OMIA:000424-9913 : Goitre, familial in Bos taurus (taurine cattle)

In other species: chicken , dog , American black bear , domestic cat , pig , goat , sheep , golden hamster , bongo , water buffalo

Categories: Endocrine / exocrine gland phene (incl mammary gland)

Possibly relevant human trait(s) and/or gene(s)s (MIM numbers): 274700 (trait) , 188450 (gene)

Links to MONDO diseases:

Mendelian trait/disorder: yes

Mode of inheritance: Autosomal

Considered a defect: yes

Key variant known: yes

Year key variant first reported: 1987

Cross-species summary: Goitre is the enlargement of the thyroid gland, causing a swelling in the front of the neck. The condition can develop due to nutritional iodine deficiencies but familial forms of this disorder have been identified in several species. The molecular basis been determined for familial goitre in cattle and goats. Also spelt goiter.

History: This disorder is the first in any domesticated animal species to be characterised at the DNA level.

Molecular basis: The causative mutation for this disorder was discovered via the candidate gene approach. Tassi et al. (1984) reported a 10-15-fold decrease in the concentration of TG mRNA in affected cattle; Ricketts et al. (1985) reported the use of S1 nuclease assays and electron microscopy to narrow down the location of the mutation to the junction of exon 9 and intron 9; and Ricketts et al. (1987) reported the use of cloning and sequencing of genomic DNA from affected and normal animals to discover the causal mutation: a C>T transition creating a stop codon at position 697 in exon 9. Interestingly, both normal and affected cattle produce a second, shortened TG transcript that lacks exon 9. The sequences obtained from normal (European) and mutant (Afrikander) genes also differ by a missense mutation at codon 699 (A>G; Ala>Gly; a conservative amino acid change) and a A>G transition 25 bases into intron 9. It is not known whether these polymorphisms exist within the Afrikander breed. The intronic transition generates a Pst recognition site.

Genetic engineering: Unknown
Have human generated variants been created, e.g. through genetic engineering and gene editing

Genetic testing: The C>T transition removes a recognition sequence for the restriction enzyme TaqI, thereby providing a genotyping test based on the actual causative mutation (Ricketts et al., 1987).

Breeds: Africander (Cattle) (VBO_0000094), Blanco Orejinegro, Colombia (Cattle) (VBO_0004602), Salers (Cattle) (VBO_0000366).
Breeds in which the phene has been documented. For breeds in which a likely causal variant has been documented, see the variant table below

Associated gene:

Symbol Description Species Chr Location OMIA gene details page Other Links
TG thyroglobulin Bos taurus 14 NC_037341.1 (8453435..8217497) TG Homologene, Ensembl , NCBI gene

Variants

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WARNING! Inclusion of a variant in this table does not automatically mean that it should be used for DNA testing. Anyone contemplating the use of any of these variants for DNA testing should examine critically the relevant evidence (especially in breeds other than the breed in which the variant was first described). If it is decided to proceed, the location and orientation of the variant sequence should be checked very carefully.

Since October 2021, OMIA includes a semiautomated lift-over pipeline to facilitate updates of genomic positions to a recent reference genome position. These changes to genomic positions are not always reflected in the ‘acknowledgements’ or ‘verbal description’ fields in this table.

OMIA Variant ID Breed(s) Variant Phenotype Gene Allele Type of Variant Source of Genetic Variant Reference Sequence Chr. g. or m. c. or n. p. Verbal Description EVA ID Inferred EVA rsID Year Published PubMed ID(s) Acknowledgements
295 Africander (Cattle) Goitre, familial TG nonsense (stop-gain) Naturally occurring variant ARS-UCD1.2 14 g.8432343G>A c.1963C>T p.(R655*) rs480120030 rs480120030 1987 3472203 Variant coordinates obtained from or confirmed by EBI's Variant Effect Predictor (VEP) tool

Cite this entry

Nicholas, F. W., Tammen, I., & Sydney Informatics Hub. (2023). OMIA:000424-9913: 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.

