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Two new structural mutations in the 5′ region of the ASIP gene cause diluted feather color phenotypes in Japanese quail

Sophie Leroux
David Gourichon
Alain Vignal

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AbstractBackgroundIn quail, two feather colour phenotypes i.e. fawn-2/beige and yellow are associated with the ASIP locus. The aim of our study was to characterize the structural modifications within this locus that explain the yellow mutation (large deletion) and the fawn-2/beige mutation (assumed to be caused by a different structural modification).ResultsFor the yellow phenotype, we identified a complex mutation that involves a 141,162-bp long deletion. For the fawn-2/beige phenotype, we identified a 71-kb tandem duplication that comprises one unchanged copy of ASIP and one copy present in the ITCH-ASIP fusion gene, which leads to a transcript coding for a normal ASIP protein. Although this agrees with previous reports that reported an increased level of ASIP transcripts in the skin of mutant animals, we show that in the skin from fawn-2/beige embryos, this level is higher than expected with a simple duplication of the ASIP gene. Thus, we hypothesize that the 5′ region of the ITCH-ASIP fusion gene leads to a higher transcription level than the 5′ region of the ASIP gene.ConclusionsWe were able to conclude that the fawn-2 and beige phenotypes are caused by the same allele at the ASIP locus. Both of the associated mutations fawn-2/beige and yellow lead to the formation of a fusion gene, which encodes a transcript for the ASIP protein. In both cases, transcription of ASIP depends on the promoter of a different gene, which includes alternative up-regulating sequences. However, we cannot exclude the possibility that the loss of the 5′ region of the ASIP gene itself has additional impacts, especially for the fawn-2/beige mutation. In addition, in several other species including mammals, the existence of other dominant gain-of-function structural modifications that are localized upstream of the ASIP coding sequences has been reported, which supports our hypothesis that repressors in the 5′ region of ASIP are absent in the fawn-2/beige mutant.
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Annie Robic, Mireille Morisson, Sophie Leroux, David Gourichon, Alain Vignal, et al.. Two new structural mutations in the 5′ region of the ASIP gene cause diluted feather color phenotypes in Japanese quail. Genetics Selection Evolution, 2019, 51 (1), pp.12. ⟨10.1186/s12711-019-0458-6⟩. ⟨hal-02105885⟩
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