在PATL中的新型遗传变异2与女性不孕不育的不同临床表型相对应
Xiaotao Yang1, Xiangrui Shi1, Jing Wang1
1Reproductive Medicine Center, Daping Hospital, Army Medical University, Chongqing, 400042, China.
International journal of medical sciences
|July 14, 2025
概括
在PATL2基因的致病变体导致卵细胞,胚胎和胚胎成熟停止 (OZEMA),导致女性不孕. 这项研究确定了新的和复发的PATL2变异,揭示了它们对辅助生殖结果的重大影响.
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:
- PATL2 是一种RNA结合蛋白,对于雌性性体生和早期胚胎发育中的mRNA稳态至关重要.
- PATL2中的致病变体与卵细胞,胚胎和胚胎成熟停止 (OZEMA) 有关,导致初级不孕症和失败的辅助生殖.
- 了解PATL2变异的影响对于诊断和治疗女性不孕症至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 在患者中识别和鉴定PATL2变异的原因不明的不孕不育.
- 调查已识别的PATL2变异对蛋白质结构和功能的功能影响.
- 将遗传发现与女性不孕症和辅助生殖结果的临床表型相关联.
主要方法:
- 基因分析以确定受影响家庭中的PATL2变异.
- 分子动力学模拟以评估已识别变异的结构影响.
- in silico发现与临床数据和蛋白质表达水平的相关性.
主要成果:
- 已识别出复合异性误解变体 (新型c.1373T>C [p.I458T]和报告的c.877G>T [p.D293Y]) 和同性误解变体 (复发的c.839G>A [p.R280Q]).
- 分子动力学模拟表明,PATL2蛋白因I458T和D293Y变异而受到严重的结构损伤,这表明其功能受损严重.
- 计算结果与临床表型和先前观察到的减少的PATL2蛋白水平一致.
结论:
- 新型和复发的PATL2变异显著影响女性生育能力.
- 已识别的变异为OZEMA和失败的辅助生殖提供了机械洞察力.
- 这项研究加深了对PATL2在生殖成功中的作用的理解,并为潜在的治疗策略提供了信息.
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