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Article Dans Une Revue Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Année : 2020

Testis formation in XX individuals resulting from novel pathogenic variants in Wilms’ tumor 1 ( WT1 ) gene

Anne Jørgensen
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Rita Bertalan

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Sex determination in mammals is governed by antagonistic interactions of two genetic pathways, imbalance in which may lead to disorders/differences of sex development (DSD) in human. Among 46,XX individuals with testicular DSD (TDSD) or ovotesticular DSD (OTDSD), testicular tissue is present in the gonad. Although the testis-determining gene SRY is present in many cases, the etiology is unknown in most SRY-negative patients. We performed exome sequencing on 78 individuals with 46,XX TDSD/OTDSD of unknown genetic etiology and identified seven (8.97%) with heterozygous variants affecting the fourth zinc finger (ZF4) of Wilms' tumor 1 (WT1) (p.Ser478Thrfs*17, p.Pro481Leufs*15, p.Lys491Glu, p.Arg495Gln [x3], p.Arg495Gly). The variants were de novo in six families (P = 4.4 × 10-6), and the incidence of WT1 variants in 46,XX DSD is enriched compared to control populations (P < 1.8 × 10-4). The introduction of ZF4 mutants into a human granulosa cell line resulted in up-regulation of endogenous Sertoli cell transcripts and Wt1 Arg495Gly/Arg495Gly XX mice display masculinization of the fetal gonads. The phenotype could be explained by the ability of the mutated proteins to physically interact with and sequester a key pro-ovary factor β-CATENIN, which may lead to up-regulation of testis-specific pathway. Our data show that unlike previous association of WT1 and 46,XY DSD, ZF4 variants of WT1 are a relatively common cause of 46,XX TDSD/OTDSD. This expands the spectrum of phenotypes associated with WT1 variants and shows that the WT1 protein affecting ZF4 can function as a protestis factor in an XX chromosomal context.
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pasteur-02872463 , version 1 (17-06-2020)

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Caroline Eozenou, Nitzan Gonen, Maria Sol Touzon, Anne Jørgensen, Svetlana A Yatsenko, et al.. Testis formation in XX individuals resulting from novel pathogenic variants in Wilms’ tumor 1 ( WT1 ) gene. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2020, 117 (24), pp.13680-13688. ⟨10.1073/pnas.1921676117⟩. ⟨pasteur-02872463⟩
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