italy;
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- Endocrinology, Department of Translational Medicine, University of Eastern Piedmont, 13100 Novara, Italy; (M.Z.); (M.C.); (I.L.); (F.P.)
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- Laboratory of Genetics, Department of Health Sciences, University of Eastern Piedmont, 13100 Novara, Italy; (D.V.); (S.R.)
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- Laboratory of Genetics, Department of Health Sciences, University of Eastern Piedmont, 13100 Novara, Italy; (D.V.); (S.R.)
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- Endocrinology, Department of Translational Medicine, University of Eastern Piedmont, 13100 Novara, Italy; (M.Z.); (M.C.); (I.L.); (F.P.)
- Laboratory of Genetics, Department of Health Sciences, University of Eastern Piedmont, 13100 Novara, Italy; (D.V.); (S.R.)
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- Endocrinology, Department of Translational Medicine, University of Eastern Piedmont, 13100 Novara, Italy; (M.Z.); (M.C.); (I.L.); (F.P.)
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- Endocrinology, Department of Translational Medicine, University of Eastern Piedmont, 13100 Novara, Italy; (M.Z.); (M.C.); (I.L.); (F.P.)
- Laboratory of Genetics, Department of Health Sciences, University of Eastern Piedmont, 13100 Novara, Italy; (D.V.); (S.R.)
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- Laboratory of Genetics, SCDU Biochimica Clinica, Ospedale Maggiore della Carità, 28100 Novara, Italy;
- Laboratory of Genetics, Department of Health Sciences, University of Eastern Piedmont, 13100 Novara, Italy; (D.V.); (S.R.)
- Correspondence:
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Jaillard S, McElreavy K, Robevska G, Akloul L, Ghieh F, Sreenivasan R, Beaumont M, Bashamboo A, Bignon-Topalovic J, Neyroud AS, Bell K, Veron-Gastard E, Launay E, van den Bergen J, Nouyou B, Vialard F, Belaud-Rotureau MA, Ayers KL, Odent S, Ravel C, Tucker EJ, Sinclair AH. STAG3 homozygous missense variant causes primary ovarian insufficiency and male non-obstructive azoospermia. Mol Hum Reprod 2021; 26:665-677. [PMID: 32634216 DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gaaa050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2020] [Revised: 05/25/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
Abstract
Infertility, a global problem affecting up to 15% of couples, can have varied causes ranging from natural ageing to the pathological development or function of the reproductive organs. One form of female infertility is premature ovarian insufficiency (POI), affecting up to 1 in 100 women and characterised by amenorrhoea and elevated FSH before the age of 40. POI can have a genetic basis, with over 50 causative genes identified. Non-obstructive azoospermia (NOA), a form of male infertility characterised by the absence of sperm in semen, has an incidence of 1% and is similarly heterogeneous. The genetic basis of male and female infertility is poorly understood with the majority of cases having no known cause. Here, we study a case of familial infertility including a proband with POI and her brother with NOA. We performed whole-exome sequencing (WES) and identified a homozygous STAG3 missense variant that segregated with infertility. STAG3 encodes a component of the meiosis cohesin complex required for sister chromatid separation. We report the first pathogenic homozygous missense variant in STAG3 and the first STAG3 variant associated with both male and female infertility. We also demonstrate limitations of WES for the analysis of homologous DNA sequences, with this variant being ambiguous or missed by independent WES protocols and its homozygosity only being established via long-range nested PCR.
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- Sylvie Jaillard
- Reproductive Development, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia 3052.,Univ Rennes, CHU Rennes, INSERM, EHESP, IRSET (Institut de recherche en santé, environnement et travail) - UMR_S 1085, F-35000 Rennes, France.,CHU Rennes, Service de Cytogénétique et Biologie Cellulaire, F-35033 Rennes, France
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- Reproductive Development, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia 3052
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- CHU Rennes, Service de Génétique Clinique, CLAD Ouest, F-35033 Rennes, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, UVSQ-INRA-ENVA, UMR-BREED, Montigny le Bretonneux 78180, France
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- Reproductive Development, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia 3052
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- CHU Rennes, Service de Cytogénétique et Biologie Cellulaire, F-35033 Rennes, France
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- CHU Rennes, Service de Biologie de la Reproduction-CECOS, F-35033 Rennes, France
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- Reproductive Development, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia 3052.,Bioinformatics, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia 3052
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- CHU Rennes, Service de Cytogénétique et Biologie Cellulaire, F-35033 Rennes, France
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- Reproductive Development, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia 3052
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- CHU Rennes, Service de Cytogénétique et Biologie Cellulaire, F-35033 Rennes, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, UVSQ-INRA-ENVA, UMR-BREED, Montigny le Bretonneux 78180, France.,Fédération de Génétique, Laboratoire de Biologie Médicale, CHI de Poissy-St Germain en Laye, Poissy 78300, France
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- Univ Rennes, CHU Rennes, INSERM, EHESP, IRSET (Institut de recherche en santé, environnement et travail) - UMR_S 1085, F-35000 Rennes, France.,CHU Rennes, Service de Cytogénétique et Biologie Cellulaire, F-35033 Rennes, France.,CHU Rennes, Service de Biologie de la Reproduction-CECOS, F-35033 Rennes, France
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- Reproductive Development, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia 3052.,The Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia 3052
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- CHU Rennes, Service de Génétique Clinique, CLAD Ouest, F-35033 Rennes, France
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- Univ Rennes, CHU Rennes, INSERM, EHESP, IRSET (Institut de recherche en santé, environnement et travail) - UMR_S 1085, F-35000 Rennes, France.,CHU Rennes, Service de Biologie de la Reproduction-CECOS, F-35033 Rennes, France
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- Reproductive Development, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia 3052.,The Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia 3052
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- Reproductive Development, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia 3052.,The Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia 3052
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Beverley R, Snook ML, Brieño-Enríquez MA. Meiotic Cohesin and Variants Associated With Human Reproductive Aging and Disease. Front Cell Dev Biol 2021; 9:710033. [PMID: 34409039 PMCID: PMC8365356 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2021.710033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2021] [Accepted: 07/13/2021] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
Abstract
Successful human reproduction relies on the well-orchestrated development of competent gametes through the process of meiosis. The loading of cohesin, a multi-protein complex, is a key event in the initiation of mammalian meiosis. Establishment of sister chromatid cohesion via cohesin rings is essential for ensuring homologous recombination-mediated DNA repair and future proper chromosome segregation. Cohesin proteins loaded during female fetal life are not replenished over time, and therefore are a potential etiology of age-related aneuploidy in oocytes resulting in decreased fecundity and increased infertility and miscarriage rates with advancing maternal age. Herein, we provide a brief overview of meiotic cohesin and summarize the human genetic studies which have identified genetic variants of cohesin proteins and the associated reproductive phenotypes including primary ovarian insufficiency, trisomy in offspring, and non-obstructive azoospermia. The association of cohesion defects with cancer predisposition and potential impact on aging are also described. Expansion of genetic testing within clinical medicine, with a focus on cohesin protein-related genes, may provide additional insight to previously unknown etiologies of disorders contributing to gamete exhaustion in females, and infertility and reproductive aging in both men and women.
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- Rachel Beverley
- Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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- Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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- Magee-Womens Research Institute, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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Yang Q, Mumusoglu S, Qin Y, Sun Y, Hsueh AJ. A kaleidoscopic view of ovarian genes associated with premature ovarian insufficiency and senescence. FASEB J 2021; 35:e21753. [PMID: 34233068 DOI: 10.1096/fj.202100756r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2021] [Revised: 06/04/2021] [Accepted: 06/08/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Ovarian infertility and subfertility presenting with premature ovarian insufficiency (POI) and diminished ovarian reserve are major issues facing the developed world due to the trend of delaying childbirth. Ovarian senescence and POI represent a continuum of physiological/pathophysiological changes in ovarian follicle functions. Based on advances in whole exome sequencing, evaluation of gene copy variants, together with family-based and genome-wide association studies, we discussed genes responsible for POI and ovarian senescence. We used a gene-centric approach to sort out literature deposited in the Ovarian Kaleidoscope database (http://okdb.appliedbioinfo.net) by sub-categorizing candidate genes as ligand-receptor signaling, meiosis and DNA repair, transcriptional factors, RNA metabolism, enzymes, and others. We discussed individual gene mutations found in POI patients and verification of gene functions in gene-deleted model organisms. Decreased expression of some of the POI genes could be responsible for ovarian senescence, especially those essential for DNA repair, meiosis and mitochondrial functions. We propose to set up a candidate gene panel for targeted sequencing in POI patients together with studies on mitochondria-associated genes in middle-aged subfertile patients.
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- Qingling Yang
- Center for Reproductive Medicine, Henan Key Laboratory of Reproduction and Genetics, First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China.,Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.,Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
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- Center for Reproductive Medicine, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, China
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- Center for Reproductive Medicine, Henan Key Laboratory of Reproduction and Genetics, First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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Sun B, Yeh J. Onco-fertility and personalized testing for potential for loss of ovarian reserve in patients undergoing chemotherapy: proposed next steps for development of genetic testing to predict changes in ovarian reserve. Fertil Res Pract 2021; 7:13. [PMID: 34193292 PMCID: PMC8244159 DOI: 10.1186/s40738-021-00105-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2021] [Accepted: 05/19/2021] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
Abstract
Women of reproductive age undergoing chemotherapy face the risk of irreversible ovarian insufficiency. Current methods of ovarian reserve testing do not accurately predict future reproductive potential for patients undergoing chemotherapy. Genetic markers that more accurately predict the reproductive potential of each patient undergoing chemotherapy would be critical tools that would be useful for evidence-based fertility preservation counselling. To assess the possible approaches to take to develop personalized genetic testing for these patients, we review current literature regarding mechanisms of ovarian damage due to chemotherapy and genetic variants associated with both the damage mechanisms and primary ovarian insufficiency. The medical literature point to a number of genetic variants associated with mechanisms of ovarian damage and primary ovarian insufficiency. Those variants that appear at a higher frequency, with known pathways, may be considered as potential genetic markers for predictive ovarian reserve testing. We propose developing personalized testing of the potential for loss of ovarian function for patients with cancer, prior to chemotherapy treatment. There are advantages of using genetic markers complementary to the current ovarian reserve markers of AMH, antral follicle count and day 3 FSH as predictors of preservation of fertility after chemotherapy. Genetic markers will help identify upstream pathways leading to high risk of ovarian failure not detected by present clinical markers. Their predictive value is mechanism-based and will encourage research towards understanding the multiple pathways contributing to ovarian failure after chemotherapy.
