Gonadoblastoma: Molecular definition of the susceptibility region on the Y chromosome and role of TSPY
- Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA (United States); and others
Gonadoblastomas are gonadal neoplasms that arise almost exclusively in the dysgenetic gonads of 46,XY sex-reversed females. The frequency of gonadoblastoma in patients who have dysgenetic gonads and a Y chromosome is at least 30%. In contrast 45,X Turner females who also have dysgenetic gonads do not develop this tumor. The high frequency of gonadoblastoma in sex-reversed females compared to Turner females has led to the hypothesis that there is a gene on the Y chromosome that is involved in the development of the tumor. This gene has been called the gonadoblastoma locus on the Y chromosome, or GBY. Deletion mapping of sex-reversed females with gonadoblastoma and partial Y chromosomes has previously localized the GBY gene to a region near the centromere. Using sequence-tagged sites, we have further sublocalized GBY in a patient with gonadoblastoma and a minute Y-derived marker chromosome. This region includes parts of intervals 3 and 4 of the Y chromosome. Based on the overlapping YAC contig map of the Y chromosome, this critical region is approximately 3 Mb. Using sex-reversed females with different deletions of Yp we have also localized the testis-specific protein, Y-encoded (TSPY) gene to interval 3D, which is within the gonadoblastoma critical region. TSPY consists of a repetitive gene family that is part of the DYZ5 locus. Expression of this gene has previously been shown to be limited to the testis. We have found expression of TSPY by RT-PCR in gonadoblastomas from two different individuals. In one of these patients, expression was observed in a unilateral gonadoblastoma, but not in the contralateral streak gonad. These findings suggest that TSPY may play a role in the development of gonadoblastomas.
- OSTI ID:
- 133589
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-941009-; ISSN 0002-9297; TRN: 95:005313-0318
- Journal Information:
- American Journal of Human Genetics, Vol. 55, Issue Suppl.3; Conference: 44. annual meeting of the American Society of Human Genetics, Montreal (Canada), 18-22 Oct 1994; Other Information: PBD: Sep 1994
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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