Table 2.
Genes associated with spermatogenic failure
Gene | Inheritance | OMIM gene | OMIM phenotype | OMIM or HGMD phenotype ID | Spermatogenic defect |
NR5A1 | AR | 184757 | SPGF8 | 613957 | AZS/OZS |
SYCP3 | AD | 604759 | SPGF4 | 270960 | AZS/OZS |
ZMYND15 | AR | 614312 | SPGF14 | 615842 | AZS/OZS |
TAF4B | AR | 601689 | SPGF13 | 615841 | AZS/OZS |
TEX11 | XLR | 300311 | SPGFX2 | 309120 | AZS |
NANOS1 | AD | 608226 | SPGF12 | 615413 | AZS/OZS/OZS+ASTHZ+TZS |
PLK4 | AD | 605031 | / | 1556988045 | AZS |
MEIOB | AR | 617670 | SPGF22 | 617706 | AZS |
SYCE1 | AR | 611486 | SPGF15 | 616950 | AZS |
USP9Y | YL | 400005 | SPGFY2 | 400042 | AZS |
SOHLH1 | AD | 610224 | SPGF32 | 618115 | AZS |
TEX15 | AR | 605795 | SPGF25 | 617960 | AZS/OZS |
HSF2 | AD | 140581 | / | 702994563 | AZS |
KLHL10 | AD | 608778 | SPGF11 | 615081 | OZS; TZS; AZS |
AURKC | AR | 603495 | SPGF5 | 243060 | TZS (macrozoospermia) |
DPY19L2 | AR | 613893 | SPGF9 | 613958 | TZS (globozoospermia) |
SPATA16 | AR | 609856 | SPGF6 | 102530 | TZS (globozoospermia) |
PICK1 | AR | 605926 | / | 247048065 | TZS (globozoospermia) |
BRDT | AR | 602144 | SPGF21 | 617644 | ASS |
SUN5 | AR | 613942 | SPGF16 | 617187 | ASS |
SLC26A8 | AD | 608480 | SPGF3 | 606766 | AZS |
CATSPER1 | AR | 606389 | SPGF7 | 612997 | AZS |
SEPT12 | AD | 611562 | SPGF10 | 614822 | AZS; OZS+ASTHZ+TZS |
CFAP43 | AR | 617558 | SPGF19 | 617592 | MMAF |
CFAP44 | AR | 617559 | SPGF20 | 617593 | MMAF |
DNAH1 | AR | 603332 | SPGF18 | 617576 | MMAF |
PLCZ1 | AR | 608075 | SPGF17 | 617214 | OAF |
SPGF = spermatogenic failure; OZS = oligozoospermia; AZS = azoospermia; ASTHZ = asthenozoospermia; TZS = teratozoospermia; OZS+ASTHZ+TZS = oligoasthenoteratozoospermia; ASS = acephalic spermatozoa syndrome; MMAF = multiple morphological abnormalities of the flagellum; OAF = oocyte activation failure; AR = autosomal recessive; AD = autosomal dominant; XLR = X-linked recessive; YL = Y-linked; HGMD = Human Gene Mutation Database (https://portal.biobase-international.com/hgmd/pro/)