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- Bei Sun
- Sackler School of Medicine, New York State/American Program of Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv 69978, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, UMass Memorial Medical Center, 119 Belmont Street, Worcester, MA, 01605, USA.
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Azoospermia affects 1% of men, and it can be due to: (i) hypothalamic-pituitary dysfunction, (ii) primary quantitative spermatogenic disturbances, (iii) urogenital duct obstruction. Known genetic factors contribute to all these categories, and genetic testing is part of the routine diagnostic workup of azoospermic men. The diagnostic yield of genetic tests in azoospermia is different in the different etiological categories, with the highest in Congenital Bilateral Absence of Vas Deferens (90%) and the lowest in Non-Obstructive Azoospermia (NOA) due to primary testicular failure (~30%). Whole-Exome Sequencing allowed the discovery of an increasing number of monogenic defects of NOA with a current list of 38 candidate genes. These genes are of potential clinical relevance for future gene panel-based screening. We classified these genes according to the associated-testicular histology underlying the NOA phenotype. The validation and the discovery of novel NOA genes will radically improve patient management. Interestingly, approximately 37% of candidate genes are shared in human male and female gonadal failure, implying that genetic counselling should be extended also to female family members of NOA patients.
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Premature ovarian insufficiency (POI) is the depletion of ovarian function before 40 years of age due to insufficient oocyte formation or accelerated follicle atresia. Approximately 1–5% of women below 40 years old are affected by POI. The etiology of POI is heterogeneous, including genetic disorders, autoimmune diseases, infection, iatrogenic factors, and environmental toxins. Genetic factors account for 20–25% of patients. However, more than half of the patients were idiopathic. With the widespread application of next-generation sequencing (NGS), the genetic spectrum of POI has been expanded, especially the latest identification in meiosis and DNA repair-related genes. During meiotic prophase I, the key processes include DNA double-strand break (DSB) formation and subsequent homologous recombination (HR), which are essential for chromosome segregation at the first meiotic division and genome diversity of oocytes. Many animal models with defective meiotic recombination present with meiotic arrest, DSB accumulation, and oocyte apoptosis, which are similar to human POI phenotype. In the article, based on different stages of meiotic recombination, including DSB formation, DSB end processing, single-strand invasion, intermediate processing, recombination, and resolution and essential proteins involved in synaptonemal complex (SC), cohesion complex, and fanconi anemia (FA) pathway, we reviewed the individual gene mutations identified in POI patients and the potential candidate genes for POI pathogenesis, which will shed new light on the genetic architecture of POI and facilitate risk prediction, ovarian protection, and early intervention for POI women.
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- Chengzi Huang
- Center for Reproductive Medicine, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, China.,National Research Center for Assisted Reproductive Technology and Reproductive Genetics, Shandong University, Jinan, China.,Key Laboratory of Reproductive Endocrinology of Ministry of Education, Shandong University, Jinan, China.,Shandong Provincial Clinical Medicine Research Center for Reproductive Health, Shandong University, Jinan, China
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- Center for Reproductive Medicine, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, China.,National Research Center for Assisted Reproductive Technology and Reproductive Genetics, Shandong University, Jinan, China.,Key Laboratory of Reproductive Endocrinology of Ministry of Education, Shandong University, Jinan, China.,Shandong Provincial Clinical Medicine Research Center for Reproductive Health, Shandong University, Jinan, China
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- Center for Reproductive Medicine, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, China.,National Research Center for Assisted Reproductive Technology and Reproductive Genetics, Shandong University, Jinan, China.,Key Laboratory of Reproductive Endocrinology of Ministry of Education, Shandong University, Jinan, China.,Shandong Provincial Clinical Medicine Research Center for Reproductive Health, Shandong University, Jinan, China
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Biswas L, Tyc K, El Yakoubi W, Morgan K, Xing J, Schindler K. Meiosis interrupted: the genetics of female infertility via meiotic failure. Reproduction 2021; 161:R13-R35. [PMID: 33170803 DOI: 10.1530/rep-20-0422] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2020] [Accepted: 11/10/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Idiopathic or 'unexplained' infertility represents as many as 30% of infertility cases worldwide. Conception, implantation, and term delivery of developmentally healthy infants require chromosomally normal (euploid) eggs and sperm. The crux of euploid egg production is error-free meiosis. Pathologic genetic variants dysregulate meiotic processes that occur during prophase I, meiotic resumption, chromosome segregation, and in cell cycle regulation. This dysregulation can result in chromosomally abnormal (aneuploid) eggs. In turn, egg aneuploidy leads to a broad range of clinical infertility phenotypes, including primary ovarian insufficiency and early menopause, egg fertilization failure and embryonic developmental arrest, or recurrent pregnancy loss. Therefore, maternal genetic variants are emerging as infertility biomarkers, which could allow informed reproductive decision-making. Here, we select and deeply examine human genetic variants that likely cause dysregulation of critical meiotic processes in 14 female infertility-associated genes: SYCP3, SYCE1, TRIP13, PSMC3IP, DMC1, MCM8, MCM9, STAG3, PATL2, TUBB8, CEP120, AURKB, AURKC, andWEE2. We discuss the function of each gene in meiosis, explore genotype-phenotype relationships, and delineate the frequencies of infertility-associated variants.
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- Leelabati Biswas
- Department of Genetics, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, New Jersey, USA.,Human Genetics Institute of New Jersey, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, New Jersey, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, New Jersey, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, New Jersey, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, New Jersey, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, New Jersey, USA.,Human Genetics Institute of New Jersey, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, New Jersey, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, New Jersey, USA.,Human Genetics Institute of New Jersey, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, New Jersey, USA
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Jiao SY, Yang YH, Chen SR. Molecular genetics of infertility: loss-of-function mutations in humans and corresponding knockout/mutated mice. Hum Reprod Update 2020; 27:154-189. [PMID: 33118031 DOI: 10.1093/humupd/dmaa034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 26.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2020] [Revised: 07/15/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Infertility is a major issue in human reproductive health, affecting an estimated 15% of couples worldwide. Infertility can result from disorders of sex development (DSD) or from reproductive endocrine disorders (REDs) with onset in infancy, early childhood or adolescence. Male infertility, accounting for roughly half of all infertility cases, generally manifests as decreased sperm count (azoospermia or oligozoospermia), attenuated sperm motility (asthenozoospermia) or a higher proportion of morphologically abnormal sperm (teratozoospermia). Female infertility can be divided into several classical types, including, but not limited to, oocyte maturation arrest, premature ovarian insufficiency (POI), fertilization failure and early embryonic arrest. An estimated one half of infertility cases have a genetic component; however, most genetic causes of human infertility are currently uncharacterized. The advent of high-throughput sequencing technologies has greatly facilitated the identification of infertility-associated gene mutations in patients over the past 20 years. OBJECTIVE AND RATIONALE This review aims to conduct a narrative review of the genetic causes of human infertility. Loss-of-function mutation discoveries related to human infertility are summarized and further illustrated in tables. Corresponding knockout/mutated animal models of causative genes for infertility are also introduced. SEARCH METHODS A search of the PubMed database was performed to identify relevant studies published in English. The term 'mutation' was combined with a range of search terms related to the core focus of the review: infertility, DSD, REDs, azoospermia or oligozoospermia, asthenozoospermia, multiple morphological abnormalities of the sperm flagella (MMAF), primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD), acephalic spermatozoa syndrome (ASS), globozoospermia, teratozoospermia, acrosome, oocyte maturation arrest, POI, zona pellucida, fertilization defects and early embryonic arrest. OUTCOMES Our search generated ∼2000 records. Overall, 350 articles were included in the final review. For genetic investigation of human infertility, the traditional candidate gene approach is proceeding slowly, whereas high-throughput sequencing technologies in larger cohorts of individuals is identifying an increasing number of causative genes linked to human infertility. This review provides a wide panel of gene mutations in several typical forms of human infertility, including DSD, REDs, male infertility (oligozoospermia, MMAF, PCD, ASS and globozoospermia) and female infertility (oocyte maturation arrest, POI, fertilization failure and early embryonic arrest). The causative genes, their identified mutations, mutation rate, studied population and their corresponding knockout/mutated mice of non-obstructive azoospermia, MMAF, ASS, globozoospermia, oocyte maturation arrest, POI, fertilization failure and early embryonic arrest are further illustrated by tables. In this review, we suggest that (i) our current knowledge of infertility is largely obtained from knockout mouse models; (ii) larger cohorts of clinical cases with distinct clinical characteristics need to be recruited in future studies; (iii) the whole picture of genetic causes of human infertility relies on both the identification of more mutations for distinct types of infertility and the integration of known mutation information; (iv) knockout/mutated animal models are needed to show whether the phenotypes of genetically altered animals are consistent with findings in human infertile patients carrying a deleterious mutation of the homologous gene; and (v) the molecular mechanisms underlying human infertility caused by pathogenic mutations are largely unclear in most current studies. WILDER IMPLICATIONS It is important to use our current understanding to identify avenues and priorities for future research in the field of genetic causes of infertility as well as to apply mutation knowledge to risk prediction, genetic diagnosis and potential treatment for human infertility.
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- Shi-Ya Jiao
- Education Key Laboratory of Cell Proliferation & Regulation Biology, College of Life Sciences, Beijing Normal University, 100875 Beijing, China
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- Reproduction Medical Center of West China Second University Hospital, Key Laboratory of Obstetric, Gynecologic and Pediatric Diseases and Birth Defects of Ministry of Education, Sichuan University, 610041 Chengdu, China
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- Education Key Laboratory of Cell Proliferation & Regulation Biology, College of Life Sciences, Beijing Normal University, 100875 Beijing, China
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Flynn E, Tanigawa Y, Rodriguez F, Altman RB, Sinnott-Armstrong N, Rivas MA. Sex-specific genetic effects across biomarkers. Eur J Hum Genet 2020; 29:154-163. [PMID: 32873964 DOI: 10.1038/s41431-020-00712-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2020] [Revised: 07/28/2020] [Accepted: 08/04/2020] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Sex differences have been shown in laboratory biomarkers; however, the extent to which this is due to genetics is unknown. In this study, we infer sex-specific genetic parameters (heritability and genetic correlation) across 33 quantitative biomarker traits in 181,064 females and 156,135 males from the UK Biobank study. We apply a Bayesian Mixture Model, Sex Effects Mixture Model (SEMM), to Genome-wide Association Study summary statistics in order to (1) estimate the contributions of sex to the genetic variance of these biomarkers and (2) identify variants whose statistical association with these traits is sex-specific. We find that the genetics of most biomarker traits are shared between males and females, with the notable exception of testosterone, where we identify 119 female and 445 male-specific variants. These include protein-altering variants in steroid hormone production genes (POR, UGT2B7). Using the sex-specific variants as genetic instruments for Mendelian randomization, we find evidence for causal links between testosterone levels and height, body mass index, waist and hip circumference, and type 2 diabetes. We also show that sex-specific polygenic risk score models for testosterone outperform a combined model. Overall, these results demonstrate that while sex has a limited role in the genetics of most biomarker traits, sex plays an important role in testosterone genetics.
