TWENTY-FOUR GENES ARE UPREGULATED IN PATIENTS WITH HYPOSPADIAS

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Karabulut R., Turkyilmaz Z., Sonmez K., Kumas G., Ergun S. G., Ergun M. A., ...Daha Fazla

BALKAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS, cilt.16, sa.2, ss.39-43, 2013 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 16 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2013
  • Doi Numarası: 10.2478/bjmg-2013-0030
  • Dergi Adı: BALKAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.39-43
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Hypospadias, Gene expression, Microrarray, ACTIVATING TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR-3, ETIOLOGY, ATF3
  • Gazi Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Hypospadias is a congenital hypoplasia of the penis, with displacement of the urethral opening along the ventral surface, and has been reported to be one of the most common congenital anomalies, occurring in approximately 1:250 to 1: 300 live births. As hypospadias is reported to be an easily diagnosed malformation at the crossroads of genetics and environment, it is important to study the genetic component in order to elucidate its etiology. In this study, the gene expression profiles both in human hypospadias tissues and normal penile tissues were studied by Human Gene Expression Array. Twenty-four genes were found to be upregulated. Among these, ATF3 and CYR61 have been reported previously. Other genes that have not been previously reported were also found to be upregulated: BTG2, CD69, CD9, DUSP1, EGR1, EIF4A1, FOS, FOSB, HBEGF, HNRNPUL1, IER2, JUN, JUNB, KLF2, NR4A1, NR4A2, PTGS2, RGS1, RTN4, SLC25A25, SOCS3 and ZFP36 (p<0.05). Further studies including genome-wide association studies (GWAS) with expression studies in a large patient group will help us for identifiying the candidate gene(s) in the etiology of hypospadias.