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Spermatogenic failure 43(SPGF43)

MedGen UID:
1684830
•Concept ID:
C5231490
•
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: SPERMATOGENIC FAILURE 43; SPGF43
 
Gene (location): SPEF2 (5p13.2)
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0032898
OMIM®: 618751

Definition

Spermatogenic failure-43 (SPGF43) is characterized by infertility and spermatozoa lacking progressive motility due to multiple morphologic abnormalities of the flagella (MMAF), including short, absent, coiled, irregular-caliber, and/or bent flagella. Most flagella lack the central pair (9+0 configuration) on ultrastructural analysis (Liu et al., 2019; Sha et al., 2019; Liu et al., 2020). For a discussion of genetic heterogeneity of spermatogenic failure, see SPGF1 (258150). [from OMIM]

Clinical features

From HPO
Male infertility
MedGen UID:
5796
•Concept ID:
C0021364
•
Disease or Syndrome
The inability of the male to effect fertilization of an ovum after a specified period of unprotected intercourse. Male sterility is permanent infertility.
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Reduced sperm motility
MedGen UID:
98339
•Concept ID:
C0403823
•
Disease or Syndrome
An abnormal reduction in the mobility of ejaculated sperm.
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Absent sperm flagella
MedGen UID:
1623855
•Concept ID:
C4539786
•
Finding
Sperm cells lacking flagella.
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Coiled sperm flagella
MedGen UID:
1611216
•Concept ID:
C4539789
•
Finding
Sperm cells whose flagella are twisted (coiled).
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Absent sperm axoneme central pair complex
MedGen UID:
1785608
•Concept ID:
C5539658
•
Finding
Absense of the central pair of microtubules in the sperm axoneme, thereby forming a 9+0 pattern instead of the normal 9+2 pattern.
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Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Risk Y-haplotypes and pathogenic variants of Arab-ancestry boys with autism by an exome-wide association study.
Alsubaie LM, Alsuwat HS, Almandil NB, AlSulaiman A, AbdulAzeez S, Borgio JF
Mol Biol Rep 2020 Oct;47(10):7623-7632. Epub 2020 Sep 29 doi: 10.1007/s11033-020-05832-6. PMID: 32996047
Intronic variation of the SOHLH2 gene confers risk to male reproductive impairment.
Cerván-Martín M, Suazo-Sánchez MI, Rivera-Egea R, Garrido N, Luján S, Romeu G, Santos-Ribeiro S, Castilla JA, Gonzalvo MC, Clavero A, Vicente FJ, Maldonado V, Burgos M, Barrionuevo FJ, Jiménez R, Sánchez-Curbelo J, López-Rodrigo O, Peraza MF, Pereira-Caetano I, Marques PI, Carvalho F, Barros A, Bassas L, Seixas S, Gonçalves J, Larriba S, Lopes AM, Palomino-Morales RJ, Carmona FD; Lisbon Clinical Group; IVIRMA Group
Fertil Steril 2020 Aug;114(2):398-406. Epub 2020 Jul 18 doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2020.02.115. PMID: 32690270
High serum FSH is not a risk factor for low bone mineral density in infertile men.
Antonio L, Priskorn L, Olesen IA, Petersen JH, Vanderschueren D, Jørgensen N
Bone 2020 Jul;136:115366. Epub 2020 Apr 15 doi: 10.1016/j.bone.2020.115366. PMID: 32304878
Antiretroviral Therapy and Alcohol Interactions: X-raying Testicular and Seminal Parameters Under the HAART Era.
Ogedengbe OO, Naidu ECS, Azu OO
Eur J Drug Metab Pharmacokinet 2018 Apr;43(2):121-135. doi: 10.1007/s13318-017-0438-6. PMID: 28956285
Claudin-11 and connexin-43 display altered spatial patterns of organization in men with primary seminiferous tubule failure compared with controls.
Haverfield JT, Meachem SJ, O'Bryan MK, McLachlan RI, Stanton PG
Fertil Steril 2013 Sep;100(3):658-66. Epub 2013 May 23 doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2013.04.034. PMID: 23706332