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- Emily Flynn
- Biomedical Informatics Training Program, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
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- Biomedical Informatics Training Program, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine and the Cardiovascular Institute, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Biomedical Informatics Training Program, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.,Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.,Department of Bioengineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.,Department of Genetics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Biomedical Informatics Training Program, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
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Chen S, Wang G, Zheng X, Ge S, Dai Y, Ping P, Chen X, Liu G, Zhang J, Yang Y, Zhang X, Zhong A, Zhu Y, Chu Q, Huang Y, Zhang Y, Shen C, Yuan Y, Yuan Q, Pei X, Cheng CY, Sun F. Whole-exome sequencing of a large Chinese azoospermia and severe oligospermia cohort identifies novel infertility causative variants and genes. Hum Mol Genet 2020; 29:2451-2459. [PMID: 32469048 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddaa101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2019] [Revised: 05/17/2020] [Accepted: 05/25/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Rare coding variants have been proven to be one of the significant factors contributing to spermatogenic failure in patients with non-obstructive azoospermia (NOA) and severe oligospermia (SO). To delineate the molecular characteristics of idiopathic NOA and SO, we performed whole-exome sequencing of 314 unrelated patients of Chinese Han origin and verified our findings by comparing to 400 fertile controls. We detected six pathogenic/likely pathogenic variants and four variants of unknown significance, in genes known to cause NOA/SO, and 9 of which had not been earlier reported. Additionally, we identified 20 novel NOA candidate genes affecting 25 patients. Among them, five (BRDT, CHD5, MCM9, MLH3 and ZFX) were considered as strong candidates based on the evidence obtained from murine functional studies and human single-cell (sc)RNA-sequencing data. These genetic findings provide insight into the aetiology of human NOA/SO and pave the way for further functional analysis and molecular diagnosis of male infertility.
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- Shitao Chen
- International Peace Maternity and Child Health Hospital, Shanghai Key Laboratory for Reproductive Medicine, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, 200030, China
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- Institute of Reproductive Medicine, School of Medicine, Nantong University, Nantong, 226001, China
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- International Peace Maternity and Child Health Hospital, Shanghai Key Laboratory for Reproductive Medicine, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, 200030, China
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- International Peace Maternity and Child Health Hospital, Shanghai Key Laboratory for Reproductive Medicine, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, 200030, China
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- International Peace Maternity and Child Health Hospital, Shanghai Key Laboratory for Reproductive Medicine, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, 200030, China
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- Department of Urology, Shanghai Human Sperm Bank, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200120, China
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- Department of Urology, Shanghai Human Sperm Bank, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200120, China
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- Department of Andrology, Reproductive Medicine Research Center, the Sixth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510655, China
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- Department of Andrology, Reproductive Medicine Research Center, the Sixth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510655, China
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- Department of Reproduction, Beijing Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100026, China
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- Key Laboratory of Male Reproduction and Genetics, National Health and Family Planning Commission, Family Planning Research Institute of Guangdong Province, Guangzhou, 510031, China
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- Key Laboratory of Male Reproduction and Genetics, National Health and Family Planning Commission, Family Planning Research Institute of Guangdong Province, Guangzhou, 510031, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Reproductive Medicine Center, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Reproductive Medicine Center, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, China
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- The First People's Hospital of Foshan, Sun Yat-sen University, Foshan, 528000, China
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- Center of Assisted Reproductive Medicine, The Sixth Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, Beijing, 100083, China
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- Reproductive Center, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510120, China
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- Peking University First Hospital Andrology Center & Urology Department, Beijing, 100034, China
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- Guangdong Province Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, 510140, China
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- Key Laboratory of Fertility Preservation and Maintenance of Ministry of Education, School of Basic Medicine, Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, 750004, China
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- The Mary M. Wohlford Laboratory for Male Contraceptive Research, Center for Biomedical Research, Population Council, New York, 10065, USA
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- International Peace Maternity and Child Health Hospital, Shanghai Key Laboratory for Reproductive Medicine, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, 200030, China
- Institute of Reproductive Medicine, School of Medicine, Nantong University, Nantong, 226001, China
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Premature ovarian insufficiency (POI) is a major cause of female infertility. It is a heterogeneous disease that affects about 1% of women under 40 years of age. POI may be due to abnormal follicle stock formation, increased follicular atresia, impaired recruitment of dominant follicles, blocked follicular maturation or rapid depletion of the follicular stock. It remains idiopathic in most cases but the existence of familial cases shows that it can have a genetic origin. Next generation sequencing (NGS) strategies have allowed the identification of new genes involved in the etiology of POI. Here, I briefly describe some studies demonstrating that pathogenic variants in ‘DNA repair and meiotic genes’ underlie POI. Some of the examples show the power of the combination of classical genetics and NGS in the discovery of novel ‘POI genes’.
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- Reiner A Veitia
- Paris-Saclay University, Institute for Biology Francois Jacob, Atomic Energy Commissariat, Fontenay aux Roses, France; University of Paris, National Center for Scienftic Research (CNRS), Jacques Monod Institute, Paris, France.
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Lafta IJ, Kudhair BK, Alabid NN. Characterization of the major human STAG3 variants using some proteomics and bioinformatics assays. Egypt J Med Hum Genet 2020. [DOI: 10.1186/s43042-020-0051-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Background
STAG3 is the meiotic component of cohesin and a member of the Cancer Testis Antigen (CTA) family. This gene has been found to be overexpressed in many types of cancer, and recently, its variants have been implicated in other disorders and many human diseases. Therefore, this study aimed to analyze the major variants of STAG3. Western blot (WB) and immunoprecipitation (IP) assays were performed using two different anti-STAG3 antibodies that targeted the relevant protein in MCF-7, T-47D, MDA-MB-468, and MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cells with Jurkat and MCF-10A cells as positive and negative controls, respectively. In silico analyses were searched to study the major isoforms.
Results
WB and IP assays revealed two abundant polypeptides < 191 kDa and ~ 75 kDa in size. Specific bioinformatics tools successfully determined the three-dimensional (3-D) structure, the subcellular localization, and the secondary structures of the isoforms. Furthermore, some of the physicochemical properties of the STAG3 proteins were also determined.
Conclusions
The results of this study revealed the power of applying the biological techniques (WB and IP) with the bioinformatics assays and the possibility of their exploitation in understanding diseased genes. Exploring the major variants of STAG3 at the protein level could help decipher some disorders associated with their occurrence, along with designing drugs effective at least for some relevant diseases.
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Xiao WJ, He WB, Zhang YX, Meng LL, Lu GX, Lin G, Tan YQ, Du J. In-Frame Variants in STAG3 Gene Cause Premature Ovarian Insufficiency. Front Genet 2019; 10:1016. [PMID: 31803224 PMCID: PMC6868891 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2019.01016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2019] [Accepted: 09/24/2019] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Premature ovarian insufficiency (POI) is a severe clinical syndrome defined by ovarian dysfunction in women less than 40 years old who generally manifest with infertility, menstrual disturbance, elevated gonadotrophins, and low estradiol levels. STAG3 is considered a genetic aetiology of POI, which facilitates entry of REC8 into the nucleus of a cell and plays an essential role in gametogenesis. At present, only six truncated variants associated with POI have been reported; there have been no reports of an in-frame variant of STAG3 causing POI. In this study, two novel homozygous in-frame variants (c.877_885del, p.293_295del; c.891_893dupTGA, p.297_298insAsp) in STAG3 were identified in two sisters with POI from a five-generation consanguineous Han Chinese family. To evaluate the effects of these two variants, we performed fluorescence localization and co-immunoprecipitation analyses using in vitro cell model. The two variants were shown to be pathogenic, as neither STAG3 nor REC8 entered nuclei, and interactions between mutant STAG3 and REC8 or SMC1A were absent. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report on in-frame variants of STAG3 that cause POI. This finding extends the spectrum of variants in STAG3 and sheds new light on the genetic origins of POI.
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- Wen-Juan Xiao
- Institute of Reproduction and Stem Cell Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Institute of Reproduction and Stem Cell Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, China.,Genetic Center, Reproductive and Genetic Hospital of CITIC-Xiangya, Changsha, China.,NHC Key Laboratory of Human Stem Cell and Reproductive Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Institute of Reproduction and Stem Cell Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Genetic Center, Reproductive and Genetic Hospital of CITIC-Xiangya, Changsha, China.,NHC Key Laboratory of Human Stem Cell and Reproductive Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Institute of Reproduction and Stem Cell Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, China.,Genetic Center, Reproductive and Genetic Hospital of CITIC-Xiangya, Changsha, China.,NHC Key Laboratory of Human Stem Cell and Reproductive Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Institute of Reproduction and Stem Cell Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, China.,Genetic Center, Reproductive and Genetic Hospital of CITIC-Xiangya, Changsha, China.,NHC Key Laboratory of Human Stem Cell and Reproductive Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Institute of Reproduction and Stem Cell Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, China.,Genetic Center, Reproductive and Genetic Hospital of CITIC-Xiangya, Changsha, China.,NHC Key Laboratory of Human Stem Cell and Reproductive Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Institute of Reproduction and Stem Cell Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, China.,Genetic Center, Reproductive and Genetic Hospital of CITIC-Xiangya, Changsha, China.,NHC Key Laboratory of Human Stem Cell and Reproductive Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, China
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Yang X, Zhang X, Jiao J, Zhang F, Pan Y, Wang Q, Chen Q, Cai B, Tang S, Zhou Z, Chen S, Yin H, Fu W, Luo Y, Li D, Li G, Shang L, Yang J, Jin L, Shi Q, Wu Y. Rare variants in FANCA induce premature ovarian insufficiency. Hum Genet 2019; 138:1227-1236. [PMID: 31535215 PMCID: PMC6874525 DOI: 10.1007/s00439-019-02059-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2019] [Accepted: 08/30/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Premature ovarian insufficiency (POI) is a major cause of reduced female fertility and affects approximately 1% women under 40 years of age. Recent advances emphasize the genetic heterogeneity of POI. Fanconi anemia (FA) genes, traditionally known for their essential roles in DNA repair and cytogenetic instability, have been demonstrated to be involved in meiosis and germ cell development. Here, we conducted whole-exome sequencing (WES) in 50 Han Chinese female patients with POI. Rare missense variants were identified in FANCA (Fanconi anemia complementation group A): c.1772G > A (p.R591Q) and c.3887A > G (p.E1296G). Both variants are heterozygous in the patients and very rare in the human population. In vitro functional studies further demonstrated that these two missense variants of FANCA exhibited reduced protein expression levels compared with the wild type, suggesting the partial loss of function. Moreover, mono-ubiquitination levels of FANCD2 upon mitomycin C stimulation were significantly reduced in cells overexpressing FANCA variants. Furthermore, a loss-of-function mutation of Fanca was generated in C57BL/6 mice for in vivo functional assay. Consistently, heterozygous mutated female mice (Fanca+/−) showed reduced fertility and declined numbers of follicles with aging when compared with the wild-type female mice. Collectively, our results suggest that heterozygous pathogenic variants in FANCA are implicated in non-syndromic POI in Han Chinese women, provide new insights into the molecular mechanisms of POI and highlight the contribution of FANCA variants in female subfertility.
