Human Molecular Genetics, Vol 7, 715-727, Copyright © 1998 by Oxford University Press
SK Mahadevaiah, T Odorisio, DJ Elliott, A Rattigan, M Szot, SH Laval, LL Washburn, JR McCarrey, BM Cattanach, R Lovell-Badge and PS Burgoyne
An RNA-binding motif (RBM) gene family has been identified on the human Y
chromosome that maps to the same deletion interval as the 'azoospermia
factor' (AZF). We have identified the homologous gene family (Rbm) on the
mouse Y with a view to investigating the proposal that this gene family
plays a role in spermatogenesis. At least 25 and probably >50 copies of
Rbm are present on the mouse Y chromosome short arm located between Sry and
the centromere. As in the human, a role in spermatogenesis is indicated by
a germ cell-specific pattern of expression in the testis, but there are
distinct differences in the pattern of expression between the two species.
Mice carrying the deletion Yd1, that maps to the proximal Y short arm, are
female due to a position effect resulting in non-expression of Sry ;
sex-reversing such mice with an Sry transgene produces males with a high
incidence of abnormal sperm, making this the third deletion interval on the
mouse Y that affects some aspect of spermatogenesis. Most of the copies of
Rbm map to this deletion interval, and the Yd1males have markedly reduced
Rbm expression, suggesting that RBM deficiency may be responsible for, or
contribute to, the abnormal sperm development. In man, deletion of the
functional copies of RBM is associated with meiotic arrest rather than
sperm anomalies; however, the different effects of deletion are consistent
with the differences in expression between the two species.
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Mouse homologues of the human AZF candidate gene RBM are expressed in spermatogonia and spermatids, and map to a Y chromosome deletion interval associated with a high incidence of sperm abnormalities
Laboratory of Developmental Genetics, National Institute for Medical Research, The Ridgeway, Mill Hill, London NW7 1AA, UK.
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