OMIA:002848-9913 : Spermatogenic failure, QRICH2-related in Bos taurus (taurine cattle) |
Categories: Reproductive system phene
Links to possible relevant human trait(s) and/or gene(s) in OMIM: 618304 (gene) , 618341 (trait)
Links to relevant human diseases in MONDO:
Single-gene trait/disorder: yes
Mode of inheritance: Probably autosomal recessive
Disease-related: yes
Key variant known: yes
Year key variant first reported: 2022
Species-specific name: low sperm count and immotile sperm with multiple morphological abnormalities
Molecular basis: Hiltpold et al. (2022) investigated a Brown Swiss bull with low semen quality: "The genome of this bull was sequenced at a 12× coverage to investigate a possible genetic cause. Comparing the sequence variant genotypes of this bull with those from 397 fertile bulls revealed a 1-bp deletion in the coding sequence of the QRICH2 gene which encodes the glutamine rich 2 protein, as a compelling candidate causal variant. This 1-bp deletion causes a frameshift in translation and a premature termination codon (ENSBTAP00000018337.1:p.Cys1644AlafsTer52) [omia.variant:1689]." A second bull that carried the 1-bp deletion in the homozygous state also presented with low semen quality.
Clinical features: Hiltpold et al. (2022) reported that the two affected bulls presented with "low sperm concentration and immotile sperm with multiple morphological abnormalities that primarily affect the sperm flagellum and, to a lesser extent, the sperm head."
Breed:
Brown Swiss (Cattle) (VBO_0000166).
Breeds in which the phene or likely causal variants have been documented. If a likely causal variant has been documented, see variant-specific breed information in the variant table. (Breed information may be incomplete).
Associated gene:
| Symbol | Description | Species | Chr | Location | OMIA gene details page | Other Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QRICH2 | glutamine rich 2 | Bos taurus | 19 | NC_037346.1 (55413706..55443893) | QRICH2 | Ensembl, NCBI gene |
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| OMIA Variant ID | Breed(s) | Variant Phenotype | Gene | Allele | Variant Type | Variant Effect | Source of Genetic Variant | Pathogenicity Classification* | Reference Sequence | Chr. | g. or m. | c. or n. | p. | Verbal Description | EVA ID | Year Published | PubMed ID(s) | Acknowledgements |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1689 | Brown Swiss (Cattle) | Spermatogenic failure, QRICH2-related | QRICH2 | deletion, small (<=20) | frameshift | Naturally occurring variant | Not currently evaluated | ARS-UCD1.3 | 19 | NC_037346.1:g.55436710del | XM_002696205.5:c.4929del | XP_002696251.3:C1644Afs*52 | Coordinates in this table consider 3' rule of HGVS recommendation | 2022 | 35255804 |
* Variant pathogenicity for single gene diseases as evaluated by an expert panel of the International Society of Animal Genetics (ISAG) Animal Genetic Testing Standardization Standing Committee
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Cite this entry
Nicholas, F. W., Tammen, I., & Sydney Informatics Hub. (2024). OMIA:002848-9913: 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.
| 2025 | Glatthard, S., Seefried, F.R., Gentile, A., Jacinto, J.P.G., Drögemüller, C. : |
| Erbfehler beim Schweizer Braunvieh – eine Übersicht [Genetic defects in Braunvieh cattle of Switzerland - an overview]. Schweiz Arch Tierheilkd 167:98-108, 2025. Pubmed reference: 39943851. DOI: 10.17236/sat00344. | |
| 2022 | Hiltpold, M., Janett, F., Mapel, X.M., Kadri, N.K., Fang, Z.H., Schwarzenbacher, H., Seefried, F.R., Spengeler, M., Witschi, U., Pausch, H. : |
| A 1-bp deletion in bovine QRICH2 causes low sperm count and immotile sperm with multiple morphological abnormalities. Genet Sel Evol 54:18, 2022. Pubmed reference: 35255804. DOI: 10.1186/s12711-022-00710-0. |
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