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- Xi Yang
- Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, NHC Key Laboratory of Reproduction Regulation (Shanghai Institute of Planned Parenthood Research), State Key Laboratory of Genetic, Engineering at School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200011, China
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- Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, NHC Key Laboratory of Reproduction Regulation (Shanghai Institute of Planned Parenthood Research), State Key Laboratory of Genetic, Engineering at School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200011, China.,Shanghai Key Laboratory of Female Reproductive Endocrine Related Diseases, Shanghai, 200011, China
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- Center of Reproductive Medicine, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, 110004, China.,The Research Center for Medical Genomics, Key Laboratory of Cell Biology, Ministry of Public Health, Key Laboratory of Medical Cell Biology, Ministry of Education, College of Basic Medical Science, China Medical University, Shenyang, 110001, China
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- Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, NHC Key Laboratory of Reproduction Regulation (Shanghai Institute of Planned Parenthood Research), State Key Laboratory of Genetic, Engineering at School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200011, China.,Shanghai Key Laboratory of Female Reproductive Endocrine Related Diseases, Shanghai, 200011, China
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- Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, NHC Key Laboratory of Reproduction Regulation (Shanghai Institute of Planned Parenthood Research), State Key Laboratory of Genetic, Engineering at School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200011, China
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- Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, NHC Key Laboratory of Reproduction Regulation (Shanghai Institute of Planned Parenthood Research), State Key Laboratory of Genetic, Engineering at School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200011, China
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- Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, NHC Key Laboratory of Reproduction Regulation (Shanghai Institute of Planned Parenthood Research), State Key Laboratory of Genetic, Engineering at School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200011, China
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- Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, NHC Key Laboratory of Reproduction Regulation (Shanghai Institute of Planned Parenthood Research), State Key Laboratory of Genetic, Engineering at School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200011, China
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- Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, NHC Key Laboratory of Reproduction Regulation (Shanghai Institute of Planned Parenthood Research), State Key Laboratory of Genetic, Engineering at School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200011, China
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- Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, NHC Key Laboratory of Reproduction Regulation (Shanghai Institute of Planned Parenthood Research), State Key Laboratory of Genetic, Engineering at School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200011, China
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- Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, NHC Key Laboratory of Reproduction Regulation (Shanghai Institute of Planned Parenthood Research), State Key Laboratory of Genetic, Engineering at School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200011, China
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- The First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, The CAS Key Laboratory of Innate Immunity and Chronic Diseases, School of Life Sciences, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230027, China
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- Shanghai Ji Ai Genetic and IVF Institute, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200011, China
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- The Research Center for Medical Genomics, Key Laboratory of Cell Biology, Ministry of Public Health, Key Laboratory of Medical Cell Biology, Ministry of Education, College of Basic Medical Science, China Medical University, Shenyang, 110001, China
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- Center of Reproductive Medicine, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, 110004, China
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- Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, NHC Key Laboratory of Reproduction Regulation (Shanghai Institute of Planned Parenthood Research), State Key Laboratory of Genetic, Engineering at School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200011, China
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- Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, NHC Key Laboratory of Reproduction Regulation (Shanghai Institute of Planned Parenthood Research), State Key Laboratory of Genetic, Engineering at School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200011, China
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- Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, NHC Key Laboratory of Reproduction Regulation (Shanghai Institute of Planned Parenthood Research), State Key Laboratory of Genetic, Engineering at School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200011, China
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- Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, NHC Key Laboratory of Reproduction Regulation (Shanghai Institute of Planned Parenthood Research), State Key Laboratory of Genetic, Engineering at School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200011, China
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- The First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, The CAS Key Laboratory of Innate Immunity and Chronic Diseases, School of Life Sciences, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230027, China.
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- Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, NHC Key Laboratory of Reproduction Regulation (Shanghai Institute of Planned Parenthood Research), State Key Laboratory of Genetic, Engineering at School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200011, China. .,Shanghai Key Laboratory of Female Reproductive Endocrine Related Diseases, Shanghai, 200011, China. .,National Demonstration Center for Experimental Biology Education, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, China.
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Heddar A, Dessen P, Flatters D, Misrahi M. Novel STAG3 mutations in a Caucasian family with primary ovarian insufficiency. Mol Genet Genomics 2019; 294:1527-34. [PMID: 31363903 DOI: 10.1007/s00438-019-01594-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2019] [Accepted: 07/06/2019] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Primary ovarian insufficiency (POI) affects ~ 1-3, 7% of women under forty and is a public health problem. Most causes are unknown, but an increasing number of genetic causes have been identified recently. The identification of such causes is essential for genetic and therapeutic counseling in patients and their families. We performed whole exome sequencing in two Caucasian sisters displaying non syndromic POI and their unaffected mother. We identified two novel pathogenic variants in STAG3 encoding a meiosis-specific subunit of the cohesin ring, which ensures correct sister chromatid cohesion: a c.3052delC truncating mutation in exon 28 yielding p.Arg1018Aspfs*14, and a c.659T > G substitution in exon seven yielding p.Leu220Arg. Leu220, highly conserved throughout species, belongs to the STAG domain conserved with other mitotic subunits of the cohesion complex STAG1 and 2. In silico analysis reveals that this substitution markedly impacts the structure of this domain. The truncation removes the last 206 C-terminal residues, not conserved in STAG1 and 2, supporting an important specific role in STAG3, especially meiosis. This is the first occurrence of STAG3 mutations in a Caucasian family. Very little is known about the function of STAG proteins domains. The "knock out-like" phenotype described here supports the crucial role of a single residue in the STAG domain and of the C-terminal region in STAG3 function. In conclusion, this observation shows the necessity to perform the genetic study of POI worldwide including STAG3. This could lead to appropriate genetic counseling and long term follow-up since these patients may develop ovarian tumors.
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Riera-Escamilla A, Enguita-Marruedo A, Moreno-Mendoza D, Chianese C, Sleddens-Linkels E, Contini E, Benelli M, Natali A, Colpi GM, Ruiz-Castañé E, Maggi M, Baarends WM, Krausz C. Sequencing of a ‘mouse azoospermia’ gene panel in azoospermic men: identification of RNF212 and STAG3 mutations as novel genetic causes of meiotic arrest. Hum Reprod 2019; 34:978-988. [DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dez042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2019] [Revised: 02/13/2019] [Accepted: 03/05/2019] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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STUDY QUESTION
What is the diagnostic potential of next generation sequencing (NGS) based on a ‘mouse azoospermia’ gene panel in human non-obstructive azoospermia (NOA)?
SUMMARY ANSWER
The diagnostic performance of sequencing a gene panel based on genes associated with mouse azoospermia was relatively successful in idiopathic NOA patients and allowed the discovery of two novel genes involved in NOA due to meiotic arrest.
WHAT IS KNOWN ALREADY
NOA is a largely heterogeneous clinical entity, which includes different histological pictures. In a large proportion of NOA, the aetiology remains unknown (idiopathic NOA) and yet, unknown genetic factors are likely to play be involved. The mouse is the most broadly used mammalian model for studying human disease because of its usefulness for genetic manipulation and its genetic and physiological similarities to man. Mouse azoospermia models are available in the Mouse Genome Informatics database (MGI: http://www.informatics.jax.org/).
STUDY DESIGN, SIZE, DURATION
The first step was to design of a ‘mouse azoospermia’ gene panel through the consultation of MGI. The second step was NGS analysis of 175 genes in a group of highly selected NOA patients (n = 33). The third step was characterization of the discovered gene defects in human testis tissue, through meiotic studies using surplus testicular biopsy material from the carriers of the RNF212 and STAG3 pathogenic variants. The final step was RNF212 and STAG3 expression analysis in a collection of testis biopsies.
PARTICIPANTS/MATERIALS, SETTING, METHODS
From a total of 1300 infertile patients, 33 idiopathic NOA patients were analysed in this study, including 31 unrelated men and 2 brothers from a consanguineous family. The testis histology of the 31 unrelated NOA patients was as follows: 20 Sertoli cell-only syndrome (SCOS), 11 spermatogenic arrest (6 spermatogonial arrest and 5 spermatocytic arrest). The two brothers were affected by spermatocytic arrest. DNA extracted from blood was used for NGS on Illumina NextSeq500 platform. Generated sequence data was filtered for rare and potentially pathogenic variants. Functional studies in surplus testicular tissue from the carriers included the investigation of meiotic entry, XY body formation and metaphases by performing fluorescent immunohistochemical staining and immunocytochemistry. mRNA expression analysis through RT-qPCR of RNF212 and STAG3 was carried out in a collection of testis biopsies with different histology.
MAIN RESULTS AND THE ROLE OF CHANCE
Our approach was relatively successful, leading to the genetic diagnosis of one sporadic NOA patient and two NOA brothers. This relatively high diagnostic performance is likely to be related to the stringent patient selection criteria i.e. all known causes of azoospermia were excluded and to the relatively high number of patients with rare testis histology (spermatocytic arrest). All three mutation carriers presented meiotic arrest, leading to the genetic diagnosis of three out of seven cases with this specific testicular phenotype. For the first time, we report biallelic variants in STAG3, in one sporadic patient, and a homozygous RNF212 variant, in the two brothers, as the genetic cause of NOA. Meiotic studies allowed the detection of the functional consequences of the mutations and provided information on the role of STAG3 and RNF212 in human male meiosis.
LIMITATIONS, REASONS FOR CAUTION
All genes, with the exception of 5 out of 175, included in the panel cause azoospermia in mice only in the homozygous or hemizygous state. Consequently, apart from the five known dominant genes, heterozygous variants (except compound heterozygosity) in the remaining genes were not taken into consideration as causes of NOA. We identified the genetic cause in approximately half of the patients with spermatocytic arrest. The low number of analysed patients can be considered as a limitation, but it is a very rare testis phenotype. Due to the low frequency of this specific phenotype among infertile men, our finding may be considered of low clinical impact. However, at an individual level, it does have relevance for prognostic purposes prior testicular sperm extraction.
