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WDR11, a WD protein that interacts with transcription factor EMX1, is mutated in idiopathic hypogonadotropic hypogonadism and Kallmann syndrome

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Kim, Hyung-Goo, Ahn, Jang-Won, Kurth, Ingo, Ullmann, Reinhard, Kim, Hyun-Taek, Kulharya, Anita, Ha, Kyung-Soo, Itokawa, Yasuhide +16 more·2010·The American Journal of Human Genetics

Abstract

By defining the chromosomal breakpoint of a balanced t(10;12) translocation from a subject with Kallmann syndrome and scanning genes in its vicinity in unrelated hypogonadal subjects, we have identified WDR11 as a gene involved in human puberty. We found six patients with a total of five different heterozygous WDR11 missense mutations, including three alterations (A435T, R448Q, and H690Q) in WD domains important for β propeller formation and protein-protein interaction. In addition, we discovered that WDR11 interacts with EMX1, a homeodomain transcription factor involved in the development of olfactory neurons, and that missense alterations reduce or abolish this interaction. Our findings suggest that impaired pubertal development in these patients results from a deficiency of productive WDR11 protein interaction.

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  • These genes affect GnRH neuronal migration and are associated with hypogonadotropic hypogonadism with anosmia, or Kallmann's syndrome.

    “These genes affect GnRH neuronal migration and are associated with hypogonadotropic hypogonadism with anosmia, or Kallmann’s syndrome (table).35,46,47,53,88–90”

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Kim, H.-G., Ahn, J.-W., Kurth, I., Ullmann, R., Kim, H.-T., Kulharya, A., Ha, K.-S., Itokawa, Y., Meliciani, I., Wenzel, W., Lee, D., Rosenberger, G., Ozata, M., Bick, D. P., Sherins, R. J., Nagase, T., Tekin, M., Kim, S.-H., Kim, C.-H., Ropers, H.-H., Gusella, J. F., Kalscheuer, V., Choi, C. Y., & Layman, L. C.
Affiliations
  • Harvard University (US)
  • Sungkyunkwan University (KR)
  • University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (DE)
  • Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics (DE)
  • Chungnam National University (KR)
  • Augusta University (US)
  • Kazusa DNA Research Institute (JP)
  • Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (DE)
  • Medical College of Wisconsin (US)
  • University of London (GB)
Corresponding author
  • Kim, Hyung-Goo
  • Layman, Lawrence C.
Venue
The American Journal of Human Genetics
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2010-10
Volume
87
Issue
4
Pages
465-479
ISSN
0002-9297 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2056919029
Cited by
195
References
59
Citations by year
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FWCI
16.76
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • The American Journal of Human Genetics (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health
  • National Institute of General Medical Sciences (GM061354, P01GM061354)
  • Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (R29HD033004, R01HD033004, HD040287, K24HD040287, HD 33004)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Reproductive Medicine › Hypothalamic control of reproductive hormones
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Reproductive Medicine › Sperm and Testicular Function
Keywords
Emx1, idiopathic hypogonadotropic hypogonadism, Kallmann syndrome, missense mutations, WD domain, protein-protein interaction, homeodomain transcription factor, pubertal development
MeSH terms
Bromodomain Containing Proteins, Empty Spiracles Homeobox Proteins, Adolescent, Animals, Chromosomes, Human, Pair 10, Humans, Hypogonadism, Immunohistochemistry, Male, Membrane Proteins, Proto-Oncogene Proteins, Puberty, Transcription Factors, Translocation, Genetic, Zebrafish, Immunoblotting, In Situ Hybridization, In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence, Kallmann Syndrome, Homeodomain Proteins, Mutation, Missense, Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Two-Hybrid System Techniques, Microarray Analysis, Immunoprecipitation, Mice, Rats

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