[Correlation between CFTR 5T polymorphisms and the risk of congenital bilateral absence of the vas deferens]

To investigate the association between the 5T site polymorphism of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene and the risk of congenital bilateral absence of the vas deferens (CBAVD).

This case-control study included 40 male patients with isolated CBAVD in the experimental group and 104 healthy men as controls. We used the Sanger sequencing method to encode the CFTR gene intron 9 (TG) m-n(T) and type the haplotypes, followed by a review and meta-analysis of the data obtained from the experiment and relevant literature from the PubMed, Web of science, Medline, CNKI and an exploration of the correlation between 5T mutation and the risk of CBAVD.

Sanger sequencing revealed 6 genotypes in the CBAVD patients, including TG11-5T, TG12-5T, TG13-5T, TG11-7T, TG12-7T and TG11-9T, and 7 in the healthy controls, which were TG11-5T, TG12-5T, TG10-7T, TG11-7T, TG12-7T, TG13-7T and TG11-9T. Compared with the controls, the CBAVD patients showed obviously increased rates of the TG12-5T haplotype (4.81% ［10/208］ vs 16.25% ［13/80］) and the TG13-5T haplotype (0% vs 7.5% ［6/80］), but no significant difference in the TG11-5T haplotype (1.92% ［4/208］ vs 2.50% ［2/80］). There was a statistically significant difference between the experimental and control groups in the TG12_13-5T haplotype (OR = 7.40, 95% CI: 4.83－11.34, P < 0.01). The TG12_13-5T haplotype was found to be highly correlated with CBAVD.

The haplotype of TG12_13-5T increases the risk of CBAVD in men, which has provided a theoretical basis for male reproduction.