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Jun Yin1,2,3, Mengjie Zhang1,2,3, Wenying Liu1,2,3,4
1Department of Pathophysiology, Army Medical University, Chongqing, China.
Abstract:
Chronic hypoxia disrupts spermatogenesis by blocking the round-to-elongated spermatid transition, a process governed by the additional sex combs-like 2 (ASXL2)-enhancer of zeste homolog 2 (EZH2) axis. Hypoxia downregulates ASXL2 expression, which reduces EZH2 binding to the 3482-3511 bp region of the CEP162 promoter. This impairment decreases H3K27me3 modification while increasing CEP162 transcription. Overexpressed CEP162 competes with TUBA3A for TUBB3 binding. This competition depletes ciliary TUBB3 levels, destabilizing axonemal microtubules. These structural defects are correlated with sperm malformations and functional deficiencies. In infertile men, diminished ASXL2 and EZH2 expression highlights the therapeutic potential of targeting this axis for hypoxia-related spermatogenic disorders.
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