SignificanceSex determination involves antagonistic interactions between the testis-determining (SRY-SOX9-FGF9) and ovary-promoting (RSPO1-WNT/β-catenin-FOXL2) pathways, but the underlying molecular mechanisms remain unclear. We show that ZNRF3, an E3 ubiquitin ligase that inhibits WNT signaling and is a direct target of RSPO1-mediated membrane clearance, is testis-determining in mice. Testis determination defects in the absence of ZNRF3 arise due to ectopic canonical WNT signaling in XY gonads at the sex-determining stage. We identify human ZNRF3 sequence variants in cases of 46,XY disorders of sex development with XY female presentation. In vitro functional assays show that these variants disrupt ZNRF3 function. Our data reveal a sex-determining role for ZNRF3 and indicate that interactions between ZNRF3 and RSPO1 regulate mammalian sex determination.
Our data provide evidence for an obvious genotoxic effect associated with IR exposure and reinforce the high sensitivity of cytogenetic assays for biomonitoring of occupationally exposed populations. These results indicate that workers exposed to IR should have periodic monitoring, along their exposure. The variants, rs25487 and rs861539, of XRCC1 and XRCC3 genes have obvious functional effects. Paradoxically, these variants are not associated with the severity of damages, according to used assays, in the studied cohort of Tunisian population, unlike other studies.
The impairment of alternative splicing of exon 19 and the lack of a part of the proteasome signal due to c.2788insG mutation could disrupt the dynamic regulation of isoform levels especially hCDKL5_5 and hCDKL5_1 during pre and postnatal neurodevelopment and then could cause pathogenic phenotype. Signal peptidase I serine active site seems to modulate hCDKL5_5 movements between nucleus and cytoplasm. We noticed that the resulting phenotypes from truncated mutations among the C-terminal domain of hCDKL5 are almost similar and are always severe.
This new method has proved to be a rapid, simple, and reliable method that should facilitate high throughput genotyping of MTHFR polymorphisms in acute leukemia.
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