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ArticleFrontiers in reproductive health2026

Case Report: Neo-homozygous nonsense mutation in NLRP5 associated with early embryonic arrest in two sisters from a Chinese family.

Qin Xu, Yumei Deng, Jingjing Huo, Yuanlong Yan, Yangjia Zhang, Yaxian Ma, Li Zhuan

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Qin Xu *Department of Reproductive Medicine, The First People's Hospital of Yunnan Province, Kunming, Yunnan, China.
Yumei Deng *Department of Reproductive Medicine, The First People's Hospital of Yunnan Province, Kunming, Yunnan, China.
Jingjing HuoDepartment of Reproductive Medicine, The First People's Hospital of Yunnan Province, Kunming, Yunnan, China.
Yuanlong YanDepartment of Medical Genetics, The First People's Hospital of Yunnan Province, Kunming, Yunnan, China.
Yangjia ZhangDepartment of Medical Genetics, The First People's Hospital of Yunnan Province, Kunming, Yunnan, China.
Yaxian MaDepartment of Reproductive Medicine, The First People's Hospital of Yunnan Province, Kunming, Yunnan, China.
Li ZhuanDepartment of Reproductive Medicine, Yunnan Maternal and Child Health Hospital, Kunming, Yunnan, China.

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Abstract

Early embryonic arrest (EEA) can result in repeated failures of assisted reproductive technology, with genetic variation being the primary cause. The maternal protein nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain-like receptor protein 5 (NLRP5) plays a role in oocyte maturation and embryonic development before the blastocyst stage. Mutations in the NLRP5 gene can lead to various reproductive outcomes, including oocyte maturation disorder, fertilization failure, and EEA. We discovered a new homozygous nonsense mutation (c.779G > A; p.Trp260*) in NLRP5 in two sisters from a Chinese family. This clinically presented as halted embryonic development at the 2-7 cell stage. The parents and brother were heterozygous carriers and exhibited normal fertility, indicating that the pathogenic gene was inherited in an autosomal recessive manner. Analyses revealed significantly decreased expression of NLRP5 at the 3' end of the mRNA and the C-terminal of the protein

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assisted reproductive technologyearly embryonic arrestNLRP5novel mutationterminator codon

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