WIDER IMPLICATIONS OF THE FINDINGS
Our study represents an additional step towards elucidating the genetic bases of early spermatogenic failure, since we discovered two new genes involved in human male meiotic arrest. We propose the inclusion of RNF212 and STAG3 in a future male infertility diagnostic gene panel. Based on the associated testis phenotype, the identification of pathogenic mutations in these genes also confers a negative predictive value for testicular sperm retrieval. Our meiotic studies provide novel insights into the role of these proteins in human male meiosis. Mutations in STAG3 were first described as a cause of female infertility and ovarian cancer, and Rnf212 knock out in mice leads to male and female infertility. Hence, our results stimulate further research on shared genetic factors causing infertility in both sexes and indicate that genetic counselling should involve not only male but also female relatives of NOA patients.
STUDY FUNDING/COMPETING INTEREST(S)
This work was funded by the Spanish Ministry of Health Instituto Carlos III-FIS (grant number: FIS/FEDER-PI14/01250; PI17/01822) awarded to CK and AR-E, and by the European Commission, Reproductive Biology Early Research Training (REPROTRAIN, EU-FP7-PEOPLE-2011-ITN289880), awarded to CK, WB, and AE-M. The authors have no conflict of interest.
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- A Riera-Escamilla
- Andrology Department, Fundació Puigvert, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas Sant Pau (IIB-Sant Pau), 08025 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Department of Developmental Biology, Erasmus MC University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Andrology Department, Fundació Puigvert, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas Sant Pau (IIB-Sant Pau), 08025 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences ‘Mario Serio’, Centre of Excellence DeNothe, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Developmental Biology, Erasmus MC University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Center of Research and Innovation of Myeloproliferative neoplasms (CRIMM), AOU Careggi, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Bioinformatics Unit, Hospital of Prato, Prato, Italy
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- Department of Urology, Careggi Hospital, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Andrology and IVF, San Carlo Clinic, Paderno-Dugnano/Milano, Italy
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- Andrology Department, Fundació Puigvert, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas Sant Pau (IIB-Sant Pau), 08025 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences ‘Mario Serio’, Centre of Excellence DeNothe, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Developmental Biology, Erasmus MC University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Andrology Department, Fundació Puigvert, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas Sant Pau (IIB-Sant Pau), 08025 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Department of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences ‘Mario Serio’, Centre of Excellence DeNothe, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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The medical and psychosocial challenges faced by patients living with Disorders/Differences of Sex Development (DSD) and their families can be alleviated by a rapid and accurate diagnostic process. Clinical diagnosis of DSD is limited by a lack of standardization of anatomical and endocrine phenotyping and genetic testing, as well as poor genotype/phenotype correlation. Historically, DSD genes have been identified through positional cloning of disease-associated variants segregating in families and validation of candidates in animal and in vitro modeling of variant pathogenicity. Owing to the complexity of conditions grouped under DSD, genome-wide scanning methods are better suited for identifying disease causing gene variant(s) and providing a clinical diagnosis. Here, we review a number of established genomic tools (karyotyping, chromosomal microarrays and exome sequencing) used in clinic for DSD diagnosis, as well as emerging genomic technologies such as whole-genome (short-read) sequencing, long-read sequencing, and optical mapping used for novel DSD gene discovery. These, together with gene expression and epigenetic studies can potentiate the clinical diagnosis of DSD diagnostic rates and enhance the outcomes for patients and families.
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- Abhinav Parivesh
- Center for Genetic Medicine Research, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC, United States
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- Center for Genetic Medicine Research, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC, United States; Department of Genomics and Precision Medicine, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, United States
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- Center for Genetic Medicine Research, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC, United States; Department of Genomics and Precision Medicine, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, United States.
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- Center for Genetic Medicine Research, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC, United States; Department of Genomics and Precision Medicine, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, United States.
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Premature ovarian insufficiency (POI) is highly heterogeneous in genetic etiology. Yet identifying causative genes has been challenging with candidate gene approaches. Recent approaches using next generation sequencing (NGS), especially whole exome sequencing (WES), in large POI pedigrees have identified new causatives and proposed relevant candidates, mainly enriched in DNA damage repair, homologous recombination, and meiosis. In the near future, NGS or whole genome sequencing will help better define genes involved in intricate regulatory networks. The research into miRNA and age at menopause represents an emerging field that will help unveil the molecular mechanisms underlying pathogenesis of POI. Shedding light on the genetic architecture is important in interpreting pathogenesis of POI, and will facilitate risk prediction for POI.
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- Xue Jiao
- Center for Reproductive Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan 250021, Shandong, China; National Research Center for Assisted Reproductive Technology and Reproductive Genetics, Jinan 250021, Shandong, China; The Key Laboratory of Reproductive Endocrinology (Shandong University), Ministry of Education, Jinan 250021, Shandong, China; Suzhou Institute of Shandong University, Suzhou 215123, Jiangsu, China
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- Center for Reproductive Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan 250021, Shandong, China; National Research Center for Assisted Reproductive Technology and Reproductive Genetics, Jinan 250021, Shandong, China; The Key Laboratory of Reproductive Endocrinology (Shandong University), Ministry of Education, Jinan 250021, Shandong, China
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- Center for Reproductive Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan 250021, Shandong, China; National Research Center for Assisted Reproductive Technology and Reproductive Genetics, Jinan 250021, Shandong, China; The Key Laboratory of Reproductive Endocrinology (Shandong University), Ministry of Education, Jinan 250021, Shandong, China.
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- Center for Reproductive Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan 250021, Shandong, China; National Research Center for Assisted Reproductive Technology and Reproductive Genetics, Jinan 250021, Shandong, China; The Key Laboratory of Reproductive Endocrinology (Shandong University), Ministry of Education, Jinan 250021, Shandong, China; Center for Reproductive Medicine, Ren Ji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200127, China; Shanghai Key Laboratory for Assisted Reproduction and Reproductive Genetics, Shanghai 200127, China.
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França MM, Nishi MY, Funari MFA, Lerario AM, Baracat EC, Hayashida SAY, Maciel GAR, Jorge AAL, Mendonca BB. Two rare loss-of-function variants in the STAG3 gene leading to primary ovarian insufficiency. Eur J Med Genet 2018; 62:186-189. [PMID: 30006057 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmg.2018.07.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2018] [Revised: 05/29/2018] [Accepted: 07/09/2018] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND/AIM Primary ovarian insufficiency (POI) is characterized by primary or secondary amenorrhea, infertility, low estradiol levels, and increased gonadotropin levels. Most cases of POI remain unsolved even after exhaustive investigation. Here, we performed a targeted massively parallel sequencing to identify the genetic diagnosis of primary ovarian insufficiency (POI) in a Brazilian patient. PATIENT AND METHODS An adopted 21-year-old Brazilian woman with isolated POI was selected. A custom SureSelectXT DNA target enrichment panel was designed and sequenced on an Illumina NextSeq 500 sequencer. The variants were confirmed using Sanger sequencing. RESULTS Two rare heterozygous pathogenic variants in the STAG3 gene were identified in our patient. An unpublished 1-bp duplication c.291dupC (p.Asn98Glnfs*2) and one stop codon variant c.1950C > A (p.Tyr650*) were identified in the STAG3 gene. Both undescribed heterozygous variants were absent in the public databases [1000Genomes, Exome Aggregation Consortium (ExAC), National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Exome Variant Server (NHLBI/EVS), database of Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (dbSNP), Genome Aggregation Database (gnomAD)], and Online Archive of Brazilian Mutations (ABraOM) databases. Moreover, neither heterozygous variants were found in 400 alleles from fertile Brazilian women screened by Sanger sequencing. The parents' DNA was not available to segregate these variants. CONCLUSION Our results suggested that POI is caused by pathogenic compound heterozygous variants in the STAG3 gene, supporting the key role of the STAG3 gene in the etiology of primary ovarian insufficiency.
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- Monica M França
- Unidade de Endocrinologia do Desenvolvimento, Laboratório de Hormônios e Genética Molecular/LIM42, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil.
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- Unidade de Endocrinologia do Desenvolvimento, Laboratório de Hormônios e Genética Molecular/LIM42, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil; Laboratório de Sequenciamento em Larga Escala (SELA), Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Unidade de Endocrinologia do Desenvolvimento, Laboratório de Hormônios e Genética Molecular/LIM42, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Unidade de Endocrinologia do Desenvolvimento, Laboratório de Hormônios e Genética Molecular/LIM42, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil; Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Diabetes, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA; Laboratório de Sequenciamento em Larga Escala (SELA), Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Disciplina de Ginecologia, Departamento de Obstetrícia e Ginecologia Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Disciplina de Ginecologia, Departamento de Obstetrícia e Ginecologia Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Disciplina de Ginecologia, Departamento de Obstetrícia e Ginecologia Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Unidade de Endocrinologia Genética/LIM25, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Unidade de Endocrinologia do Desenvolvimento, Laboratório de Hormônios e Genética Molecular/LIM42, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil; Laboratório de Sequenciamento em Larga Escala (SELA), Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
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He WB, Tu CF, Liu Q, Meng LL, Yuan SM, Luo AX, He FS, Shen J, Li W, Du J, Zhong CG, Lu GX, Lin G, Fan LQ, Tan YQ. DMC1 mutation that causes human non-obstructive azoospermia and premature ovarian insufficiency identified by whole-exome sequencing. J Med Genet 2018; 55:198-204. [PMID: 29331980 DOI: 10.1136/jmedgenet-2017-104992] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2017] [Revised: 12/05/2017] [Accepted: 12/11/2017] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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BACKGROUND The genetic causes of the majority of male and female infertility caused by human non-obstructive azoospermia (NOA) and premature ovarian insufficiency (POI) with meiotic arrest are unknown. OBJECTIVE To identify the genetic cause of NOA and POI in two affected members from a consanguineous Chinese family. METHODS We performed whole-exome sequencing of DNA from both affected patients. The identified candidate causative gene was further verified by Sanger sequencing for pedigree analysis in this family. In silico analysis was performed to functionally characterise the mutation, and histological analysis was performed using the biopsied testicle sample from the male patient with NOA. RESULTS We identified a novel homozygous missense mutation (NM_007068.3: c.106G>A, p.Asp36Asn) in DMC1, which cosegregated with NOA and POI phenotypes in this family. The identified missense mutation resulted in the substitution of a conserved aspartic residue with asparaginate in the modified H3TH motif of DMC1. This substitution results in protein misfolding. Histological analysis demonstrated a lack of spermatozoa in the male patient's seminiferous tubules. Immunohistochemistry using a testis biopsy sample from the male patient showed that spermatogenesis was blocked at the zygotene stage during meiotic prophase I. CONCLUSIONS To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report identifying DMC1 as the causative gene for human NOA and POI. Furthermore, our pedigree analysis shows an autosomal recessive mode of inheritance for NOA and POI caused by DMC1 in this family.
