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- Title
A novel hemizygous loss-of-function mutation in ADGRG2 causes male infertility with congenital bilateral absence of the vas deferens.
- Authors
Wu, Huan; Gao, Yang; Ma, Cong; Shen, Qunshan; Wang, Jiajia; Lv, Mingrong; Liu, Chunyu; Cheng, Huiru; Zhu, Fuxi; Tian, Shixiong; Elshewy, Nagwa; Ni, Xiaoqing; Tan, Qing; Xu, Xiaofeng; Zhou, Ping; Wei, Zhaolian; Zhang, Feng; He, Xiaojin; Cao, Yunxia
- Abstract
Purpose: Cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) and adhesion G protein-coupled receptor G2 (ADGRG2) have been identified as the main pathogenic genes in congenital bilateral absence of the vas deferens (CBAVD), which is an important cause of obstructive azoospermia. This study aimed to identify the disease-causing gene in two brothers with CBAVD from a Chinese consanguineous family and reveal the intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) outcomes in these patients. Methods: Whole-exome sequencing and Sanger sequencing were used to identify the candidate pathogenic genes. Real-time polymerase chain reaction, immunohistochemistry, and immunofluorescence were used to assess the expression of the mutant gene. Moreover, the ICSI results from both patients were retrospectively reviewed. Results: A novel hemizygous loss-of-function mutation (c.G118T: p.Glu40*) in ADGRG2 was identified in both patients with CBAVD. This mutation is absent from the human genome databases and causes an early translational termination in the third exon of ADGRG2. Expression analyses showed that both the ADGRG2 mRNA and the corresponding protein were undetectable in the proximal epididymal tissue of ADGRG2-mutated patients. ADGRG2 expression was restricted to the apical membranes of non-ciliated epithelia in human efferent ducts, which was consistent with a previous report in mice. Both ADGRG2-mutated patients had normal spermatogenesis and had successful clinical outcomes following ICSI. Conclusions: Our study verifies the pathogenic role of ADGRG2 in X-linked CBAVD and broadens the spectrum of ADGRG2 mutations. In addition, we found positive ICSI outcomes in the two ADGRG2-mutated CBAVD patients.
- Subjects
VAS deferens; CYSTIC fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator; MALE infertility; INTRACYTOPLASMIC sperm injection; X chromosome
- Publication
Journal of Assisted Reproduction & Genetics, 2020, Vol 37, Issue 6, p1421
- ISSN
1058-0468
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10815-020-01779-6