Tcte1淘汰对能量链运输和精子生成的影响:对男性不孕不育的影响
Marta Olszewska1, Agnieszka Malcher1, Tomasz Stokowy2
1Institute of Human Genetics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poznan, Poland.
Human reproduction open
|April 23, 2024
概括
通过破坏精子功能和分子网络,TCTE1基因突变导致男性不育. 这项研究证明了TCTE1.
科学领域:
- 遗传学和生殖生物学
- 分子和细胞生物学分子和细胞生物学
背景情况:
- 轴膜dynein臂基因的突变会导致不育男性的精子异常.
- 对于精子鞭状体的打击至关重要的nexin-dynein调节复合体 (N-DRC) 是由DRC1-DRC7蛋白组装在一起的.
- DRC5 (TCTE1) 已被涉及到异常的精子鞭子殴打,但其确切的作用仍然不清楚.
研究的目的:
- 调查TCTE1突变在男性不孕症中的因果作用.
- 阐明TCTE1相关的男性生殖功能衰竭背后的分子机制.
主要方法:
- 使用CRISPR/Cas9技术生成了一个TCTE1基因淘汰赛小鼠模型.
- 在淘汰赛小鼠中评估生殖潜力,精液特征,丸基因表达 (RNA-seq),精子ATP水平和亡.
- 在人类不育男性的队列中选TCTE1变异.
主要成果:
- 同性卵性TCTE1淘汰赛的雄性在有类动物精子症的情况下是不育的;异性卵性雄性在有类动物精子症的情况下表现出有类动物精子不足.
- TCTE1突变影响了参与ATP生产,亡和精子生成的基因的表达,导致精子ATP水平降低和精子尾部形态异常.
- 罕见的TCTE1变体预测是致病的,在6.05%的不育男性中被发现,这表明它在人类男性不育中发挥了作用.
结论:
- TCTE1基因在精子生成和精子功能中发挥着关键作用,其突变是导致男性不孕症的原因.
- TCTE1突变破坏丸分子网络,导致男性生殖功能衰竭.
- 应该承认TCTE1是与男性不孕症相关的重要基因.
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