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Spermatogenic failure 8(SPGF8)

MedGen UID:
462756
•Concept ID:
C3151406
•
Disease or Syndrome
Synonym: SPGF8
 
Gene (location): NR5A1 (9q33.3)
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0013504
OMIM®: 613957

Definition

Any azoospermia in which the cause of the disease is a mutation in the NR5A1 gene. [from MONDO]

Clinical features

From HPO
Azoospermia
MedGen UID:
2150
•Concept ID:
C0004509
•
Disease or Syndrome
Absence of any measurable level of sperm,whereby spermatozoa cannot be observed even after centrifugation of the semen pellet.
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Oligospermia
MedGen UID:
18162
•Concept ID:
C0028960
•
Disease or Syndrome
Reduced count of spermatozoa in the semen, defined as a sperm count below 20 million per milliliter semen.
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Cryptozoospermia
MedGen UID:
481180
•Concept ID:
C3279550
•
Disease or Syndrome
A type of oligozoospermia in which spermatozoa can be detected in an ejaculate only after centrifugation and inspection of the pellet.
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Professional guidelines

PubMed

Toward clinical exomes in diagnostics and management of male infertility.
Lillepea K, Juchnewitsch AG, Kasak L, Valkna A, Dutta A, Pomm K, Poolamets O, Nagirnaja L, Tamp E, Mahyari E, Vihljajev V, Tjagur S, Papadimitriou S, Riera-Escamilla A, Versbraegen N, Farnetani G, Castillo-Madeen H, Sütt M, Kübarsepp V, Tennisberg S, Korrovits P, Krausz C, Aston KI, Lenaerts T, Conrad DF, Punab M, Laan M
Am J Hum Genet 2024 May 2;111(5):877-895. Epub 2024 Apr 12 doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2024.03.013. PMID: 38614076Free PMC Article
Clinical relevance of Y-linked CNV screening in male infertility: new insights based on the 8-year experience of a diagnostic genetic laboratory.
Lo Giacco D, Chianese C, Sánchez-Curbelo J, Bassas L, Ruiz P, Rajmil O, Sarquella J, Vives A, Ruiz-Castañé E, Oliva R, Ars E, Krausz C
Eur J Hum Genet 2014 Jun;22(6):754-61. Epub 2013 Nov 6 doi: 10.1038/ejhg.2013.253. PMID: 24193344Free PMC Article
In-vitro fertilization treatment for severe male factor: the fertilization potential of immotile spermatozoa obtained by testicular extraction.
Shulman A, Feldman B, Madgar I, Levron J, Mashiach S, Dor J
Hum Reprod 1999 Mar;14(3):749-52. doi: 10.1093/humrep/14.3.749. PMID: 10221708

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Proteomic biomarkers in seminal plasma as predictors of reproductive potential in azoospermic men.
Fietz D, Sgaier R, O'Donnell L, Stanton PG, Dagley LF, Webb AI, Schuppe HC, Diemer T, Pilatz A
Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2024;15:1327800. Epub 2024 Apr 9 doi: 10.3389/fendo.2024.1327800. PMID: 38654926Free PMC Article
Toward clinical exomes in diagnostics and management of male infertility.
Lillepea K, Juchnewitsch AG, Kasak L, Valkna A, Dutta A, Pomm K, Poolamets O, Nagirnaja L, Tamp E, Mahyari E, Vihljajev V, Tjagur S, Papadimitriou S, Riera-Escamilla A, Versbraegen N, Farnetani G, Castillo-Madeen H, Sütt M, Kübarsepp V, Tennisberg S, Korrovits P, Krausz C, Aston KI, Lenaerts T, Conrad DF, Punab M, Laan M
Am J Hum Genet 2024 May 2;111(5):877-895. Epub 2024 Apr 12 doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2024.03.013. PMID: 38614076Free PMC Article
Microdeletions and microduplications linked to severe congenital disorders in infertile men.
Kikas T, Punab AM, Kasak L, Poolamets O, Vihljajev V, Pomm K, Reiman M, Tjagur S, Korrovits P, Punab M, Laan M
Sci Rep 2023 Jan 11;13(1):574. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-27750-w. PMID: 36631630Free PMC Article
Genetic Architecture of Azoospermia-Time to Advance the Standard of Care.
Wyrwoll MJ, Köckerling N, Vockel M, Dicke AK, Rotte N, Pohl E, Emich J, Wöste M, Ruckert C, Wabschke R, Seggewiss J, Ledig S, Tewes AC, Stratis Y, Cremers JF, Wistuba J, Krallmann C, Kliesch S, Röpke A, Stallmeyer B, Friedrich C, Tüttelmann F
Eur Urol 2023 May;83(5):452-462. Epub 2022 Jun 8 doi: 10.1016/j.eururo.2022.05.011. PMID: 35690514
Klinefelter syndrome and TESE-ICSI.
Plotton I, Brosse A, Cuzin B, Lejeune H
Ann Endocrinol (Paris) 2014 May;75(2):118-25. Epub 2014 Apr 29 doi: 10.1016/j.ando.2014.04.004. PMID: 24786702

