
doi: 10.1038/pr.2014.23
pmid: 24522099
Congenital hypogonadotropic hypogonadism (HH), a rare disorder characterized by absent, partial, or delayed puberty, can be caused by the lack or deficient number of hypothalamic gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) neurons. SEMA3A was recently implicated in the etiology of the disorder, and Sema7A-deficient mice have a reduced number of GnRH neurons in their brains.SEMA3A and SEMA7A were screened by Sanger sequencing in altogether 50 Finnish HH patients (34 with Kallmann syndrome (KS; HH with hyposmia/anosmia) and 16 with normosmic HH (nHH)). In 20 patients, mutation(s) had already been found in genes known to be implicated in congenital HH.Three heterozygous variants (c.458A>G (p.Asn153Ser), c.1253A>G (p.Asn418Ser), and c.1303G>A (p.Val435Ile)) were found in SEMA3A in three KS patients, two of which also had a mutation in FGFR1. Two rare heterozygous variants (c.442C>T (p.Arg148Trp) and c.1421G>A (p.Arg474Gln)) in SEMA7A were found in one male nHH patient with a previously identified KISS1R nonsense variant and one male KS patient with a previously identified mutation in KAL1, respectively.Our results suggest that heterozygous missense variants in SEMA3A and SEMA7A may modify the phenotype of KS but most likely are not alone sufficient to cause the disorder.
Male, Neurons, Heterozygote, Hypogonadism, DNA Mutational Analysis, Mutation, Missense, Genetic Variation, Semaphorin-3A, Kallmann Syndrome, Semaphorins, GPI-Linked Proteins, Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone, Phenotype, Antigens, CD, Mutation, Humans, Female, Finland
Male, Neurons, Heterozygote, Hypogonadism, DNA Mutational Analysis, Mutation, Missense, Genetic Variation, Semaphorin-3A, Kallmann Syndrome, Semaphorins, GPI-Linked Proteins, Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone, Phenotype, Antigens, CD, Mutation, Humans, Female, Finland
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