Loss-of-function variants in KCTD19 cause non-obstructive azoospermia in humans

Azoospermia is a significant cause of male infertility, with non-obstructive azoospermia (NOA) being the most severe type of spermatogenic failure. NOA is mostly caused by congenital factors, but our understanding of its genetic causes is very limited. Here, we identified a frameshift variant (c.201...

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Published in:iScience 2023-07, Vol.26 (7), p.107193-107193, Article 107193
Main Authors: Liu, Junyan, Rahim, Fazal, Zhou, Jianteng, Fan, Suixing, Jiang, Hanwei, Yu, Changping, Chen, Jing, Xu, Jianze, Yang, Gang, Shah, Wasim, Zubair, Muhammad, Khan, Asad, Li, Yang, Shah, Basit, Zhao, Daren, Iqbal, Furhan, Jiang, Xiaohua, Guo, Tonghang, Xu, Peng, Xu, Bo, Wu, Limin, Ma, Hui, Zhang, Yuanwei, Zhang, Huan, Shi, Qinghua
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Language:English
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Biochemistry
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Summary:Azoospermia is a significant cause of male infertility, with non-obstructive azoospermia (NOA) being the most severe type of spermatogenic failure. NOA is mostly caused by congenital factors, but our understanding of its genetic causes is very limited. Here, we identified a frameshift variant (c.201_202insAC, p.Tyr68Thrfs∗17) and two nonsense variants (c.1897C>T, p.Gln633∗; c.2005C>T, p.Gln669∗) in KCTD19 (potassium channel tetramerization domain containing 19) from two unrelated infertile Chinese men and a consanguineous Pakistani family with three infertile brothers. Testicular histological analyses revealed meiotic metaphase I (MMI) arrest in the affected individuals. Mice modeling KCTD19 variants recapitulated the same MMI arrest phenotype due to severe disrupted individualization of MMI chromosomes. Further analysis showed a complete loss of KCTD19 protein in both Kctd19 mutant mouse testes and affected individual testes. Collectively, our findings demonstrate the pathogenicity of the identified KCTD19 variants and highlight an essential role of KCTD19 in MMI chromosome individualization. [Display omitted] •KCTD19 pathogenic variants were found in infertile men with meiotic metaphase I arrest•Kctd19 mutant mice recapitulate meiotic defects observed in affected individuals•KCTD19 deficiency disrupts meiotic metaphase I chromosomes individualization in mice Health sciences; Biological sciences; Biochemistry
ISSN:2589-0042
2589-0042
DOI:10.1016/j.isci.2023.107193