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- Wen-Bin He
- Institute of Reproductive and Stem Cell Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, China.,Reproductive and Genetic Hospital of CITIC-Xiangya, Changsha, China.,National Engineering and Research Center of Human Stem Cell, Changsha, China
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- Institute of Reproductive and Stem Cell Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, China.,Reproductive and Genetic Hospital of CITIC-Xiangya, Changsha, China.,National Engineering and Research Center of Human Stem Cell, Changsha, China
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- Institute of Reproductive and Stem Cell Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, China.,Hunan Cancer Hospital and The Affiliated Cancer of Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Reproductive and Genetic Hospital of CITIC-Xiangya, Changsha, China
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- Reproductive and Genetic Hospital of CITIC-Xiangya, Changsha, China
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- Institute of Reproductive and Stem Cell Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, China.,Reproductive and Genetic Hospital of CITIC-Xiangya, Changsha, China.,National Engineering and Research Center of Human Stem Cell, Changsha, China
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- BGI Genomics, BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China
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- Institute of Reproductive and Stem Cell Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, China.,Reproductive and Genetic Hospital of CITIC-Xiangya, Changsha, China.,National Engineering and Research Center of Human Stem Cell, Changsha, China
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- Institute of Reproductive and Stem Cell Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, China.,Reproductive and Genetic Hospital of CITIC-Xiangya, Changsha, China.,National Engineering and Research Center of Human Stem Cell, Changsha, China
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- Institute of Reproductive and Stem Cell Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, China.,Reproductive and Genetic Hospital of CITIC-Xiangya, Changsha, China.,National Engineering and Research Center of Human Stem Cell, Changsha, China
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- Institute of Reproductive and Stem Cell Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, China.,Reproductive and Genetic Hospital of CITIC-Xiangya, Changsha, China.,National Engineering and Research Center of Human Stem Cell, Changsha, China
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- Institute of Reproductive and Stem Cell Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, China.,Reproductive and Genetic Hospital of CITIC-Xiangya, Changsha, China.,National Engineering and Research Center of Human Stem Cell, Changsha, China
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- Institute of Reproductive and Stem Cell Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, China.,Reproductive and Genetic Hospital of CITIC-Xiangya, Changsha, China.,National Engineering and Research Center of Human Stem Cell, Changsha, China
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- Institute of Reproductive and Stem Cell Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, China.,Reproductive and Genetic Hospital of CITIC-Xiangya, Changsha, China.,National Engineering and Research Center of Human Stem Cell, Changsha, China
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Trofimova T, Lizneva D, Suturina L, Walker W, Chen YH, Azziz R, Layman LC. Genetic basis of eugonadal and hypogonadal female reproductive disorders. Best Pract Res Clin Obstet Gynaecol 2017; 44:3-14. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bpobgyn.2017.05.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2017] [Revised: 04/20/2017] [Accepted: 05/02/2017] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Thakur M, Feldman G, Puscheck EE. Primary ovarian insufficiency in classic galactosemia: current understanding and future research opportunities. J Assist Reprod Genet 2017; 35:3-16. [PMID: 28932969 DOI: 10.1007/s10815-017-1039-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2017] [Accepted: 09/03/2017] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Classic galactosemia is an inborn error of the metabolism with devastating consequences. Newborn screening has been successful in markedly reducing the acute neonatal symptoms from this disorder. The dramatic response to dietary treatment is one of the major success stories of newborn screening. However, as children with galactosemia achieve adulthood, they face long-term complications. A majority of women with classic galactosemia develop primary ovarian insufficiency and resulting morbidity. The underlying pathophysiology of this complication is not clear. This review focuses on the reproductive issues seen in girls and women with classic galactosemia. Literature on the effects of classic galactosemia on the female reproductive system was reviewed by an extensive Pubmed search (publications from January 1975 to January 2017) using the keywords: galactosemia, ovarian function/dysfunction, primary ovarian insufficiency/failure, FSH, oxidative stress, fertility preservation. In addition, articles cited in the search articles and literature known to the authors was also included in the review. Our understanding of the role of galactose metabolism in the ovary is limited and the pathogenic mechanisms involved in causing primary ovarian insufficiency are unclear. The relative rarity of galactosemia makes it difficult to accumulate data to determine factors defining timing of ovarian dysfunction or treatment/fertility preservation options for this group of women. In this review, we present reproductive challenges faced by women with classic galactosemia, highlight the gaps in our understanding of mechanisms leading to primary ovarian insufficiency in this population, discuss new advances in fertility preservation options, and recommend collaboration between reproductive medicine and metabolic specialists to improve fertility in these women.
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- Mili Thakur
- Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The C.S. Mott Center for Human Growth and Development, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, 48201, USA. .,Division of Genetic, Genomic and Metabolic Disorders, Department of Pediatrics and Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, 48201, USA. .,The Fertility Center, 3230 Eagle Park Dr. NE, Suite 100, Grand Rapids, MI, 49525, USA.
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- Division of Genetic, Genomic and Metabolic Disorders, Department of Pediatrics and Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, 48201, USA.,Department of Pathology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, 48201, USA
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- Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The C.S. Mott Center for Human Growth and Development, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, 48201, USA
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He WB, Banerjee S, Meng LL, Du J, Gong F, Huang H, Zhang XX, Wang YY, Lu GX, Lin G, Tan YQ. Whole-exome sequencing identifies a homozygous donor splice-site mutation in STAG3 that causes primary ovarian insufficiency. Clin Genet 2017; 93:340-344. [PMID: 28393351 DOI: 10.1111/cge.13034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2017] [Revised: 03/29/2017] [Accepted: 04/03/2017] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Primary ovarian insufficiency (POI) is the depletion or loss of normal ovarian function, which cause infertility in women before the age of 40 years. Two homozygous germline truncation mutations in STAG3 gene had been reported to causes POI in consanguineous families. Here, we aimed to identify the genetic cause of POI in 2 affected sisters manifested with primary amenorrhea and partial development of secondary sexual characters with normal range of height of a consanguineous Han Chinese family. Whole-exome and Sanger sequencing identified a homozygous donor splice-site mutation (NM_012447.2: c.1573+5G>A) in the STAG3 gene. RT-PCR revealed that the mutation causes loss of wild-type donor splice-site which leads to aberrant splicing of STAG3 mRNA and consecutive formation of STAG3 alternative transcript (p.Leu490Thrfs*10) . This is the first report of splice-site mutation of STAG3 gene causes POI in 2 Han Chinese patients.
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- W-B He
- Institute of Reproduction and Stem Cell Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, People's Republic of China.,Reproductive and Genetic Hospital of CITIC-Xiangya, Changsha, People's Republic of China
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- BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Reproduction and Stem Cell Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Reproduction and Stem Cell Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, People's Republic of China.,Reproductive and Genetic Hospital of CITIC-Xiangya, Changsha, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Reproduction and Stem Cell Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, People's Republic of China.,Reproductive and Genetic Hospital of CITIC-Xiangya, Changsha, People's Republic of China
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- BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, People's Republic of China
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- BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, People's Republic of China
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- BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Reproduction and Stem Cell Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, People's Republic of China.,Reproductive and Genetic Hospital of CITIC-Xiangya, Changsha, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Reproduction and Stem Cell Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, People's Republic of China.,Reproductive and Genetic Hospital of CITIC-Xiangya, Changsha, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Reproduction and Stem Cell Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, People's Republic of China.,Reproductive and Genetic Hospital of CITIC-Xiangya, Changsha, People's Republic of China
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Shoemark A, Moya E, Hirst RA, Patel MP, Robson EA, Hayward J, Scully J, Fassad MR, Lamb W, Schmidts M, Dixon M, Patel-King RS, Rogers AV, Rutman A, Jackson CL, Goggin P, Rubbo B, Ollosson S, Carr S, Walker W, Adler B, Loebinger MR, Wilson R, Bush A, Williams H, Boustred C, Jenkins L, Sheridan E, Chung EMK, Watson CM, Cullup T, Lucas JS, Kenia P, O'Callaghan C, King SM, Hogg C, Mitchison HM. High prevalence of CCDC103 p.His154Pro mutation causing primary ciliary dyskinesia disrupts protein oligomerisation and is associated with normal diagnostic investigations. Thorax 2017; 73:157-166. [PMID: 28790179 DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2017-209999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2017] [Revised: 06/07/2017] [Accepted: 07/03/2017] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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RATIONALE Primary ciliary dyskinesia is a genetically heterogeneous inherited condition characterised by progressive lung disease arising from abnormal cilia function. Approximately half of patients have situs inversus. The estimated prevalence of primary ciliary dyskinesia in the UK South Asian population is 1:2265. Early, accurate diagnosis is key to implementing appropriate management but clinical diagnostic tests can be equivocal. OBJECTIVES To determine the importance of genetic screening for primary ciliary dyskinesia in a UK South Asian population with a typical clinical phenotype, where standard testing is inconclusive. METHODS Next-generation sequencing was used to screen 86 South Asian patients who had a clinical history consistent with primary ciliary dyskinesia. The effect of a CCDC103 p.His154Pro missense variant compared with other dynein arm-associated gene mutations on diagnostic/phenotypic variability was tested. CCDC103 p.His154Pro variant pathogenicity was assessed by oligomerisation assay. RESULTS Sixteen of 86 (19%) patients carried a homozygous CCDC103 p.His154Pro mutation which was found to disrupt protein oligomerisation. Variable diagnostic test results were obtained including normal nasal nitric oxide levels, normal ciliary beat pattern and frequency and a spectrum of partial and normal dynein arm retention. Fifteen (94%) patients or their sibling(s) had situs inversus suggesting CCDC103 p.His154Pro patients without situs inversus are missed. CONCLUSIONS The CCDC103 p.His154Pro mutation is more prevalent than previously thought in the South Asian community and causes primary ciliary dyskinesia that can be difficult to diagnose using pathology-based clinical tests. Genetic testing is critical when there is a strong clinical phenotype with inconclusive standard diagnostic tests.