Diagnosis

Toward clinical exomes in diagnostics and management of male infertility.
Lillepea K, Juchnewitsch AG, Kasak L, Valkna A, Dutta A, Pomm K, Poolamets O, Nagirnaja L, Tamp E, Mahyari E, Vihljajev V, Tjagur S, Papadimitriou S, Riera-Escamilla A, Versbraegen N, Farnetani G, Castillo-Madeen H, Sütt M, Kübarsepp V, Tennisberg S, Korrovits P, Krausz C, Aston KI, Lenaerts T, Conrad DF, Punab M, Laan M
Am J Hum Genet 2024 May 2;111(5):877-895. Epub 2024 Apr 12 doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2024.03.013. PMID: 38614076Free PMC Article
Genetic Architecture of Azoospermia-Time to Advance the Standard of Care.
Wyrwoll MJ, Köckerling N, Vockel M, Dicke AK, Rotte N, Pohl E, Emich J, Wöste M, Ruckert C, Wabschke R, Seggewiss J, Ledig S, Tewes AC, Stratis Y, Cremers JF, Wistuba J, Krallmann C, Kliesch S, Röpke A, Stallmeyer B, Friedrich C, Tüttelmann F
Eur Urol 2023 May;83(5):452-462. Epub 2022 Jun 8 doi: 10.1016/j.eururo.2022.05.011. PMID: 35690514
Genomic testing for copy number and single nucleotide variants in spermatogenic failure.
Hardy J, Pollock N, Gingrich T, Sweet P, Ramesh A, Kuong J, Basar A, Jiang H, Hwang K, Vukina J, Jaffe T, Olszewska M, Kurpisz M, Yatsenko AN
J Assist Reprod Genet 2022 Sep;39(9):2103-2114. Epub 2022 Jul 18 doi: 10.1007/s10815-022-02538-5. PMID: 35849255Free PMC Article
Large-scale analyses of the X chromosome in 2,354 infertile men discover recurrently affected genes associated with spermatogenic failure.
Riera-Escamilla A, Vockel M, Nagirnaja L, Xavier MJ, Carbonell A, Moreno-Mendoza D, Pybus M, Farnetani G, Rosta V, Cioppi F, Friedrich C, Oud MS, van der Heijden GW, Soave A, Diemer T, Ars E, Sánchez-Curbelo J, Kliesch S, O'Bryan MK, Ruiz-Castañe E; GEMINI Consortium, Azorín F, Veltman JA, Aston KI, Conrad DF, Tüttelmann F, Krausz C
Am J Hum Genet 2022 Aug 4;109(8):1458-1471. Epub 2022 Jul 8 doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2022.06.007. PMID: 35809576Free PMC Article
Non-syndromic monogenic male infertility.
Guerri G, Maniscalchi T, Barati S, Busetto GM, Del Giudice F, De Berardinis E, Cannarella R, Calogero AE, Bertelli M
Acta Biomed 2019 Sep 30;90(10-S):62-67. doi: 10.23750/abm.v90i10-S.8762. PMID: 31577257Free PMC Article

Therapy

Systematic molecular analyses for 115 karyotypically normal men with isolated non-obstructive azoospermia.
Muranishi Y, Kobori Y, Katoh-Fukui Y, Tamaoka S, Hattori A, Osaka A, Okada H, Nakabayashi K, Hata K, Kawai T, Ogata-Kawata H, Iwahata T, Saito K, Kon M, Shinohara N, Fukami M
Hum Reprod 2024 May 2;39(5):1131-1140. doi: 10.1093/humrep/deae057. PMID: 38511217
Microdissection testicular sperm extraction (micro-TESE) in men with infertility due to nonobstructive azoospermia: summary of current literature.
Achermann APP, Pereira TA, Esteves SC
Int Urol Nephrol 2021 Nov;53(11):2193-2210. Epub 2021 Aug 19 doi: 10.1007/s11255-021-02979-4. PMID: 34410586
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
A Novel Locus Predicts Spermatogenic Recovery among Childhood Cancer Survivors Exposed to Alkylating Agents.
Sapkota Y, Wilson CL, Zaidi AK, Moon W, Fon Tacer K, Lu L, Liu Q, Baedke J, Dhaduk R, Wang Z, Chemaitilly W, Krasin MJ, Berry FB, Zhang J, Hudson MM, Robison LL, Green DM, Yasui Y
Cancer Res 2020 Sep 1;80(17):3755-3764. Epub 2020 Jun 17 doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-20-0093. PMID: 32554749Free PMC Article
Klinefelter syndrome and TESE-ICSI.
Plotton I, Brosse A, Cuzin B, Lejeune H
Ann Endocrinol (Paris) 2014 May;75(2):118-25. Epub 2014 Apr 29 doi: 10.1016/j.ando.2014.04.004. PMID: 24786702

