Infertility affects 10-15% of couples, and approximately 50% of cases are linked to male factor infertility. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the DNA methylation patterns in spermatozoa from males who are suffering from a reduction in fecundity. Thirty samples were subjected to 450K arrays as a screening study to evaluate the variation in sperm DNA methylation levels between cases and controls groups, and then four CpG sites (cg05799088, cg07227024, cg16338278, and cg08408433) underwent to deep bisulfite sequencing to validate the observed methylation differences in 111 samples (56 proven fertile males as 'controls' and 55 males suffering from a reduction in fecundity as 'cases'). A significant difference in the mean methylation level was found between cases and controls in the CpGs of PRICKLE2 gene-related amplicon (CpG1, p ≤ 0.002, and CpG2, p ≤ 0.004) and CpG of ALS2CR12 gene-related amplicon (CpG1, p ≤ 0.015, and CpG2, p ≤ 0.009). Besides, a significant difference was found at seven from thirteen CpGs tested in the ALDH3B2 gene amplicon CpG2, CpG6, CpG9, CpG10, CpG11, CpG12, and CpG13 (p ≤ 0.005, p ≤ 0.004, p ≤ 0.012, p ≤ 0.028, p ≤ 0.012, p ≤ 0.009, and p ≤ 0.001, respectively). In addition, the results showed that nine CpGs out of the twenty-six within the PTGIR gene-related amplicon (CpG4, CpG6, CpG8, CpG9, CpG11, CpG15, CpG19, CpG23, and CpG26) had a significant difference in their mean methylation level (p ≤ 0.006, p ≤ 0.009, p ≤ 0.003, p ≤ 0.003, p ≤ 0.007, p ≤ 0.002, p ≤ 0.018, p ≤ 0.018, and p ≤ 0.040, respectively) in the case vs. CONTROL GROUP:In conclusion, an alteration in the methylation levels of sperm DNA from males with reduced fecundity was observed. In addition, an association between changes in the methylation level for these CpGs and different semen parameters has been found.

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:不孕症影响10-15%的夫妻,大约50%的病例与男性因素不孕症有关。这项研究的目的是评估精子数量减少的男性精子中的DNA甲基化模式。对30个样品进行450K阵列筛选研究,以评估病例组和对照组之间精子DNA甲基化水平的变化,然后对四个CpG位点(cg05799088,cg07227024,cg16338278和cg08408433)进行深亚硫酸氢盐测序,以验证观察到的结果。 111个样本中的甲基化差异(56个经证实可育的雄性为“对照”,55个雄性生殖力降低为“病例”)。在病例和对照之间,PRICKLE2基因相关扩增子的CpGs(CpG1,p≤0.002和CpG2,p≤0.004)和ALS2CR12基因相关扩增子的CpG(CpG1,p≤ 0.015和CpG2,p≤0.009)。此外,在ALDH3B2基因扩增子CpG2,CpG6,CpG9,CpG10,CpG11,CpG12和CpG13中测试的13种CpG中,发现有7种存在显着差异(p≤0.005,p≤0.004,p≤0.012,p≤0.028,p分别≤0.012,p≤0.009和p≤0.001)。此外,结果显示,在PTGIR基因相关扩增子中的二十六个中的九个CpG(CpG4,CpG6,CpG8,CpG9,CpG11,CpG15,CpG19,CpG23和CpG26)具有明显的甲基化差异情况下的水平(分别为p≤0.006,p≤0.009,p≤0.003,p≤0.003,p≤0.007,p≤0.002,p≤0.018,p≤0.018和p≤0.040)vs.
对照组:总的来说,观察到了生殖力降低的雄性精子DNA甲基化水平的变化。另外,已经发现这些CpG的甲基化水平的变化与不同精液参数之间的关联。

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