Screening for Causative Mutations in Ovine BMPR1B and BMP15 Genes and Their Homologous Fragments in Human

Overview

Journal J Assist Reprod Genet

Publisher Springer

Specialties Genetics
Reproductive Medicine

Date 2023 Jul 16

PMID 37455267

Authors

Pouya Zamani

Fatemeh Rabiei

Elahe Hadiei

Ramin Abdoli

Ahmad Ahmadi

Soghra Rabiei

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Abstract

Purpose: The BMPR1B and BMP15 genes are well known for their considerable associations with prolificacy in sheep. These genes may also affect fertility or prolificacy in other species, including human. This study was conducted to investigate possible causative mutations in BMPR1B and BMP15 genes in human and an indigenous breed of sheep.

Methods: Blood samples were collected from 83 singleton- and prolific Mehraban ewes and 81 infertile, singleton- and twin-bearing women. A 190-bp fragment, containing the FecB mutation in ovine BMPR1B, a 380-bp fragment in ovine BMP15 gene and their homologous fragments in human were amplified and then investigated by single-stranded conformation polymorphism and DNA sequencing methods.

Results: The FecB mutation of BMPR1B (g.159A>G) was detected in the sheep population, but no polymorphic loci were found in the homologous fragment in studied human samples. The studied fragments of BMP15 were monomorphic in both sheep and human samples. A total of nine and 69 point-differences in the studied fragments of BMPR1B and BMP15 genes were detected between the species, respectively. In sheep, the G allele of BMPR1B had a positive effect on litter size (p<0.05), whereby all AG or GG ewes were prolific.

Conclusion: The FecB mutation for the first time was detected in Mehraban sheep and therefore could be considered for marker-assisted selection in this breed. The studied fragments of BMPR1B and BMP15 genes are not responsible for reproduction variation in human. More studies on other genes, associated with fertility in human, are necessary in the future.

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