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3例SUN5基因变异导致无头精子症的遗传学分析和助孕治疗结局

  • 冯科 ,
  • 倪菁菁 ,
  • 夏彦清 ,
  • 曲晓伟 ,
  • 张慧娟 ,
  • 万锋 ,
  • 洪锴 ,
  • 张翠莲 ,
  • 郭海彬
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  • 1.河南省人民医院生殖中心,河南省生殖医学工程国际联合实验室, 郑州 450003
    2.苏州大学医学院公共卫生学院遗传流行病与基因组学研究中心, 江苏苏州 215000
    3.北京大学第三医院泌尿外科, 北京 100191

收稿日期: 2021-03-31

  网络出版日期: 2021-08-25

基金资助

北京市自然科学基金(7182177);国家重点研发计划(2018YFC1004202);河南省医学科技攻关计划省部共建项目(SBGJ202001002);河南省医学科技攻关计划省部共建项目(SBGJ202002003)

Genetic analysis of three cases of acephalic spermatozoa syndrome caused by SUN5 mutation and the outcome of assisted reproductive technology

  • Ke FENG ,
  • Jing-jing NI ,
  • Yan-qing XIA ,
  • Xiao-wei QU ,
  • Hui-juan ZHANG ,
  • Feng WAN ,
  • Kai HONG ,
  • Cui-lian ZHANG ,
  • Hai-bin GUO
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  • 1. Center for Reproductive Medicine, Henan Provincial Peoples’s Hospital; Henan Joint International Research Laboratory of Reproductive Bioengineering, Zhengzhou 450003, China
    2. Center for Genetic Epidemiology and Genomics, School of Public Health, Medical College of Soochow University, Suzhou 215000, Jiangsu, China
    3. Department of Urology, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing 100191, China

Received date: 2021-03-31

  Online published: 2021-08-25

Supported by

Beijing Municipal Natural Science Foundation(7182177);National Key Research and Development Project(2018YFC1004202);Joint Construction Project of Henan Medical Science and Technology Project(SBGJ202001002);Joint Construction Project of Henan Medical Science and Technology Project(SBGJ202002003)

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冯科 , 倪菁菁 , 夏彦清 , 曲晓伟 , 张慧娟 , 万锋 , 洪锴 , 张翠莲 , 郭海彬 . 3例SUN5基因变异导致无头精子症的遗传学分析和助孕治疗结局[J]. 北京大学学报(医学版), 2021 , 53(4) : 803 -807 . DOI: 10.19723/j.issn.1671-167X.2021.04.031

Abstract

To explore the genetic causes of 3 male infertility patients with acephalospermia and the outcome of assisted reproductive technology. Clinical diagnosis, sperm morphology examination, sperm transmission electron microscopy examination were performed on 3 patients, and the whole exome sequencing technology was used for screening, Sanger sequencing verification, mutation pathogenicity analysis, and protein sequence homology comparison. Assisted reproductive technology was implemented to assist pregnancy treatment. The 3 patients were all sporadic infertile men, aged 25, 42 and 26 years, and there was no obvious abnormality in the general physical examination. Male external genitalia developed normally, bilateral testicles were normal in volume, and bilateral epididymis and spermatic vein were palpated without nodules, cysts, and tenderness. Repeated semen analysis showed that a large number of immature sperm could be seen, and they had the ability to move. The SUN5 gene of the 3 male infertile patients was a case of homozygous missense mutation c.7C>T (p.Arg3Trp), a case of compound heterozygous missense mutation c.1067G>A (p.Arg356His) and nonsense mutation c.216G>A (p.Trp72*) and a case of homozygous missense mutation c.1043A>T (p.Asn348Ile), of which c.7C>T (p.Arg3Trp) and c.1067G>A (p.Arg356His) were new variants that had not been reported. SIFT, Mutation Taster and PolyPhen-2 software function prediction results were all harmful, the nonsense mutation c.216G>A (p.Trp72*) led to the premature termination of peptide chain synthesis which might have a greater impact on protein function. The homology regions in the protein sequence homology alignment were all highly conserved.The 3 male patients and their spouses obtained 4 biological offspring through intracytoplasmic sperm injection, all of which were boys, and one of them was a twin.Three male infertile patients might be caused by SUN5 gene mutations. Such patients could obtain their biological offspring through assisted reproductive technology. It was still necessary to pay attention to the genetic risk of ASS, it was recommended that both men and women conduct genetic counseling and screening at the same time. In clinical diagnosis, whole exome sequencing technology could be used to perform auxiliary examinations to determine the treatment plan and assisted reproductive methods as soon as possible to reduce the burden on the family and society. The newly discovered mutation sites of SUN5 gene provided clues and directions for elucidating the pathogenic mechanism, and at the same time expanded the pathogenic mutation spectrum of ASS.

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