MBOAT1 homozygous missense variant causes nonobstructive azoospermia

Yang-Yang Wan

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Year : 2022 | Volume : 24 | Issue : 2 | Page : 186-190

MBOAT1 homozygous missense variant causes nonobstructive azoospermia

Yang-Yang Wan¹, Lan Guo², Yao Yao³, Xiao-Yun Shi⁴, Hui Jiang⁵, Bo Xu⁶, Juan Hua⁷, Xian-Sheng Zhang⁸
¹ Department of Urology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230022, China Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, China The Department of Urology, Peking University Third Hospital, Peking 100191, China Reproductive and Genetic Hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230001, China

Correspondence Address:
Juan Hua
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032
China
Xian-Sheng Zhang
Department of Urology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230022
China

Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None

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DOI: 10.4103/aja202160

Nonobstructive azoospermia (NOA) is a common cause of infertility and is defined as the complete absence of sperm in ejaculation due to defective spermatogenesis. The aim of this study was to identify the genetic etiology of NOA in an infertile male from a Chinese consanguineous family. A homozygous missense variant of the membrane-bound O-acyltransferase domain-containing 1 (MBOAT1) gene (c.770C>T, p.Thr257Met) was found by whole-exome sequencing (WES). Bioinformatic analysis also showed that this variant was a pathogenic variant and that the amino acid residue in MBOAT1 was highly conserved in mammals. Quantitative polymerase chain reaction (Q-PCR) analysis showed that the mRNA level of MBOAT1 in the patient was 22.0% lower than that in his father. Furthermore, we screened variants of MBOAT1 in a broader population and found an additional homozygous variant of the MBOAT1 gene in 123 infertile men. Our data identified homozygous variants of the MBOAT1 gene associated with male infertility. This study will provide new insights for researchers to understand the molecular mechanisms of male infertility and will help clinicians make accurate diagnoses.

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