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21962132
TITLE
Variation in BMPR1B, TGFRB1 and BMPR2 and control of dizygotic twinning.
ABSTRACT
Genes in the TGF9 signaling pathway play important roles in the regulation of ovarian follicle growth and ovulation rate. Mutations in three genes in this pathway, growth differentiation factor 9 (GDF9), bone morphogenetic protein 15 (BMP15) and the bone morphogenetic protein receptor B 1 (BMPRB1), influence dizygotic (DZ) twinning rates in sheep. To date, only variants in GDF9 and BMP15, but not their receptors transforming growth factor ß receptor 1 (TGFBR1), bone morphogenetic protein receptor 2 (BMPR2) and BMPR1B, have been investigated with respect to their roles in human DZ twinning. We screened for rare and novel variants in TGFBR1, BMPR2 and BMPR1B in mothers of dizygotic twins (MODZT) from twin-dense families, and assessed association between genotyped and imputed variants and DZ twinning in another large sample of MODZT. Three novel variants were found: a deep intronic variant in BMPR2, and one intronic and one non-synonymous exonic variant in BMPRB1 which would result in the replacement of glutamine by glutamic acid at amino acid position 294 (p.Gln294Glu). None of these variants were predicted to have major impacts on gene function. However, the p.Gln294Glu variant changes the same amino acid as a sheep BMPR1B functional variant and may have functional consequences. Six BMPR1B variants were marginally associated with DZ twinning in the larger case-control sample, but these were no longer significant once multiple testing was taken into account. Our results suggest that variation in the TGF9 signaling pathway type II receptors has limited effects on DZ twinning rates in humans.
DATE PUBLISHED
2011 Oct
HISTORY
PUBSTATUS PUBSTATUSDATE
entrez 2011/10/04 06:00
pubmed 2011/10/04 06:00
medline 2012/01/04 06:00
AUTHORS
NAME COLLECTIVENAME LASTNAME FORENAME INITIALS AFFILIATION AFFILIATIONINFO
Luong HT Luong Hien T T HT Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, Australia.
Chaplin J Chaplin Justin J
McRae AF McRae Allan F AF
Medland SE Medland Sarah E SE
Willemsen G Willemsen Gonneke G
Nyholt DR Nyholt Dale R DR
Henders AK Henders Anjali K AK
Hoekstra C Hoekstra Chantal C
Duffy DL Duffy David L DL
Martin NG Martin Nicholas G NG
Boomsma DI Boomsma Dorret I DI
Montgomery GW Montgomery Grant W GW
Painter JN Painter Jodie N JN
INVESTIGATORS
JOURNAL
VOLUME: 14
ISSUE: 5
TITLE: Twin research and human genetics : the official journal of the International Society for Twin Studies
ISOABBREVIATION: Twin Res Hum Genet
YEAR: 2011
MONTH: Oct
DAY:
MEDLINEDATE:
SEASON:
CITEDMEDIUM: Print
ISSN: 1832-4274
ISSNTYPE: Print
MEDLINE JOURNAL
MEDLINETA: Twin Res Hum Genet
COUNTRY: England
ISSNLINKING: 1832-4274
NLMUNIQUEID: 101244624
PUBLICATION TYPE
PUBLICATIONTYPE TEXT
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Twin Study
COMMENTS AND CORRECTIONS
GRANTS
GENERAL NOTE
KEYWORDS
MESH HEADINGS
DESCRIPTORNAME QUALIFIERNAME
Bone Morphogenetic Protein Receptors, Type I genetics
Bone Morphogenetic Protein Receptors, Type II genetics
DNA genetics
Genetic Association Studies genetics
Genetic Variation genetics
Humans genetics
Polymerase Chain Reaction genetics
Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases genetics
Receptor, Transforming Growth Factor-beta Type I genetics
Receptors, Transforming Growth Factor beta genetics
Signal Transduction genetics
Twins, Dizygotic genetics
SUPPLEMENTARY MESH
GENE SYMBOLS
CHEMICALS
REGISTRYNUMBER NAMEOFSUBSTANCE
0 Receptors, Transforming Growth Factor beta
9007-49-2 DNA
EC 2.7.11.1 Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases
EC 2.7.11.30 BMPR1B protein, human
EC 2.7.11.30 BMPR2 protein, human
EC 2.7.11.30 Bone Morphogenetic Protein Receptors, Type I
EC 2.7.11.30 Bone Morphogenetic Protein Receptors, Type II
EC 2.7.11.30 Receptor, Transforming Growth Factor-beta Type I
EC 2.7.11.30 TGFBR1 protein, human
OTHER ID's