Multiple morphological abnormalities of the sperm flagella (MMAF), characteristic with bent, short, coiled, absent, and abnormal caliber flagella, is an important basis of male infertility. Genetic factors account for a large proportion of patients with MMAF. The fibrous sheath interacting protein 2 (FSIP2) has a significant function in the spermatogenesis and flagellar motility. In our study, a novel compound heterozygous mutation (c.1494C > A, p.C498* and c.11020_11024del, p.Tyr3675Cysfs*3) in FSIP2 gene was identified in an infertile male patient with MMAF. H&E staining presented typical MMAF phenotype and thick neck, midpiece in the patient's sperm cells. Transmission electron microscopy observation showed abnormal mitochondrial arrangement and disorganization and dysplastic of the fibrous sheath (FS), which were verified again under light microscopy. Immunofluorescence (IF) analysis of FISP2 expression showed that FSIP2 was absent in the flagellum of the patient's sperm cells. Our findings will be helpful to the precise diagnosis of MMAF and male infertility and enrich the mutational spectrum of FSIP2 gene.
基金:
National Natural Science Foundation of China [81000079, 81170165, 81870959]; Program for HUST Academic Frontier Youth Team [2016QYTD02]; Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [HUST: 2019JYCXJJ035]
第一作者单位:[1]Huazhong Univ Sci & Technol, Coll Life Sci & Technol, Minist Educ, Key Lab Mol Biophys, Wuhan 430074, Hubei, Peoples R China[2]Huazhong Univ Sci & Technol, Ctr Human Genome Res, Wuhan 430074, Hubei, Peoples R China
通讯作者:
通讯机构:[1]Huazhong Univ Sci & Technol, Coll Life Sci & Technol, Minist Educ, Key Lab Mol Biophys, Wuhan 430074, Hubei, Peoples R China[2]Huazhong Univ Sci & Technol, Ctr Human Genome Res, Wuhan 430074, Hubei, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式(GB/T 7714):
Hou Meiqi,Xi Qingsong,Zhu Lixia,et al.Novel Compound Heterozygous Mutation in FSIP2 Causes Multiple Morphological Abnormalities of the Sperm Flagella (MMAF) and Male Infertility[J].REPRODUCTIVE SCIENCES.2022,29(9):2697-2702.doi:10.1007/s43032-022-00965-4.
APA:
Hou, Meiqi,Xi, Qingsong,Zhu, Lixia,Jia, Weimin,Liu, Zhenxing...&Zhang, Xianqin.(2022).Novel Compound Heterozygous Mutation in FSIP2 Causes Multiple Morphological Abnormalities of the Sperm Flagella (MMAF) and Male Infertility.REPRODUCTIVE SCIENCES,29,(9)
MLA:
Hou, Meiqi,et al."Novel Compound Heterozygous Mutation in FSIP2 Causes Multiple Morphological Abnormalities of the Sperm Flagella (MMAF) and Male Infertility".REPRODUCTIVE SCIENCES 29..9(2022):2697-2702