Mapping of sudden infant death with dysgenesis of the testes syndrome (SIDDT) by a SNP genome scan and identification of TSPYL loss of function. |
Authors: |
Puffenberger, EG Hu-Lince, D Parod, JM Craig, DW Dobrin, SE Conway, AR Donarum, EA Strauss, KA Dunckley, T Cardenas, JF Melmed, KR Wright, CA Liang, W Stafford, P Flynn, CR Morton, DH Stephan, DA
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Citation: |
Puffenberger EG, etal., Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 Aug 10;101(32):11689-94. Epub 2004 Jul 23. |
RGD ID: |
1599672 |
Pubmed: |
PMID:15273283 (View Abstract at PubMed) |
PMCID: |
PMC511011 (View Article at PubMed Central) |
DOI: |
DOI:10.1073/pnas.0401194101 (Journal Full-text) |
We have identified a lethal phenotype characterized by sudden infant death (from cardiac and respiratory arrest) with dysgenesis of the testes in males [Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man (OMIM) accession no. 608800]. Twenty-one affected individuals with this autosomal recessive syndrome were ascertained in nine separate sibships among the Old Order Amish. High-density single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) genotyping arrays containing 11,555 single-nucleotide polymorphisms evenly distributed across the human genome were used to map the disease locus. A genome-wide autozygosity scan localized the disease gene to a 3.6-Mb interval on chromosome 6q22.1-q22.31. This interval contained 27 genes, including two testis-specific Y-like genes (TSPYL and TSPYL4) of unknown function. Sequence analysis of the TSPYL gene in affected individuals identified a homozygous frameshift mutation (457_458insG) at codon 153, resulting in truncation of translation at codon 169. Truncation leads to loss of a peptide domain with strong homology to the nucleosome assembly protein family. GFP-fusion expression constructs were constructed and illustrated loss of nuclear localization of truncated TSPYL, suggesting loss of a nuclear localization patch in addition to loss of the nucleosome assembly domain. These results shed light on the pathogenesis of a disorder of sexual differentiation and brainstem-mediated sudden death, as well as give insight into a mechanism of transcriptional regulation.
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Genes (Rattus norvegicus) |
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Genes (Mus musculus) |
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Tspyl1 (testis-specific protein, Y-encoded-like 1) |
Genes (Homo sapiens) |
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