Diagnosis

Testicular Growth and Pubertal Onset in GH-Deficient Children Treated With Growth Hormone: A Retrospective Study.
Cannarella R, Caruso M, Crafa A, Timpanaro TA, Lo Bianco M, Presti S, Condorelli RA, La Vignera S, Calogero AE
Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2021;12:619895. Epub 2021 Apr 2 doi: 10.3389/fendo.2021.619895. PMID: 33868165Free PMC Article
Intronic variation of the SOHLH2 gene confers risk to male reproductive impairment.
Cerván-Martín M, Suazo-Sánchez MI, Rivera-Egea R, Garrido N, Luján S, Romeu G, Santos-Ribeiro S, Castilla JA, Gonzalvo MC, Clavero A, Vicente FJ, Maldonado V, Burgos M, Barrionuevo FJ, Jiménez R, Sánchez-Curbelo J, López-Rodrigo O, Peraza MF, Pereira-Caetano I, Marques PI, Carvalho F, Barros A, Bassas L, Seixas S, Gonçalves J, Larriba S, Lopes AM, Palomino-Morales RJ, Carmona FD; Lisbon Clinical Group; IVIRMA Group
Fertil Steril 2020 Aug;114(2):398-406. Epub 2020 Jul 18 doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2020.02.115. PMID: 32690270
A homozygous FANCM frameshift pathogenic variant causes male infertility.
Yin H, Ma H, Hussain S, Zhang H, Xie X, Jiang L, Jiang X, Iqbal F, Bukhari I, Jiang H, Ali A, Zhong L, Li T, Fan S, Zhang B, Gao J, Li Y, Nazish J, Khan T, Khan M, Zubair M, Hao Q, Fang H, Huang J, Huleihel M, Sha J, Pandita TK, Zhang Y, Shi Q
Genet Med 2019 Jan;21(1):62-70. Epub 2018 Jun 12 doi: 10.1038/s41436-018-0015-7. PMID: 29895858Free PMC Article
Testis-Specific Y-Centric Protein-Protein Interaction Network Provides Clues to the Etiology of Severe Spermatogenic Failure.
Ansari-Pour N, Razaghi-Moghadam Z, Barneh F, Jafari M
J Proteome Res 2016 Mar 4;15(3):1011-22. Epub 2016 Feb 4 doi: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.5b01080. PMID: 26794825
Varicocele repair improves semen parameters in azoospermic men with spermatogenic failure.
Kim ED, Leibman BB, Grinblat DM, Lipshultz LI
J Urol 1999 Sep;162(3 Pt 1):737-40. doi: 10.1097/00005392-199909010-00031. PMID: 10458356

Therapy

Testicular Growth and Pubertal Onset in GH-Deficient Children Treated With Growth Hormone: A Retrospective Study.
Cannarella R, Caruso M, Crafa A, Timpanaro TA, Lo Bianco M, Presti S, Condorelli RA, La Vignera S, Calogero AE
Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2021;12:619895. Epub 2021 Apr 2 doi: 10.3389/fendo.2021.619895. PMID: 33868165Free PMC Article
Risk Y-haplotypes and pathogenic variants of Arab-ancestry boys with autism by an exome-wide association study.
Alsubaie LM, Alsuwat HS, Almandil NB, AlSulaiman A, AbdulAzeez S, Borgio JF
Mol Biol Rep 2020 Oct;47(10):7623-7632. Epub 2020 Sep 29 doi: 10.1007/s11033-020-05832-6. PMID: 32996047
Antiretroviral Therapy and Alcohol Interactions: X-raying Testicular and Seminal Parameters Under the HAART Era.
Ogedengbe OO, Naidu ECS, Azu OO
Eur J Drug Metab Pharmacokinet 2018 Apr;43(2):121-135. doi: 10.1007/s13318-017-0438-6. PMID: 28956285
Haplotype analysis of the estrogen receptor 1 gene in male genital and reproductive abnormalities.
Watanabe M, Yoshida R, Ueoka K, Aoki K, Sasagawa I, Hasegawa T, Sueoka K, Kamatani N, Yoshimura Y, Ogata T
Hum Reprod 2007 May;22(5):1279-84. Epub 2007 Feb 5 doi: 10.1093/humrep/del513. PMID: 17283037
Varicocele repair improves semen parameters in azoospermic men with spermatogenic failure.
Kim ED, Leibman BB, Grinblat DM, Lipshultz LI
J Urol 1999 Sep;162(3 Pt 1):737-40. doi: 10.1097/00005392-199909010-00031. PMID: 10458356

