Pathogenic variants in the DEAH-box RNA helicase DHX37 are a frequent cause of 46,XY gonadal dysgenesis and 46,XY testicular regression syndrome

Ken Mcelreavey; Anne Jørgensen; Caroline Eozenou; Tiphanie Merel; Joelle Bignon-Topalovic; Daisylyn Senna Tan; Denis Houzelstein; Federica Buonocore; Nick Warr; Raissa Kay; Matthieu Peycelon; Jean-Pierre Siffroi; Inas Mazen; John Achermann; Yuliya Shcherbak; Juliane Leger; Agnes Sallai; Jean-Claude Carel; Laetitia Martinerie; Romain Le Ru; Gerard Conway; Brigitte Mignot; Lionel van Maldergem; Rita Bertalan; Evgenia Globa; Raja Brauner; Ralf Jauch; Serge Nef; Andy Greenfield; Anu Bashamboo

doi:10.1038/s41436-019-0606-y

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Pathogenic variants in the DEAH-box RNA helicase DHX37 are a frequent cause of 46,XY gonadal dysgenesis and 46,XY testicular regression syndrome

Ken Mcelreavey ¹ Anne Jørgensen ² Caroline Eozenou ¹ Tiphanie Merel ¹ Joelle Bignon-Topalovic ³ Daisylyn Senna Tan ⁴ Denis Houzelstein ³ Federica Buonocore ⁵ Nick Warr ⁶ Raissa Kay ⁶ Matthieu Peycelon ^{7, 8, 9} Jean-Pierre Siffroi ⁷ Inas Mazen ¹⁰ John Achermann ⁵ Yuliya Shcherbak Juliane Leger ¹¹ Agnes Sallai ¹² Jean-Claude Carel ¹¹ Laetitia Martinerie ¹¹ Romain Le Ru ^{13, 14} Gerard Conway ¹⁵ Brigitte Mignot ^{13, 14} Lionel van Maldergem ^{13, 14} Rita Bertalan ¹² Evgenia Globa Raja Brauner ^{16, 17} Ralf Jauch ⁴ Serge Nef ¹⁸ Andy Greenfield ⁶ Anu Bashamboo ^{1, *}

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1 Génétique du Développement humain - Human developmental genetics

2 Rigshospitalet [Copenhagen]

3 Génétique Evolutive Humaine - Human Evolutionary Genetics

4 HKU - The University of Hong Kong

5 UCL - University College of London [London]

6 MRC Harwell - Medical Research Coucil Harwell [Oxford, UK]

7 CHU Trousseau [APHP]

8 Hôpital Robert Debré Paris

9 IUPUI - Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis

10 National Research Centre [Cairo, Egypt]

11 Hôpital Robert Debré

12 Semmelweis University [Budapest]

13 UFC - Université de Franche-Comté

14 CHRU Besançon - Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Besançon

15 Institute for Women's Health [London]

16 Fondation Ophtalmologique Adolphe de Rothschild [Paris]

17 UPD5 - Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5

18 University of Geneva [Switzerland]

Abstract : PURPOSE: XY individuals with disorders/differences of sex development (DSD) are characterized by reduced androgenization caused, in some children, by gonadal dysgenesis or testis regression during fetal development. The genetic etiology for most patients with 46,XY gonadal dysgenesis and for all patients with testicular regression syndrome (TRS) is unknown. METHODS: We performed exome and/or Sanger sequencing in 145 individuals with 46,XY DSD of unknown etiology including gonadal dysgenesis and TRS. RESULTS: Thirteen children carried heterozygous missense pathogenic variants involving the RNA helicase DHX37, which is essential for ribosome biogenesis. Enrichment of rare/novel DHX37 missense variants in 46,XY DSD is highly significant compared with controls (P value = 5.8 × 10-10). Five variants are de novo (P value = 1.5 × 10-5). Twelve variants are clustered in two highly conserved functional domains and were specifically associated with gonadal dysgenesis and TRS. Consistent with a role in early testis development, DHX37 is expressed specifically in somatic cells of the developing human and mouse testis. CONCLUSION: DHX37 pathogenic variants are a new cause of an autosomal dominant form of 46,XY DSD, including gonadal dysgenesis and TRS, showing that these conditions are part of a clinical spectrum. This raises the possibility that some forms of DSD may be a ribosomopathy.

Keywords : DHX37 RNA helicase disorders of sex development (DSD) ribosomopathy testicular regression syndrome

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