脆性 X 智力低下 1 基因前突变妇女外周血单个核细胞中 FMRpolyG 的表达。
Expression of FMRpolyG in Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells of Women with Fragile X Mental Retardation 1 Gene Premutation.
机构信息
Department of Gynecological Endocrinology and Fertility Disorders, University Women's Hospital, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
Institute of Human Genetics, Heidelberg University, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
出版信息
Genes (Basel). 2022 Mar 1;13(3):451. doi: 10.3390/genes13030451.
Fragile X-associated primary ovarian insufficiency (FXPOI) is characterized by oligo/amenorrhea and hypergonadotropic hypogonadism and is caused by the expansion of the CGG repeat in the 5'UTR of Fragile X Mental Retardation 1 (. Approximately 20% of women carrying an premutation (PM) allele (55-200 CGG repeat) develop FXPOI. Repeat Associated Non-AUG (RAN)-translation dependent on the variable CGG-repeat length is thought to cause FXPOI, due to the production of a polyglycine-containing protein, FMRpolyG. Peripheral blood monocyte cells (PBMCs) and granulosa cells (GCs) were collected to detect FMRpolyG and its cell type-specific expression in PM carriers by immunofluorescence staining (IF), Western blotting (WB), and flow cytometric analysis (FACS). For the first time, FMRpolyG aggregates were detected as ubiquitin-positive inclusions in PBMCs from PM carriers, whereas only a weak signal without inclusions was detected in the controls. The expression pattern of FMRpolyG in GCs was comparable to that in the lymphocytes. We detected FMRpolyG as a 15- to 25-kDa protein in the PBMCs from two PM carriers, with 124 and 81 CGG repeats. Flow cytometric analysis revealed that FMRpolyG was significantly higher in the T cells from PM carriers than in those from non-PM carriers. The detection of FMRpolyG aggregates in the peripheral blood and granulosa cells of PM carriers suggests that it may have a toxic potential and an immunological role in ovarian damage in the development of FXPOI.
脆性 X 相关原发性卵巢功能不全(FXPOI)的特征是寡/闭经和促性腺激素性性腺功能减退症,由脆性 X 智力迟钝 1 号(FMR1)的 5'UTR 中 CGG 重复扩展引起。大约 20%携带前突变(PM)等位基因(55-200 CGG 重复)的女性会发展为 FXPOI。重复相关非-AUG(RAN)-翻译依赖于可变 CGG-重复长度,被认为会导致 FXPOI,这是由于产生了一种含有多聚甘氨酸的 FMRpolyG 蛋白。通过免疫荧光染色(IF)、Western blot(WB)和流式细胞术分析(FACS),从 PM 携带者中收集外周血单核细胞(PBMC)和颗粒细胞(GC),以检测 FMRpolyG 及其在 PM 携带者中的细胞类型特异性表达。首次在 PM 携带者的 PBMC 中检测到 FMRpolyG 聚集体作为泛素阳性包涵体,而对照中仅检测到微弱信号而无包涵体。FMRpolyG 在 GC 中的表达模式与在淋巴细胞中的相似。我们在来自两个 PM 携带者的 PBMC 中检测到 FMRpolyG 作为 15-25kDa 的蛋白质,其 CGG 重复数分别为 124 和 81。流式细胞术分析显示,PM 携带者的 T 细胞中 FMRpolyG 明显高于非 PM 携带者。在 PM 携带者的外周血和颗粒细胞中检测到 FMRpolyG 聚集体表明,它可能具有毒性潜力,并在 FXPOI 发展过程中对卵巢损伤具有免疫作用。