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- Amelia Shoemark
- Department of Paediatric Respiratory Medicine, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust, National Heart and Lung Institute, London, UK
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- Division of Services for Women and Children, Women's and Newborn Unit Bradford Royal Infirmary, University of Bradford, Bradford, UK
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- Department of Infection, Centre for PCD Diagnosis and Research, Immunity and Inflammation, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK
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- Genetics and Genomic Medicine, University College London, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, London, UK
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- Division of Services for Women and Children, Women's and Newborn Unit Bradford Royal Infirmary, University of Bradford, Bradford, UK
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- Genetics and Genomic Medicine, University College London, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, London, UK.,North East Thames Regional Genetics Service, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, UK
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- Genetics and Genomic Medicine, University College London, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, London, UK.,Neuroscience and Mental Health Research Institute, School of Medicine and School of Bioscience, Cardiff University, London, UK
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- Genetics and Genomic Medicine, University College London, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, London, UK.,Human Genetics Department, Medical Research Institute, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt
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- Genetics and Genomic Medicine, University College London, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, London, UK
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- Genome Research Division, Human Genetics Department, Radboud University Medical Center and Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.,Pediatric Genetics Division, Center for Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, University of Freiburg Medical Center, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Paediatric Respiratory Medicine, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust, National Heart and Lung Institute, London, UK
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biophysics, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, USA
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- Department of Paediatric Respiratory Medicine, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust, National Heart and Lung Institute, London, UK.,Department of Respiratory Medicine, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust, London, UK
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- Department of Infection, Centre for PCD Diagnosis and Research, Immunity and Inflammation, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK
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- Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia Centre, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust and Clinical and Experimental Sciences Academic Unit, University of Southampton Faculty of Medicine, Southampton, UK.,NIHR Southampton Respiratory Biomedical Research Unit, University of Southampton and University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK
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- Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia Centre, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust and Clinical and Experimental Sciences Academic Unit, University of Southampton Faculty of Medicine, Southampton, UK.,NIHR Southampton Respiratory Biomedical Research Unit, University of Southampton and University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK
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- Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia Centre, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust and Clinical and Experimental Sciences Academic Unit, University of Southampton Faculty of Medicine, Southampton, UK.,NIHR Southampton Respiratory Biomedical Research Unit, University of Southampton and University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK
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- Department of Paediatric Respiratory Medicine, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust, National Heart and Lung Institute, London, UK
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- Department of Paediatric Respiratory Medicine, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust, National Heart and Lung Institute, London, UK
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- Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia Centre, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust and Clinical and Experimental Sciences Academic Unit, University of Southampton Faculty of Medicine, Southampton, UK.,NIHR Southampton Respiratory Biomedical Research Unit, University of Southampton and University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK
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- Department of Paediatrics, Luton and Dunstable Hospital NHS Trust, Luton, UK
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust, London, UK
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust, London, UK
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- Department of Paediatric Respiratory Medicine, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust, National Heart and Lung Institute, London, UK.,Department of Paediatric Respiratory Medicine, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London, UK
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- Centre for Translational Omics-GOSgene, Genetics and Genomic Medicine, University College London, Institute of Child Health, London, UK
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- North East Thames Regional Genetics Service, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, UK
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- North East Thames Regional Genetics Service, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, UK
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- Yorkshire Regional Genetics Service and School of Medicine, University of Leeds, St. James's University Hospital, Leeds, UK
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- Population, Policy and Practice Programme, University College London, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, London, UK
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- Yorkshire Regional Genetics Service and School of Medicine, University of Leeds, St. James's University Hospital, Leeds, UK
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- North East Thames Regional Genetics Service, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, UK
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- Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia Centre, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust and Clinical and Experimental Sciences Academic Unit, University of Southampton Faculty of Medicine, Southampton, UK.,NIHR Southampton Respiratory Biomedical Research Unit, University of Southampton and University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK
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- Department of Respiratory Paediatrics, Birmingham Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK
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- Department of Infection, Centre for PCD Diagnosis and Research, Immunity and Inflammation, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK.,Infection, Immunity, Inflammation and Physiological Medicine, University College London, Institute of Child Health, London, UK
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biophysics, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, USA.,Institute for Systems Genomics, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, USA
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- Department of Paediatric Respiratory Medicine, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust, National Heart and Lung Institute, London, UK
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- Genetics and Genomic Medicine, University College London, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, London, UK
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Colombo R, Pontoglio A, Bini M. A STAG3 missense mutation in two sisters with primary ovarian insufficiency. Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol 2017; 216:269-271. [PMID: 28802712 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2017.08.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2017] [Revised: 07/18/2017] [Accepted: 08/03/2017] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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- Roberto Colombo
- Center for the Study of Rare Hereditary Diseases, Niguarda Ca' Granda Metropolitan Hospital, Milan, Italy; Institute of Clinical Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Policlinico Agostino Gemelli, Rome, Italy.
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- Center for the Study of Rare Hereditary Diseases, Niguarda Ca' Granda Metropolitan Hospital, Milan, Italy
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- Center for the Study and Treatment of Fertility Disorders, Niguarda Ca' Granda Metropolitan Hospital, Milan, Italy
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Oud MM, Tuijnenburg P, Hempel M, van Vlies N, Ren Z, Ferdinandusse S, Jansen MH, Santer R, Johannsen J, Bacchelli C, Alders M, Li R, Davies R, Dupuis L, Cale CM, Wanders RJA, Pals ST, Ocaka L, James C, Müller I, Lehmberg K, Strom T, Engels H, Williams HJ, Beales P, Roepman R, Dias P, Brunner HG, Cobben JM, Hall C, Hartley T, Le Quesne Stabej P, Mendoza-Londono R, Davies EG, de Sousa SB, Lessel D, Arts HH, Kuijpers TW. Mutations in EXTL3 Cause Neuro-immuno-skeletal Dysplasia Syndrome. Am J Hum Genet 2017; 100:281-296. [PMID: 28132690 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2017.01.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2016] [Accepted: 01/03/2017] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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EXTL3 regulates the biosynthesis of heparan sulfate (HS), important for both skeletal development and hematopoiesis, through the formation of HS proteoglycans (HSPGs). By whole-exome sequencing, we identified homozygous missense mutations c.1382C>T, c.1537C>T, c.1970A>G, and c.2008T>G in EXTL3 in nine affected individuals from five unrelated families. Notably, we found the identical homozygous missense mutation c.1382C>T (p.Pro461Leu) in four affected individuals from two unrelated families. Affected individuals presented with variable skeletal abnormalities and neurodevelopmental defects. Severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) with a complete absence of T cells was observed in three families. EXTL3 was most abundant in hematopoietic stem cells and early progenitor T cells, which is in line with a SCID phenotype at the level of early T cell development in the thymus. To provide further support for the hypothesis that mutations in EXTL3 cause a neuro-immuno-skeletal dysplasia syndrome, and to gain insight into the pathogenesis of the disorder, we analyzed the localization of EXTL3 in fibroblasts derived from affected individuals and determined glycosaminoglycan concentrations in these cells as well as in urine and blood. We observed abnormal glycosaminoglycan concentrations and increased concentrations of the non-sulfated chondroitin disaccharide D0a0 and the disaccharide D0a4 in serum and urine of all analyzed affected individuals. In summary, we show that biallelic mutations in EXTL3 disturb glycosaminoglycan synthesis and thus lead to a recognizable syndrome characterized by variable expression of skeletal, neurological, and immunological abnormalities.
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- Machteld M Oud
- Department of Human Genetics, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Medical Centre, PO Box 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
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- Department of Experimental Immunology, Academic Medical Centre, PO Box 22660, 1100 DD Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Department of Pediatric Hematology, Immunology, and Infectious disease, Academic Medical Centre, PO Box 22660, 1100 DD Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Institute of Human Genetics, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
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- Laboratory Genetic Metabolic Diseases, Academic Medical Centre, PO Box 22660, 1100 DD Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, PO Box 22660, 1100 DD Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Laboratory Genetic Metabolic Diseases, Academic Medical Centre, PO Box 22660, 1100 DD Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Experimental Immunology, Academic Medical Centre, PO Box 22660, 1100 DD Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Department of Pediatric Hematology, Immunology, and Infectious disease, Academic Medical Centre, PO Box 22660, 1100 DD Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatrics, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Pediatrics, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
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- COSgene, Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London, WC1N 1EH London, UK
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, PO Box 22660, 1100 DD Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Human Genetics, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 1B1, Canada; McGill University and Génome Québec Innovation Centre, Montreal, QC H3A 0G1, Canada
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- COSgene, Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London, WC1N 1EH London, UK
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- Division of Clinical and Metabolic Genetics, Department of Paediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5G 1X8, Canada
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- Department of Immunology, Great Ormond Street Hospital, WC1N 3JH London, UK
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- Laboratory Genetic Metabolic Diseases, Academic Medical Centre, PO Box 22660, 1100 DD Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, PO Box 22660, 1100 DD Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- COSgene, Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London, WC1N 1EH London, UK
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- COSgene, Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London, WC1N 1EH London, UK
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- Division of Pediatric Stem Cell Transplantation and Immunology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
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- Division of Pediatric Stem Cell Transplantation and Immunology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of Human Genetics, Helmholtz Zentrum München, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany; Institute of Human Genetics, Technische Universität München, 81675 München, Germany
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- Institute of Human Genetics, University of Bonn, 53127 Bonn, Germany
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- COSgene, Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London, WC1N 1EH London, UK
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- COSgene, Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London, WC1N 1EH London, UK
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- Department of Human Genetics, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Medical Centre, PO Box 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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- Serviςo de Genética, Departamento de Pediatria, Hospital de Santa Maria, Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Norte, Centro Académico de Medicina de Lisboa, 1640-035 Lisboa, Portugal
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- Department of Human Genetics, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Medical Centre, PO Box 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatrics, Academic Medical Center University Hospital, PO Box 22660, 1100 DD Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Department of Clinical Genetics, St. George's University Hospital, SW19 0ER London, UK
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- Emerita, Department of Radiology, Great Ormond Street Hospital, WC1N 3JH London, UK
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- Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, ON K1H 8 L1, Canada
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- COSgene, Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London, WC1N 1EH London, UK
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- Division of Clinical and Metabolic Genetics, Department of Paediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5G 1X8, Canada
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- COSgene, Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London, WC1N 1EH London, UK; Department of Immunology, Great Ormond Street Hospital, WC1N 3JH London, UK
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- COSgene, Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London, WC1N 1EH London, UK; Medical Genetics Unit, Hospital Pediátrico, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, 3000-602 Coimbra, Portugal; Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Beira Interior, 6200-506 Covilhã, Portugal
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- Institute of Human Genetics, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Human Genetics, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Medical Centre, PO Box 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen, the Netherlands; Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University Medical Centre, Hamilton, ON L8S 4J9, Canada
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- Department of Experimental Immunology, Academic Medical Centre, PO Box 22660, 1100 DD Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
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Faridi R, Rehman AU, Morell RJ, Friedman PL, Demain L, Zahra S, Khan AA, Tohlob D, Assir MZ, Beaman G, Khan SN, Newman WG, Riazuddin S, Friedman TB. Mutations of SGO2 and CLDN14 collectively cause coincidental Perrault syndrome. Clin Genet 2017; 91:328-332. [PMID: 27629923 PMCID: PMC5272805 DOI: 10.1111/cge.12867] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2016] [Revised: 08/31/2016] [Accepted: 09/03/2016] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Perrault syndrome (PS) is a genetically heterogeneous disorder characterized by primary ovarian insufficiency (POI) in females and sensorineural hearing loss in males and females. In many PS subjects, causative variants have not been found in the five reported PS genes. The objective of this study was to identify the genetic cause of PS in an extended consanguineous family with six deaf individuals. Whole exome sequencing (WES) was completed on four affected members of a large family, and variants and co-segregation was confirmed by Sanger sequencing. All hearing impaired individuals, including the proband, are homozygous for a pathogenic variant of CLDN14, but this only explains the deafness. The PS proband is also homozygous for a frameshift variant (c.1453_1454delGA, p.(Glu485Lysfs*5)) in exon 7 of SGO2 encoding shugoshin 2, which is the likely cause of her concurrent ovarian insufficiency. In mouse, Sgol2a encoding shugoshin-like 2a is necessary during meiosis in both sexes to maintain the integrity of the cohesin complex that tethers sister chromatids. Human SGO2 has not previously been implicated in any disorder, but in this case of POI and perhaps others, it is a candidate for unexplained infertility.
