A Nonsense Variant in Hephaestin Like 1 (HEPHL1) Is Responsible for Congenital Hypotrichosis in Belted Galloway Cattle.

Kuca, Thibaud; Marron, Brandy M; Jacinto, Joana G P; Paris, Julia M.; Gerspach, Christian; Beever, Jonathan E; Drögemüller, Cord (2021). A Nonsense Variant in Hephaestin Like 1 (HEPHL1) Is Responsible for Congenital Hypotrichosis in Belted Galloway Cattle. Genes, 12(5) MDPI 10.3390/genes12050643

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Genodermatosis such as hair disorders mostly follow a monogenic mode of inheritance. Congenital hypotrichosis (HY) belong to this group of disorders and is characterized by abnormally reduced hair since birth. The purpose of this study was to characterize the clinical phenotype of a breed-specific non-syndromic form of HY in Belted Galloway cattle and to identify the causative genetic variant for this recessive disorder. An affected calf born in Switzerland presented with multiple small to large areas of alopecia on the limbs and on the dorsal part of the head, neck, and back. A genome-wide association study using Swiss and US Belted Galloway cattle encompassing 12 cases and 61 controls revealed an association signal on chromosome 29. Homozygosity mapping in a subset of cases refined the HY locus to a 1.5 Mb critical interval and subsequent Sanger sequencing of protein-coding exons of positional candidate genes revealed a stop gain variant in the HEPHL1 gene that encodes a multi-copper ferroxidase protein so-called hephaestin like 1 (c.1684A>T; p.Lys562*). A perfect concordance between the homozygous presence of this most likely pathogenic loss-of-function variant and the HY phenotype was found. Genotyping of more than 700 purebred Swiss and US Belted Galloway cattle showed the global spread of the mutation. This study provides a molecular test that will permit the avoidance of risk matings by systematic genotyping of relevant breeding animals. This rare recessive HEPHL1-related form of hypotrichosis provides a novel large animal model for similar human conditions. The results have been incorporated in the Online Mendelian Inheritance in Animals (OMIA) database (OMIA 002230-9913).

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

05 Veterinary Medicine > Other Institutions > Office of the Dean
05 Veterinary Medicine > Department of Clinical Research and Veterinary Public Health (DCR-VPH) > Institute of Genetics
05 Veterinary Medicine > Department of Clinical Research and Veterinary Public Health (DCR-VPH)

UniBE Contributor:

Jacinto, Joana, Paris, Julia Maria, Drögemüller, Cord

Subjects:

600 Technology > 630 Agriculture
500 Science > 590 Animals (Zoology)
500 Science > 570 Life sciences; biology
600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health

ISSN:

2073-4425

Publisher:

MDPI

Language:

English

Submitter:

Cord Drögemüller

Date Deposited:

05 May 2021 17:21

Last Modified:

07 Aug 2024 15:45

Publisher DOI:

10.3390/genes12050643

PubMed ID:

33926013

Uncontrolled Keywords:

Bos taurus dermatology development genodermatosis hair hypotrichosis simplex monogenic

BORIS DOI:

10.48350/156143

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/156143

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