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Molecular Endocrinology 12 (12): 1809-1817
Copyright © 1998 by The Endocrine Society

The Bone Morphogenetic Protein 15 Gene Is X-Linked and Expressed in Oocytes

Jennifer L. Dube, Pei Wang, Julia Elvin, Karen M. Lyons, Anthony J. Celeste and Martin M. Matzuk

Department of Tissue Growth and Repair (J.L.D., A.J.C.) Genetics Institute, Inc. Cambridge, Massachusetts 02140
Departments of Orthopaedic Surgery and Biological Chemistry (K.M.L.) University of California Los Angeles School of Medicine Los Angeles, California 90095
Departments of Pathology (P.W., J.E., M.M.M.), Cell Biology (M.M.M.), and Molecular and Human Genetics (J.E., M.M.M.) Baylor College of Medicine Houston, Texas 77030

We have taken advantage of the sequence relationships among the bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) to identify the mouse Bmp15 and human BMP15 genes. The 392-amino acid prepropeptides encoded by these BMP genes exhibit significant homology to each other, although the 70% identity observed between the 125-amino acid mature peptides is considerably lower than that seen in comparisons of other mouse and human orthologs. Both genes share a common structural organization and encode mature peptides that lack the cysteine residue normally involved in the formation of a covalent dimer. In addition, mouse Bmp15 and human BMP15 map to conserved syntenic regions on the X chromosome. We demonstrate, through a combination of Northern blot and in situ hybridization analyses, that mouse Bmp15 is expressed specifically in the oocyte beginning at the one-layer primary follicle stage and continuing through ovulation. Interestingly, BMP-15 is most closely related to and shares a coincident expression pattern with the mouse growth/differentiation factor 9 (GDF-9) gene that is essential for female fertility. Our findings will be important for defining the role of BMP-15 in follicular development.




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