| Autor: |
Ling, Li, Li, Fangfang, Yang, Pinglan, Oates, Robert D, Silber, Sherman, Kurischko, Cornelia, Luca, Francis C, Leu, N Adrian, Zhang, Jinwen, Yue, Qiuling, Skaletsky, Helen, Brown, Laura G, Rozen, Steve G, Page, David C, Wang, P Jeremy, Zheng, Ke |
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Biology of Reproduction; July 2022, Vol. 107 Issue: 1 p157-167, 11p |
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Although hundreds of knockout mice show infertility as a major phenotype, the causative genic mutations of male infertility in humans remain rather limited. Here, we report the identification of a missense mutation (D136G) in the X-linked TAF7Lgene as a potential cause of oligozoospermia in men. The human aspartate (D136) is evolutionally conserved across species, and its change to glycine (G) is predicted to be detrimental. Genetic complementation experiments in budding yeast demonstrate that the conserved aspartate or its analogous asparagine (N) residue in yeast TAF7 is essential for cell viability and thus its mutation to G is lethal. Although the corresponding D144G substitution in the mouse Taf7lgene does not affect male fertility, RNA-seq analyses reveal alterations in transcriptomic profiles in the Taf7l(D144G) mutant testes. These results support TAF7L mutation as a risk factor for oligozoospermia in humans.A sequencing screen of infertile men identifies a missense mutation in the human TAF7L gene. |
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