Molecular Human Reproduction, Vol. 9, No. 2, 69-73,
February 2003
© 2003 European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology
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Single nucleotide polymorphisms in the protamine-1 and -2 genes of fertile and infertile human male populations
Submitted on August 29, 2002; accepted on November 11, 2002
1 Department of Science for Laboratory Animal Experimentation, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University and 2 Department of Urology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, 3-1 Yamadaoka, Suita City, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
3 To whom correspondence should be addressed. e-mail: nishimun{at}biken.osaka-u.ac.jp
Although various genetic factors have been implicated in human male infertility, the causative genes for the different types of idiopathic male infertility have not been elucidated. Protamines, which are the major DNA-binding proteins in the sperm nucleus, package the DNA into the sperm head. Analysis of the human protamine-1 (PRM1) and -2 (PRM2) gene sequences in 226 sterile male patients and in 270 proven-fertile male volunteers revealed four single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the PRM1 coding region, which did not cause any amino acid substitutions, and one SNP in the PRM2 gene, which produced translation termination. We also observed one SNP in the 3' non-coding region of the PRM1 gene, and two SNPs within the intron of the PRM2 gene. The prevalence of these SNPs was similar in both infertile patients and in proven-fertile volunteers, except that the c248t alteration in the PRM2 gene induced a nonsense codon under conditions of heterozygosity in one infertile patient. Although the PRM1 and PRM2 genes are highly conserved, the single SNP in the PRM2 gene that induces translation termination may result in male infertility due to haploinsufficiency of PRM2.
Key words: male infertility/mutation/protamine/SNPs/sperm
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