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A Long Contiguous Stretch of Homozygosity Disclosed a Novel STAG3 Biallelic Pathogenic Variant Causing Primary Ovarian Insufficiency: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
Primary ovarian insufficiency (POI) refers to an etiologically heterogeneous disorder characterized by hypergonadotropic hypogonadism that represents a major cause of infertility in women under 40 years of age. Most cases are apparently sporadic, but about 10–15% have an affected first-degree relati...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8622734/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34828315 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/genes12111709 |
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author | Mellone, Simona Zavattaro, Marco Vurchio, Denise Ronzani, Sara Caputo, Marina Leone, Ilaria Prodam, Flavia Giordano, Mara |
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description | Primary ovarian insufficiency (POI) refers to an etiologically heterogeneous disorder characterized by hypergonadotropic hypogonadism that represents a major cause of infertility in women under 40 years of age. Most cases are apparently sporadic, but about 10–15% have an affected first-degree relative, indicating a genetic etiology. Pathogenic variations in genes involved in development, meiosis and hormonal signaling have been detected in the hereditary form of the disorder. However, most cases of POI remain unsolved even after exhaustive investigation. A 19-year-old Senegalese female affected by non-syndromic POI presented with primary amenorrhoea and answered well to the hormonal induction of puberty. In order to investigate the presence of a genetic defect, aCGH-SNP analysis was performed. A 13.5 Mb long contiguous stretch of homozygosity (LCSH) was identified on chromosome 7q21.13-q22.1 where the exome sequencing revealed a novel homozygous 4-bp deletion (c.3381_3384delAGAA) in STAG3. Pathogenic variants in this gene, encoding for a meiosis-specific protein, have been previously reported as the cause of POI in only eight families and recently as the cause of infertility in a male. The here-identified mutation leads to the truncation of the last 55 amino acids, confirming the important role in meiosis of the STAG3 C-terminal domain. |
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spelling | pubmed-86227342021-11-27 A Long Contiguous Stretch of Homozygosity Disclosed a Novel STAG3 Biallelic Pathogenic Variant Causing Primary Ovarian Insufficiency: A Case Report and Review of the Literature Mellone, Simona Zavattaro, Marco Vurchio, Denise Ronzani, Sara Caputo, Marina Leone, Ilaria Prodam, Flavia Giordano, Mara Genes (Basel) Case Report Primary ovarian insufficiency (POI) refers to an etiologically heterogeneous disorder characterized by hypergonadotropic hypogonadism that represents a major cause of infertility in women under 40 years of age. Most cases are apparently sporadic, but about 10–15% have an affected first-degree relative, indicating a genetic etiology. Pathogenic variations in genes involved in development, meiosis and hormonal signaling have been detected in the hereditary form of the disorder. However, most cases of POI remain unsolved even after exhaustive investigation. A 19-year-old Senegalese female affected by non-syndromic POI presented with primary amenorrhoea and answered well to the hormonal induction of puberty. In order to investigate the presence of a genetic defect, aCGH-SNP analysis was performed. A 13.5 Mb long contiguous stretch of homozygosity (LCSH) was identified on chromosome 7q21.13-q22.1 where the exome sequencing revealed a novel homozygous 4-bp deletion (c.3381_3384delAGAA) in STAG3. Pathogenic variants in this gene, encoding for a meiosis-specific protein, have been previously reported as the cause of POI in only eight families and recently as the cause of infertility in a male. The here-identified mutation leads to the truncation of the last 55 amino acids, confirming the important role in meiosis of the STAG3 C-terminal domain. MDPI 2021-10-27 /pmc/articles/PMC8622734/ /pubmed/34828315 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/genes12111709 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Case Report Mellone, Simona Zavattaro, Marco Vurchio, Denise Ronzani, Sara Caputo, Marina Leone, Ilaria Prodam, Flavia Giordano, Mara A Long Contiguous Stretch of Homozygosity Disclosed a Novel STAG3 Biallelic Pathogenic Variant Causing Primary Ovarian Insufficiency: A Case Report and Review of the Literature |
title | A Long Contiguous Stretch of Homozygosity Disclosed a Novel STAG3 Biallelic Pathogenic Variant Causing Primary Ovarian Insufficiency: A Case Report and Review of the Literature |
title_full | A Long Contiguous Stretch of Homozygosity Disclosed a Novel STAG3 Biallelic Pathogenic Variant Causing Primary Ovarian Insufficiency: A Case Report and Review of the Literature |
title_fullStr | A Long Contiguous Stretch of Homozygosity Disclosed a Novel STAG3 Biallelic Pathogenic Variant Causing Primary Ovarian Insufficiency: A Case Report and Review of the Literature |
title_full_unstemmed | A Long Contiguous Stretch of Homozygosity Disclosed a Novel STAG3 Biallelic Pathogenic Variant Causing Primary Ovarian Insufficiency: A Case Report and Review of the Literature |
title_short | A Long Contiguous Stretch of Homozygosity Disclosed a Novel STAG3 Biallelic Pathogenic Variant Causing Primary Ovarian Insufficiency: A Case Report and Review of the Literature |
title_sort | long contiguous stretch of homozygosity disclosed a novel stag3 biallelic pathogenic variant causing primary ovarian insufficiency: a case report and review of the literature |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8622734/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34828315 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/genes12111709 |
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