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Homozygosity for a single base-pair mutation in the oocyte-specific GDF9 gene results in sterility in Thoka sheep

Reproduction (Cambridge, England), 2009-12, Vol.138 (6), p.921-933 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

2009 Society for Reproduction and Fertility ;ISSN: 1470-1626 ;EISSN: 1741-7899 ;DOI: 10.1530/REP-09-0193 ;PMID: 19713444

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Title:
Homozygosity for a single base-pair mutation in the oocyte-specific GDF9 gene results in sterility in Thoka sheep
Author: Nicol, Linda ; Bishop, Stephen C ; Pong-Wong, Ricardo ; Bendixen, Christian ; Holm, Lars-Erik ; Rhind, Stewart M ; McNeilly, Alan S
Subjects: Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Base Sequence ; Chromosomes, Mammalian ; Female ; Genetic Predisposition to Disease ; Genital Diseases, Female - congenital ; Genital Diseases, Female - genetics ; Genital Diseases, Female - pathology ; Genital Diseases, Female - veterinary ; Growth Differentiation Factor 9 - genetics ; Growth Differentiation Factor 9 - metabolism ; Homozygote ; Infertility, Female - genetics ; Infertility, Female - veterinary ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Mutation, Missense - physiology ; Oocytes - metabolism ; Organ Specificity - genetics ; Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide - physiology ; Sheep - genetics ; Sheep - physiology ; Sheep Diseases - congenital ; Sheep Diseases - genetics ; Sheep Diseases - pathology
Is Part Of: Reproduction (Cambridge, England), 2009-12, Vol.138 (6), p.921-933
Description: The control of fecundity is critical in determining mammalian offspring survival. It is regulated principally by the ovulation rate, so that primates and large farm species commonly have a single offspring. Previously, several mutations have been identified in sheep which increase the naturally low ovulation rate; although in some cases homozygous ewes are infertile. In the present study we present a detailed characterization of a novel mutation in growth differentiation factor 9 (GDF9), found in Icelandic Thoka sheep. This mutation is a single base change (A1279C) resulting in a nonconservative amino acid change (S109R) in the C-terminus of the mature GDF9 protein, which is normally expressed in oocytes at all stages of development. Genotyping all animals for which reproductive records were available confirmed this mutation to be associated with increased fecundity in heterozygous ewes and infertility in homozygotes. Analysis of homozygote ovarian morphology and a number of genes normally activated in growing follicles showed that GDF9 was not involved in oocyte activation, but in subsequent development of the follicle. This study highlights the importance of oocyte factors in regulating fertility and provides new information for structural analysis and investigation of the potentially important sites of dimerization or translational modifications required to produce biologically active GDF9. It also provides the basis for the utilization of these animals to enhance sheep production.
Publisher: England: BioScientifica
Language: English
Identifier: ISSN: 1470-1626
EISSN: 1741-7899
DOI: 10.1530/REP-09-0193
PMID: 19713444
Source: MEDLINE
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Homozygosity for a single base-pair mutation in the oocyte-specific GDF9 gene results in sterility in Thoka sheep

2009 Society for Reproduction and Fertility ;ISSN: 1470-1626 ;EISSN: 1741-7899 ;DOI: 10.1530/REP-09-0193 ;PMID: 19713444

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