2023 Colque-Caro, L.A., Acuña, F., Aguirre, L.S., Avellaneda-Cáceres, A., Barbeito, C.G., Signorini, M., Moore, D.P., Micheloud, J.F. :
Characterization of lesions of nutritional congenital goitre in cattle. J Comp Pathol 206:1-8, 2023. Pubmed reference: 37716230. DOI: 10.1016/j.jcpa.2023.08.002.
2021 Caivio-Nasner, S., López-Herrera, A., González-Herrera, L.G., Rincón, J.C. :
Frequency of genotypic markers for genetic disorders, colour, polledness, and major genes in Blanco Orejinegro cattle. Trop Anim Health Prod 53:546, 2021. Pubmed reference: 34779908. DOI: 10.1007/s11250-021-02990-y.
2010 Watson, PJ., Scholes, SF. :
Congenital goitre and alopecia in pedigree Saler cattle. Vet Rec 166:29-30, 2010. Pubmed reference: 20045861. DOI: 10.1136/vr.b5598.
2006 Rivolta, C.M., Targovnik, H.M. :
Molecular advances in thyroglobulin disorders. Clin Chim Acta 374:8-24, 2006. Pubmed reference: 16870170. DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2006.05.043.
1997 Wither, S.E. :
Congenital goiter in cattle Canadian Veterinary Journal - Revue Veterinaire Canadienne 38:178, 1997.
1993 Medeiros-Neto, G., Targovnik, H.M., Vassart, G. :
Defective thyroglobulin synthesis and secretion causing goiter and hypothyroidism. Endocr Rev 14:165-83, 1993. Pubmed reference: 8325250.
Mee, J.F. :
Goitre in Stillborn Calves Veterinary Record 133:404, 1993. Pubmed reference: 8310613.
1990 Ricketts, M.H., Vandenplas, S. :
DNA screening for hereditary goitre in Afrikander cattle. J S Afr Vet Assoc 61:9-10, 1990. Pubmed reference: 2269992.
1988 Hansen, C., Gerard, C., Vassart, G., Stordeur, P., Christophe, D. :
Thyroid-specific and cAMP-dependent hypersensitive regions in thyroglobulin gene chromatin. Eur J Biochem 178:387-93, 1988. Pubmed reference: 2850177.
1987 De Martynoff, G., Pohl, V., Mercken, L., van Ommen, GJ., Vassart, G. :
Structural organization of the bovine thyroglobulin gene and of its 5'-flanking region. Eur J Biochem 164:591-9, 1987. Pubmed reference: 3032624.
Ricketts, M.H., Simons, M.J., Parma, J., Mercken, L., Dong, Q., Vassart, G. :
A nonsense mutation causes hereditary goitre in the Afrikander cattle and unmasks alternative splicing of thyroglobulin transcripts Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 84:3181-3184, 1987. Pubmed reference: 3472203.
1985 Mercken, L., Simons, MJ., Swillens, S., Massaer, M., Vassart, G. :
Primary structure of bovine thyroglobulin deduced from the sequence of its 8,431-base complementary DNA. Nature 316:647-51, 1985. Pubmed reference: 3855243.
Mercken, L., Simons, MJ., De Martynoff, G., Swillens, S., Vassart, G. :
Presence of hormonogenic and repetitive domains in the first 930 amino acids of bovine thyroglobulin as deduced from the cDNA sequence. Eur J Biochem 147:59-64, 1985. Pubmed reference: 3855750.
Ricketts, M.H., Vanderplas, S., Walt, M. van der, Jaarsveld, P.P. van, Bester, A.J., Boyd, C.D. :
Afrikander cattle congenital goiter: size heterogeneity in thyroglobulin mRNA Biochem. Biophys. Research Communcation 126:240-246, 1985.
Ricketts, M.H., Schulz, K., Zyl, A. van, Bester, A.J., Boyd, C.D., Meinhold, W., van Jaarsveld, P.P. :
Autosomal recessive inheritance of congenital goitre in Afrikander cattle Journal of Heredity 76:12-16, 1985. Pubmed reference: 3980970.
Ricketts, M.H., Pohl, V., Martynoff, G. de, Boyd, C.D., Bester, A.J., Jaarsveld, P.P. van, Vassart, G. :
Defective splicing of thyroglobulin gene transcripts in the congenital goitre of the Afrikander cattle EMBO Journal 4:731-737, 1985. Pubmed reference: 2988933.
1984 Tassi, V.P.N., Lauro, R. di, Jaarsveld, P.P. van, Alvino, C.G. :
Two abnormal thyroglobulin-like polypeptides are produced from Afrikander cattle congenital goitre mRNA Journal of Biological Chemistry 259:10507-10510, 1984. Pubmed reference: 6469973.
1983 Schulz, KC., Groenewald, JW. :
The familial incidence of "grey" Afrikander calves with and without goitre. J S Afr Vet Assoc 54:147-54, 1983. Pubmed reference: 6655652.
1982 Mercken, L., Simons, MJ., Vassart, G. :
The 5'-end of bovine thyroglobulin mRNA encodes a hormonogenic peptide. FEBS Lett 149:285-7, 1982. Pubmed reference: 7152045.
1981 Holmes, J.H., Humphrey, J.D., Walton, E.A., O'Shea, J.D. :
Cataracts, goitre and infertility in cattle grazed on an exclusive diet of Leucaena leucocephala. Aust Vet J 57:257-61, 1981. Pubmed reference: 7316890.
1978 Pammenter, M., Albrecht, C., Liebenberg, N.v.D.W. van, Jaarsveld, P. :
Afrikander cattle congenital goiter: characteristics of its morphology and iodoprotein pattern Endocrinology 102:954-965, 1978. Pubmed reference: 744001.
1962 Schulz, K.C.A. :
[First report of familial goitre in Afrikander cattle] Proceedings of the Second Congress of the South African Genetics Society, Victoria, October 1-4 :90-92 (abstract), 1962.

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