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The New England journal of medicine, 2014-03, Vol.370 (13), p.1220-1226
Ort / Verlag
Waltham, MA: Massachusetts Medical Society
Erscheinungsjahr
2014
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Alma/SFX Local Collection
Beschreibungen/Notizen
The zona pellucida is a clear, gelatinous matrix that surrounds the ovum and is essential to fertilization. Four sisters with primary infertility were found to harbor a mutation affecting one of the ZP proteins.
Summary
The human zona pellucida is composed of four glycoproteins (ZP1, ZP2, ZP3, and ZP4) and has an important role in reproduction. Here we describe a form of infertility with an autosomal recessive mode of inheritance, characterized by abnormal eggs that lack a zona pellucida. We identified a homozygous frameshift mutation in
ZP1
in six family members. In vitro studies showed that defective ZP1 proteins and normal ZP3 proteins colocalized throughout the cells and were not expressed at the cell surface, suggesting that the aberrant ZP1 results in the sequestration of ZP3 in the cytoplasm, thereby preventing the formation of . . .