Prognosis

Testicular Growth and Pubertal Onset in GH-Deficient Children Treated With Growth Hormone: A Retrospective Study.
Cannarella R, Caruso M, Crafa A, Timpanaro TA, Lo Bianco M, Presti S, Condorelli RA, La Vignera S, Calogero AE
Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2021;12:619895. Epub 2021 Apr 2 doi: 10.3389/fendo.2021.619895. PMID: 33868165Free PMC Article
High serum FSH is not a risk factor for low bone mineral density in infertile men.
Antonio L, Priskorn L, Olesen IA, Petersen JH, Vanderschueren D, Jørgensen N
Bone 2020 Jul;136:115366. Epub 2020 Apr 15 doi: 10.1016/j.bone.2020.115366. PMID: 32304878
Increased frequency of CFTR gene mutations identified in Indian infertile men with non-CBAVD obstructive azoospermia and spermatogenic failure.
Sharma H, Mavuduru RS, Singh SK, Prasad R
Gene 2014 Sep 10;548(1):43-7. Epub 2014 Jul 7 doi: 10.1016/j.gene.2014.07.005. PMID: 25010724
Varicocele repair improves semen parameters in azoospermic men with spermatogenic failure.
Kim ED, Leibman BB, Grinblat DM, Lipshultz LI
J Urol 1999 Sep;162(3 Pt 1):737-40. doi: 10.1097/00005392-199909010-00031. PMID: 10458356

Clinical prediction guides

Testicular Growth and Pubertal Onset in GH-Deficient Children Treated With Growth Hormone: A Retrospective Study.
Cannarella R, Caruso M, Crafa A, Timpanaro TA, Lo Bianco M, Presti S, Condorelli RA, La Vignera S, Calogero AE
Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2021;12:619895. Epub 2021 Apr 2 doi: 10.3389/fendo.2021.619895. PMID: 33868165Free PMC Article
Intronic variation of the SOHLH2 gene confers risk to male reproductive impairment.
Cerván-Martín M, Suazo-Sánchez MI, Rivera-Egea R, Garrido N, Luján S, Romeu G, Santos-Ribeiro S, Castilla JA, Gonzalvo MC, Clavero A, Vicente FJ, Maldonado V, Burgos M, Barrionuevo FJ, Jiménez R, Sánchez-Curbelo J, López-Rodrigo O, Peraza MF, Pereira-Caetano I, Marques PI, Carvalho F, Barros A, Bassas L, Seixas S, Gonçalves J, Larriba S, Lopes AM, Palomino-Morales RJ, Carmona FD; Lisbon Clinical Group; IVIRMA Group
Fertil Steril 2020 Aug;114(2):398-406. Epub 2020 Jul 18 doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2020.02.115. PMID: 32690270
High serum FSH is not a risk factor for low bone mineral density in infertile men.
Antonio L, Priskorn L, Olesen IA, Petersen JH, Vanderschueren D, Jørgensen N
Bone 2020 Jul;136:115366. Epub 2020 Apr 15 doi: 10.1016/j.bone.2020.115366. PMID: 32304878
Increased frequency of CFTR gene mutations identified in Indian infertile men with non-CBAVD obstructive azoospermia and spermatogenic failure.
Sharma H, Mavuduru RS, Singh SK, Prasad R
Gene 2014 Sep 10;548(1):43-7. Epub 2014 Jul 7 doi: 10.1016/j.gene.2014.07.005. PMID: 25010724
Claudin-11 and connexin-43 display altered spatial patterns of organization in men with primary seminiferous tubule failure compared with controls.
Haverfield JT, Meachem SJ, O'Bryan MK, McLachlan RI, Stanton PG
Fertil Steril 2013 Sep;100(3):658-66. Epub 2013 May 23 doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2013.04.034. PMID: 23706332

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