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OMIA:000562-9940 : Infertility in Ovis aries (sheep)

In other species: dog , pig , taurine cattle , dzo

Categories: Reproductive system phene

Links to possible relevant human trait(s) and/or gene(s) in OMIM: 123885 (gene)

Mendelian trait/disorder: no

Mode of inheritance: Multifactorial

Disease-related: yes

Key variant known: no

Cross-species summary: Inability to conceive. Has a wide variety of causes, some of which are at least partly genetic.

Molecular basis: Li et al. (2021) explored the impact of S100A8 on immune homeostasis in sheep oviduct epithelial cells (SOEC) as "Chronic inflammation can cause oviduct mucosal damage and immune dysfunction, leading to infertility, early pregnancy loss, ectopic pregnancy, tumors, and a decrease in reproductive capacities in female animals." Transcriptome analysis of differentially treated SOECs indicated S100A8 as a gene for further analysis in cultured cells: "The S100A8 gene was disrupted using the clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)/CRISPR-associated protein 9 method .... S100A8 knockdown caused an excessive immune response, indicating that S100A8 is beneficial for maintaining immune homeostasis in the oviduct mucosa." (This study uses genome editing (GMO)). (Edited by Hannah Edgell 28/08/2022)

Associated gene:

Symbol Description Species Chr Location OMIA gene details page Other Links
S100A8 S100 calcium binding protein A8 Ovis aries 1 NC_056054.1 (103771068..103770088) S100A8 Homologene, Ensembl , NCBI gene

Cite this entry

Nicholas, F. W., Tammen, I., & Sydney Informatics Hub. (2022). OMIA:000562-9940: Online Mendelian Inheritance in Animals (OMIA) [dataset]. https://omia.org/. https://doi.org/10.25910/2AMR-PV70

References

Note: the references are listed in reverse chronological order (from the most recent year to the earliest year), and alphabetically by first author within a year.

2021 Li, X., Cao, G., Yang, H., Zhi, D., Li, L., Wang, D., Liu, M., Su, H. :
S100A8 expression in oviduct mucosal epithelial cells is regulated by estrogen and affects mucosal immune homeostasis. PLoS One 16:e0260188, 2021. Pubmed reference: 34793556. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0260188.
1952 Jakobiec, J. :
Inheritance of fertility in sheep Roczniki Nauk Rolniczych 62:177-198, 1952.

Edit History


  • Created by Frank Nicholas on 06 Sep 2005
  • Changed by Imke Tammen2 on 24 Aug 2022