Prognosis

Proteomic biomarkers in seminal plasma as predictors of reproductive potential in azoospermic men.
Fietz D, Sgaier R, O'Donnell L, Stanton PG, Dagley LF, Webb AI, Schuppe HC, Diemer T, Pilatz A
Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2024;15:1327800. Epub 2024 Apr 9 doi: 10.3389/fendo.2024.1327800. PMID: 38654926Free PMC Article
Genetic Architecture of Azoospermia-Time to Advance the Standard of Care.
Wyrwoll MJ, Köckerling N, Vockel M, Dicke AK, Rotte N, Pohl E, Emich J, Wöste M, Ruckert C, Wabschke R, Seggewiss J, Ledig S, Tewes AC, Stratis Y, Cremers JF, Wistuba J, Krallmann C, Kliesch S, Röpke A, Stallmeyer B, Friedrich C, Tüttelmann F
Eur Urol 2023 May;83(5):452-462. Epub 2022 Jun 8 doi: 10.1016/j.eururo.2022.05.011. PMID: 35690514
Variants in GCNA, X-linked germ-cell genome integrity gene, identified in men with primary spermatogenic failure.
Hardy JJ, Wyrwoll MJ, Mcfadden W, Malcher A, Rotte N, Pollock NC, Munyoki S, Veroli MV, Houston BJ, Xavier MJ, Kasak L, Punab M, Laan M, Kliesch S, Schlegel P, Jaffe T, Hwang K, Vukina J, Brieño-Enríquez MA, Orwig K, Yanowitz J, Buszczak M, Veltman JA, Oud M, Nagirnaja L, Olszewska M, O'Bryan MK, Conrad DF, Kurpisz M, Tüttelmann F, Yatsenko AN; GEMINI Consortium
Hum Genet 2021 Aug;140(8):1169-1182. Epub 2021 May 7 doi: 10.1007/s00439-021-02287-y. PMID: 33963445Free PMC Article
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

Clinical prediction guides

Proteomic biomarkers in seminal plasma as predictors of reproductive potential in azoospermic men.
Fietz D, Sgaier R, O'Donnell L, Stanton PG, Dagley LF, Webb AI, Schuppe HC, Diemer T, Pilatz A
Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2024;15:1327800. Epub 2024 Apr 9 doi: 10.3389/fendo.2024.1327800. PMID: 38654926Free PMC Article
Toward clinical exomes in diagnostics and management of male infertility.
Lillepea K, Juchnewitsch AG, Kasak L, Valkna A, Dutta A, Pomm K, Poolamets O, Nagirnaja L, Tamp E, Mahyari E, Vihljajev V, Tjagur S, Papadimitriou S, Riera-Escamilla A, Versbraegen N, Farnetani G, Castillo-Madeen H, Sütt M, Kübarsepp V, Tennisberg S, Korrovits P, Krausz C, Aston KI, Lenaerts T, Conrad DF, Punab M, Laan M
Am J Hum Genet 2024 May 2;111(5):877-895. Epub 2024 Apr 12 doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2024.03.013. PMID: 38614076Free PMC Article
Microdeletions and microduplications linked to severe congenital disorders in infertile men.
Kikas T, Punab AM, Kasak L, Poolamets O, Vihljajev V, Pomm K, Reiman M, Tjagur S, Korrovits P, Punab M, Laan M
Sci Rep 2023 Jan 11;13(1):574. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-27750-w. PMID: 36631630Free PMC Article
Genetic Architecture of Azoospermia-Time to Advance the Standard of Care.
Wyrwoll MJ, Köckerling N, Vockel M, Dicke AK, Rotte N, Pohl E, Emich J, Wöste M, Ruckert C, Wabschke R, Seggewiss J, Ledig S, Tewes AC, Stratis Y, Cremers JF, Wistuba J, Krallmann C, Kliesch S, Röpke A, Stallmeyer B, Friedrich C, Tüttelmann F
Eur Urol 2023 May;83(5):452-462. Epub 2022 Jun 8 doi: 10.1016/j.eururo.2022.05.011. PMID: 35690514
CHD7 missense variants and clinical characteristics of Chinese males with infertility.
Li L, Wang R, Yu Y, Zhang H, Jiang Y, Yang X, Liu R
Mol Genet Genomic Med 2020 Sep;8(9):e1372. Epub 2020 Jun 22 doi: 10.1002/mgg3.1372. PMID: 32573075Free PMC Article

Recent systematic reviews

The impact of vincristine on testicular development and function in childhood cancer.
Clark I, Brougham MFH, Spears N, Mitchell RT
Hum Reprod Update 2023 Mar 1;29(2):233-245. doi: 10.1093/humupd/dmac039. PMID: 36495566Free PMC Article

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