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- Rabia Faridi
- Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892
- National Centre of Excellence in Molecular Biology, University of the Punjab, Lahore 54550, Pakistan
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- Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892
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- Genomics and Computational Biology Core, NIDCD, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Manchester Centre for Genomic Medicine, University of Manchester and Central Manchester University Hospitals, NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, M13 9WL, UK
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- National Centre of Excellence in Molecular Biology, University of the Punjab, Lahore 54550, Pakistan
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- National Centre of Excellence in Molecular Biology, University of the Punjab, Lahore 54550, Pakistan
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- Manchester Centre for Genomic Medicine, University of Manchester and Central Manchester University Hospitals, NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, M13 9WL, UK
- Clinical Pathology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Egypt
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- Allama Iqbal Medical College, University of Health Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan
- Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Medical University, Pakistan, Institute of Medical Sciences, Islamabad, Pakistan
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- Manchester Centre for Genomic Medicine, University of Manchester and Central Manchester University Hospitals, NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, M13 9WL, UK
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- National Centre of Excellence in Molecular Biology, University of the Punjab, Lahore 54550, Pakistan
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- Manchester Centre for Genomic Medicine, University of Manchester and Central Manchester University Hospitals, NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, M13 9WL, UK
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- Allama Iqbal Medical Research Centre, Jinnah Hospital Complex, Lahore 54550, Pakistan
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- Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892
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Watrin E, Kaiser FJ, Wendt KS. Gene regulation and chromatin organization: relevance of cohesin mutations to human disease. Curr Opin Genet Dev 2016; 37:59-66. [PMID: 26821365 DOI: 10.1016/j.gde.2015.12.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2015] [Revised: 12/16/2015] [Accepted: 12/19/2015] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Consistent with the diverse roles of the cohesin complex in chromosome biology, mutations in genes encoding cohesin and its regulators are found in different types of cancer and in developmental disorders such as Cornelia de Lange Syndrome. It is so far considered that the defects caused by these mutations result from altered function of cohesin in regulating gene expression during development. Chromatin conformation analyses have established the importance of cohesin for the architecture of developmental gene clusters and in vivo studies in mouse and zebrafish demonstrated how cohesin defects lead to gene misregulation and to malformations similar to the related human syndromes. Here we present our current knowledge on cohesin's involvement in gene expression, highlighting molecular and mechanistic consequences of pathogenic mutations in the Cornelia de Lange syndrome.
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- Erwan Watrin
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, UMR 6290, Rennes, France; Institut de Génétique et Développement de Rennes, Université de Rennes 1, SFR BIOSIT, Rennes, France
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- Sektion für Funktionelle Genetik am Institut für Humangenetik Lübeck, Universität zu Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
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- Department of Cell Biology, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
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Bramble MS, Goldstein EH, Lipson A, Ngun T, Eskin A, Gosschalk JE, Roach L, Vashist N, Barseghyan H, Lee E, Arboleda VA, Vaiman D, Yuksel Z, Fellous M, Vilain E. A novel follicle-stimulating hormone receptor mutation causing primary ovarian failure: a fertility application of whole exome sequencing. Hum Reprod 2016; 31:905-14. [PMID: 26911863 DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dew025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2015] [Accepted: 01/28/2016] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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STUDY QUESTION Can whole exome sequencing (WES) and in vitro validation studies be used to find the causative genetic etiology in a patient with primary ovarian failure and infertility? SUMMARY ANSWER A novel follicle-stimulating hormone receptor (FSHR) mutation was found by WES and shown, via in vitro flow cytometry studies, to affect membrane trafficking. WHAT IS KNOWN ALREADY WES may diagnose up to 25-35% of patients with suspected disorders of sex development (DSD). FSHR mutations are an extremely rare cause of 46, XX gonadal dysgenesis with primary amenorrhea due to hypergonadotropic ovarian failure. STUDY DESIGN, SIZE, DURATION A WES study was followed by flow cytometry studies of mutant protein function. PARTICIPANTS/MATERIALS, SETTING, METHODS The study subjects were two Turkish sisters with hypergonadotropic primary amenorrhea, their parents and two unaffected sisters. The affected siblings and both parents were sequenced (trio-WES). Transient transfection of HEK 293T cells was performed with a vector containing wild-type FSHR as well as the novel FSHR variant that was discovered by WES. Cellular localization of FSHR protein as well as FSH-stimulated cyclic AMP (cAMP) production was evaluated using flow cytometry. MAIN RESULTS AND THE ROLE OF CHANCE Both affected sisters were homozygous for a previously unreported missense mutation (c.1222G>T, p.Asp408Tyr) in the second transmembrane domain of FSHR. Modeling predicted disrupted secondary structure. Flow cytometry demonstrated an average of 48% reduction in cell-surface signal detection (P < 0.01). The mean fluorescent signal for cAMP (second messenger of FSHR), stimulated by FSH, was reduced by 50% in the mutant-transfected cells (P < 0.01). LIMITATIONS, REASONS FOR CAUTION This is an in vitro validation. All novel purported genetic variants can be clinically reported only as 'variants of uncertain significance' until more patients with a similar phenotype are discovered with the same variant. WIDER IMPLICATIONS OF THE FINDINGS We report the first WES-discovered FSHR mutation, validated by quantitative flow cytometry. WES is a valuable tool for diagnosis of rare genetic diseases, and flow cytometry allows for quantitative characterization of purported variants. WES-assisted diagnosis allows for treatments aimed at the underlying molecular etiology of disease. Future studies should focus on pharmacological and assisted reproductive treatments aimed at the disrupted FSHR, so that patients with FSH resistance can be treated by personalized medicine. STUDY FUNDING/COMPETING INTERESTS E.V. is partially funded by the DSD Translational Research Network (NICHD 1R01HD068138). M.S.B. is funded by the Neuroendocrinology, Sex Differences and Reproduction training grant (NICHD 5T32HD007228). The authors have no competing interests to disclose.
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- Matthew S Bramble
- Department of Human Genetics, David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California Los Angeles, 695 Charles E Young Drive South, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- Department of Human Genetics, David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California Los Angeles, 695 Charles E Young Drive South, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of California Los Angeles, 10833 Le Conte Avenue, Room 24-130 CHS, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- Department of Human Genetics, David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California Los Angeles, 695 Charles E Young Drive South, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- Department of Human Genetics, David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California Los Angeles, 695 Charles E Young Drive South, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- Department of Human Genetics, David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California Los Angeles, 695 Charles E Young Drive South, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- Department of Human Genetics, David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California Los Angeles, 695 Charles E Young Drive South, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- Department of Human Genetics, David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California Los Angeles, 695 Charles E Young Drive South, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- Department of Human Genetics, David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California Los Angeles, 695 Charles E Young Drive South, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- Department of Human Genetics, David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California Los Angeles, 695 Charles E Young Drive South, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- Department of Human Genetics, David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California Los Angeles, 695 Charles E Young Drive South, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- Department of Human Genetics, David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California Los Angeles, 695 Charles E Young Drive South, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- Department of Development, Reproduction, and Cancer, Institut Cochin, U1016 Inserm, University Sorbonne Paris, CNRS UMR8104, Paris, France
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Women and Children Hospital, Halkkent Mh. Fatih Sultan Mehmet Boulevard No. 23, Mersin 33240, Turkey
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- Department of Development, Reproduction, and Cancer, Institut Cochin, U1016 Inserm, University Sorbonne Paris, CNRS UMR8104, Paris, France
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- Department of Human Genetics, David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California Los Angeles, 695 Charles E Young Drive South, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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Weinberg-Shukron A, Renbaum P, Kalifa R, Zeligson S, Ben-Neriah Z, Dreifuss A, Abu-Rayyan A, Maatuk N, Fardian N, Rekler D, Kanaan M, Samson AO, Levy-Lahad E, Gerlitz O, Zangen D. A mutation in the nucleoporin-107 gene causes XX gonadal dysgenesis. J Clin Invest 2015; 125:4295-304. [PMID: 26485283 DOI: 10.1172/jci83553] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2015] [Accepted: 09/03/2015] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
Abstract
Ovarian development and maintenance are poorly understood; however, diseases that affect these processes can offer insights into the underlying mechanisms. XX female gonadal dysgenesis (XX-GD) is a rare, genetically heterogeneous disorder that is characterized by underdeveloped, dysfunctional ovaries, with subsequent lack of spontaneous pubertal development, primary amenorrhea, uterine hypoplasia, and hypergonadotropic hypogonadism. Here, we report an extended consanguineous family of Palestinian origin, in which 4 females exhibited XX-GD. Using homozygosity mapping and whole-exome sequencing, we identified a recessive missense mutation in nucleoporin-107 (NUP107, c.1339G>A, p.D447N). This mutation segregated with the XX-GD phenotype and was not present in available databases or in 150 healthy ethnically matched controls. NUP107 is a component of the nuclear pore complex, and the NUP107-associated protein SEH1 is required for oogenesis in Drosophila. In Drosophila, Nup107 knockdown in somatic gonadal cells resulted in female sterility, whereas males were fully fertile. Transgenic rescue of Drosophila females bearing the Nup107D364N mutation, which corresponds to the human NUP107 (p.D447N), resulted in almost complete sterility, with a marked reduction in progeny, morphologically aberrant eggshells, and disintegrating egg chambers, indicating defective oogenesis. These results indicate a pivotal role for NUP107 in ovarian development and suggest that nucleoporin defects may play a role in milder and more common conditions such as premature ovarian failure.
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