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ArticleHuman molecular genetics2020

TCF12 haploinsufficiency causes autosomal dominant Kallmann syndrome and reveals network-level interactions between causal loci.

Erica E Davis, Ravikumar Balasubramanian, Zachary A Kupchinsky, David L Keefe, Lacey Plummer, Kamal Khan, Blazej Meczekalski, Karen E Heath, Vanesa Lopez-Gonzalez, Mary J Ballesta-Martinez and 14 more

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11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. The role of pathogenic TCF12 variants in children with coronal craniosynostosis-a systematic review with addition of two novel cases.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2024
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  3. TCF12-related bicoronal craniosynostosis complicated by a large middle fossa arachnoid cyst and developmental regression: a case report.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

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24 authors at 16 institutions in 7 countries.

Erica E DavisCenter for Human Disease Modeling, Duke University, Durham, NC 27701, USA.
Ravikumar BalasubramanianHarvard Reproductive Endocrine Science Center, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), Boston, MA 02114, USA.
Zachary A KupchinskyCenter for Human Disease Modeling, Duke University, Durham, NC 27701, USA.
David L KeefeHarvard Reproductive Endocrine Science Center, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), Boston, MA 02114, USA.
Lacey PlummerHarvard Reproductive Endocrine Science Center, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), Boston, MA 02114, USA.
Kamal KhanAdvanced Center for Translational and Genetic Medicine (ACT-GeM), Stanley Manne Children's Research Institute, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.
Blazej MeczekalskiDepartment of Gynecological Endocrinology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, 60-512 Poznan, Poland.
Karen E HeathInstitute of Medical and Molecular Genetics (INGEMM) Hospital Universitario La Paz, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, IdiPAZ, Madrid, Spain and Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER), ISCIII, 28046 Madrid, Spain.
Vanesa Lopez-GonzalezMedical Genetics Unit, Department of Pediatrics, Hospital Clinico, Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca, IMIB-Arrixaca, Murcia, Spain and CIBERER, ISCIII, 28046 Madrid, Spain.
Mary J Ballesta-MartinezMedical Genetics Unit, Department of Pediatrics, Hospital Clinico, Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca, IMIB-Arrixaca, Murcia, Spain and CIBERER, ISCIII, 28046 Madrid, Spain.
Gomathi MargabanthuKettering General Hospital, Kettering, Northamptonshire NN16 8UZ, UK.
Susan PriceNorthampton General Hospital, Northampton NN1 5BD, UK.
James GreeningUniversity Hospitals of Leicester, Leicester LE3 9QP, UK.
Raja BraunerPediatric Endocrinology Unit, Fondation Ophtalmologique Adolphe de Rothschild and Université Paris Descartes, 75019 Paris, France.
Irene ValenzuelaDepartment of Clinical and Molecular Genetics, Vall d'Hebron Hospital Universitari, Vall d'Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus, Passeig Vall d'Hebron 119-129, 08035 Barcelona, Spain.
Ivon CuscoDepartment of Clinical and Molecular Genetics, Vall d'Hebron Hospital Universitari, Vall d'Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus, Passeig Vall d'Hebron 119-129, 08035 Barcelona, Spain.
Paula Fernandez-AlvarezDepartment of Clinical and Molecular Genetics, Vall d'Hebron Hospital Universitari, Vall d'Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus, Passeig Vall d'Hebron 119-129, 08035 Barcelona, Spain.
Margaret E WiermanDepartment of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA.
Taibo LiDepartment of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
Kasper LageHarvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Priscila Sales BarrosoDivisao de Endocrinologia e Metabologia, Hospital das Clinicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, 05403-900 Brazil.
Yee-Ming ChanDivision of Endocrinology, Department of Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
William F CrowleyHarvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Nicholas KatsanisCenter for Human Disease Modeling, Duke University, Durham, NC 27701, USA.
Hebron University · PSNorthwestern University · USBroad Institute · USHarvard University · USInstituto de Salud Carlos III · ESMassachusetts General Hospital · USBoston Children's Hospital · USDuke University · USHospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo · BRHospital Universitario La Paz · ESKettering General Hospital · GBNorthampton General Hospital · GBPoznan University of Medical Sciences · PLUniversité Paris Cité · FRUniversity Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust · GBUniversity of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus · US

Funding

The Genetic Determinants of Human GNRH DeficiencyP50HD028138 · NICHD · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI CROWLEY, WILLIAM FRANCIS · 2014 to 2020
$12.9M
Integrative Approaches to Decipher Genetic Determinants of Disease Penetrance in Prokineticin 2 Pathway Related Human Reproductive DisordersR01HD096324 · NICHD · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI BALASUBRAMANIAN, RAVIKUMAR · 2018 to 2022
$1.7M
Biologic Roles of Novel Axonal Guidance Genes in Isolated GnRH DeficiencyK23HD077043 · NICHD · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI BALASUBRAMANIAN, RAVIKUMAR · 2014 to 2018
$759k
NICHD NIH HHS K23 HD077043NICHD NIH HHS P50 HD028138NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD096324
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Dysfunction of the gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) axis causes a range of reproductive phenotypes resulting from defects in the specification, migration and/or function of GnRH neurons. To identify additional molecular components of this system, we initiated a systematic genetic interrogation of families with isolated GnRH deficiency (IGD). Here, we report 13 families (12 autosomal dominant and one autosomal recessive) with an anosmic form of IGD (Kallmann syndrome) with loss-of-function mutations in TCF12, a locus also known to cause syndromic and non-syndromic craniosynostosis. We show that loss of tcf12 in zebrafish larvae perturbs GnRH neuronal patterning with concomitant attenuation of the orthologous expression of tcf3a/b, encoding a binding partner of TCF12, and stub1, a gene that is both mutated in other syndromic forms of IGD and maps to a TCF12 affinity network. Finally, we report that restored STUB1 mRNA rescues loss of tcf12 in vivo. Our data extend the mutational landscape of IGD, highlight the genetic links between craniofacial patterning and GnRH dysfunction and begin to assemble the functional network that regulates the development of the GnRH axis.

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AdultAgedAnimalsBasic Helix-Loop-Helix ProteinsDisease Models, AnimalFemaleGenes, DominantGonadotropin-Releasing HormoneHaploinsufficiencyHumansKallmann SyndromeMaleMiddle AgedMutationNeuronsPhenotypeBasic Helix-Loop-Helix ProteinsGonadotropin-Releasing Hormonestub1 protein, zebrafishTCF12 protein, humanUbiquitin-Protein LigasesZebrafish Proteins

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PMID32620954
PMCPMC7608740
OpenAlexW3039392812

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