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ArticleJournal of assisted reproduction and genetics2025

Novel STAG3 variant causes oligoasthenoteratozoospermia with high sperm aneuploidy rate.

Polina N Tsabai, Nadezhda S Pavlova, Taras V Shatylko, Zaira Kh Kumykova, Olga K Stupko, Taisya O Kochetkova, Nataliia N Lobanova, Andrey Yu Goltsov, Olga O Leukhina, Jekaterina Shubina and 3 more

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Polina N TsabaiDepartment of Clinical Genetics, Institute of Reproductive Genetics, National Medical Research Center for Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatology Named After Academician V.I. Kulakov, Ministry of Health of Russia, 4 Acad. Oparin St., Moscow, Russian Federation, 117997. polinatsabai@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5110-0827
Nadezhda S PavlovaDepartment of Clinical Genetics, Institute of Reproductive Genetics, National Medical Research Center for Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatology Named After Academician V.I. Kulakov, Ministry of Health of Russia, 4 Acad. Oparin St., Moscow, Russian Federation, 117997.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5619-2695
Taras V ShatylkoDepartment of Andrology and Urology, National Medica Research Center for Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatology Named After Academician V.I. Kulakov, Ministry of Health of Russia, 4 Acad. Oparin St., Moscow, Russian Federation, 117997.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3902-9236
Zaira Kh KumykovaDepartment of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology, National Medical Research Center for Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatology Named After Academician V.I. Kulakov, Ministry of Health of Russia, 4 Acad. Oparin St., Moscow, Russian Federation, 117997.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7511-1432
Olga K StupkoLaboratory of Molecular Genetic Methods, Institute of Reproductive Genetics, National Medical Research Center for Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatology Named After Academician V.I. Kulakov, Ministry of Health of Russia, 4 Acad. Oparin St., Moscow, Russian Federation, 117997.
Taisya O KochetkovaLaboratory of Molecular Genetic Methods, Institute of Reproductive Genetics, National Medical Research Center for Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatology Named After Academician V.I. Kulakov, Ministry of Health of Russia, 4 Acad. Oparin St., Moscow, Russian Federation, 117997.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0215-3636
Nataliia N LobanovaDepartment of Artificial Reproductive Technologies, National Medical Research Center for Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatology Named After Academician V.I. Kulakov, Ministry of Health of Russia, 4 Acad. Oparin St., Moscow, Russian Federation, 117997.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0818-4073
Andrey Yu GoltsovLaboratory of Molecular Genetic Methods, Institute of Reproductive Genetics, National Medical Research Center for Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatology Named After Academician V.I. Kulakov, Ministry of Health of Russia, 4 Acad. Oparin St., Moscow, Russian Federation, 117997.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4004-4214
Olga O LeukhinaLaboratory of Preimplantation Genetic Testing and Genetic Diagnostics, Institute of Reproductive Genetics, National Medical Research Center for Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatology Named After Academician V.I. Kulakov, Ministry of Health of Russia, 4 Acad. Oparin St., Moscow, Russian Federation, 117997.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3852-0039
Jekaterina ShubinaLaboratory of Genomic Data Analysis, Institute of Reproductive Genetics, National Medical Research Center for Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatology Named After Academician V.I. Kulakov, Ministry of Health of Russia, 4 Acad. Oparin St., Moscow, Russian Federation, 117997.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4383-7428
Safar I GamidovDepartment of Andrology and Urology, National Medica Research Center for Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatology Named After Academician V.I. Kulakov, Ministry of Health of Russia, 4 Acad. Oparin St., Moscow, Russian Federation, 117997.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9128-2714
Elena V UvarovaDepartment of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology, National Medical Research Center for Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatology Named After Academician V.I. Kulakov, Ministry of Health of Russia, 4 Acad. Oparin St., Moscow, Russian Federation, 117997.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3105-5640
Dmitry Yu TrofimovInstitute of Reproductive Genetics, National Medical Research Center for Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatology Named After Academician V.I. Kulakov, Ministry of Health of Russia, 4 Acad. Oparin St., Moscow, Russian Federation, 117997.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1569-8486

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Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation state assignment # 224013000745-6.
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposePremature ovarian insufficiency (POI) and non-obstructive azoospermia (NOA) are the most severe forms of infertility. Pathogenic variants in a number of genes cause both disorders in siblings. One of them is STAG3, which encodes a meiosis-specific subunit of a cohesin complex. Here, we searched for genetic cause of oligoasthenoteratozoospermia (OAT) and POI within one family.

methodsThe proband was a 16-year-old girl with secondary amenorrhea. She was diagnosed with hypergonadotropic hypogonadism and streak ovaries. She had normal karyotype 46,XX and no premutation in FMR1 gene. Her 28-year-old brother was diagnosed with severe oligoasthenoteratozoospermia (OAT) syndrome. The aneuploidy rate in his sperm was assessed by FISH assay and appeared to be extremely high with only 5% of morphologically normal spermatozoa being haploid. He had normal karyotype 46,XY and no AZF microdeletions.

resultsWhole exome sequencing identified two likely pathogenic heterozygous truncating variants in STAG3 gene, prevously described p.Arg926Ter and novel p.Glu1184Ter. Sanger sequencing showed that both the patient and her brother were compound heterozygotes.

conclusionIn this study, we suggest the association of the identified variants in STAG3 gene with OAT syndrome and POI and describe the third familial case of STAG3-related infertility.

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AneuploidyAsthenozoospermiaAzoospermiaCell Cycle ProteinsOligospermiaPrimary Ovarian InsufficiencySpermatozoaAdolescentAdultExome SequencingFemaleHumansMalePedigreeCell Cycle ProteinsSTAG3 protein, humanCase reportInfertilityPremature ovarian insufficiencySpermatogenic failureSTAG3Whole exome sequencing

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