Novel biallelic loss-of-function mutations in

Ihsan Khan; Basit Shah; Sobia Dil; Nadeem Ullah; Jian-teng Zhou; Da-ren Zhao; Yuan-wei Zhang; Xiao-hua Jiang; Ranjha Khan; Asad Khan; Haider Ali; Muhammad Zubair; Wasim Shah; Huan Zhang; Qing-hua Shi

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Novel biallelic loss-of-function mutations in

Author: Ihsan KHAN ¹ ; Basit SHAH ¹ ; Sobia DIL ¹ ; Nadeem ULLAH ¹ ; Jian-Teng ZHOU ¹ ; Da-Ren ZHAO ¹ ; Yuan-Wei ZHANG ¹ ; Xiao-Hua JIANG ¹ ; Ranjha KHAN ¹ ; Asad KHAN ¹ ; Haider ALI ¹ ; Muhammad ZUBAIR ¹ ; Wasim SHAH ¹ ; Huan ZHANG ¹ ; Qing-Hua SHI ¹
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1. First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale, the CAS Key Laboratory of Innate Immunity and Chronic Disease, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, Collaborative Innovation Center of Genetics and Development, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230027, China.
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: cilia and flagella-associated proteins; male infertility; multiple morphological abnormalities of the sperm flagella; whole-exome sequencing
MeSH: Adolescent; Adult; Humans; Infertility, Male/epidemiology*; Loss of Function Mutation/genetics*; Male; Microtubule Proteins/genetics*; Middle Aged; Pakistan/epidemiology*; Sperm Tail/physiology*
From: Asian Journal of Andrology 2021;23(6):627-632
CountryChina
Language:English
Abstract: Multiple morphological abnormalities of the sperm flagella (MMAF) is a specific type of asthenoteratozoospermia, presenting with multiple morphological anomalies in spermatozoa, such as absent, bent, coiled, short, or irregular caliber flagella. Previous genetic studies revealed pathogenic mutations in genes encoding cilia and flagella-associated proteins (CFAPs; e.g., CFAP43, CFAP44, CFAP65, CFAP69, CFAP70, and CFAP251) responsible for the MMAF phenotype in infertile men from different ethnic groups. However, none of them have been identified in infertile Pakistani males with MMAF. In the current study, two Pakistani families with MMAF patients were recruited. Whole-exome sequencing (WES) of patients and their parents was performed. WES analysis reflected novel biallelic loss-of-function mutations in CFAP43 in both families (Family 1: ENST00000357060.3, p.Arg300Lysfs*22 and p.Thr526Serfs*43 in a compound heterozygous state; Family 2: ENST00000357060.3, p.Thr526Serfs*43 in a homozygous state). Sanger sequencing further confirmed that these mutations were segregated recessively in the families with the MMAF phenotype. Semiquantitative reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) was carried out to detect the effect of the mutation on mRNA of the affected gene. Previous research demonstrated that biallelic loss-of-function mutations in CFAP43 accounted for the majority of all CFAP43-mutant MMAF patients. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study to report CFAP43 biallelic loss-of-function mutations in a Pakistani population with the MMAF phenotype. This study will help researchers and clinicians to understand the genetic etiology of MMAF better.