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    Identification of novel candidate genes for 46, XY disorders of sex development (DSD) using a C57BL/6J-Y-POS mouse model

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    Barseghyan, H; Symon, A; Zadikyan, M; Almalvez, M; Segura, EE; Eskin, A; Bramble, MS; Arboleda, VA; Baxter, R; Nelson, SF; ...
    Date
    2018-01-30
    Source Title
    Biology of Sex Differences
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    BIOMED CENTRAL LTD
    University of Melbourne Author/s
    Harley, Vincent
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    Anatomy and Neuroscience
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    Journal Article
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    Barseghyan, H., Symon, A., Zadikyan, M., Almalvez, M., Segura, E. E., Eskin, A., Bramble, M. S., Arboleda, V. A., Baxter, R., Nelson, S. F., Delot, E. C., Harley, V. & Vilain, E. (2018). Identification of novel candidate genes for 46, XY disorders of sex development (DSD) using a C57BL/6J-Y-POS mouse model. BIOLOGY OF SEX DIFFERENCES, 9 (1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s13293-018-0167-9.
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    http://hdl.handle.net/11343/253179
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    10.1186/s13293-018-0167-9
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    BACKGROUND: Disorders of sex development (DSD) have an estimated frequency of 0.5% of live births encompassing a variety of urogenital anomalies ranging from mild hypospadias to a discrepancy between sex chromosomes and external genitalia. In order to identify the underlying genetic etiology, we had performed exome sequencing in a subset of DSD cases with 46,XY karyotype and were able to identify the causative genetic variant in 35% of cases. While the genetic etiology was not ascertained in more than half of the cases, a large number of variants of unknown clinical significance (VUS) were identified in those exomes. METHODS: To investigate the relevance of these VUS in regards to the patient's phenotype, we utilized a mouse model in which the presence of a Y chromosome from the poschiavinus strain (Y POS ) on a C57BL/6J (B6) background results in XY undervirilization and sex reversal, a phenotype characteristic to a large subset of human 46,XY DSD cases. We assessed gene expression differences between B6-Y B6 and undervirilized B6-Y POS gonads at E11.5 and identified 515 differentially expressed genes (308 underexpressed and 207 overexpressed in B6-Y POS males). RESULTS: We identified 15 novel candidate genes potentially involved in 46,XY DSD pathogenesis by filtering the list of human VUS-carrying genes provided by exome sequencing with the list of differentially expressed genes from B6-Y POS mouse model. Additionally, we identified that 7 of the 15 candidate genes were significantly underexpressed in the XY gonads of mice with suppressed Sox9 expression in Sertoli cells suggesting that some of the candidate genes may be downstream of a well-known sex determining gene, Sox9. CONCLUSION: The use of a DSD-specific animal model improves variant interpretation by correlating human sequence variants with transcriptome variation.

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