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While animal models have also suggested a function in spermatogenesis, the postnatal functions of RXFP2 and its ligand INSL3, produced in large amounts by the testes from puberty throughout adulthood, are largely unknown.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n STUDY DESIGN, SIZE, DURATION<\/jats:title>\n A family with two male members affected by impaired fertility due to spermatogenic maturation arrest and a history of bilateral cryptorchidism underwent clinical, endocrinological, histological, genomic, in vitro cellular, and in silico investigations.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n PARTICIPANTS\/MATERIALS, SETTING, METHODS<\/jats:title>\n The endocrinological and histological findings were correlated with publicly available single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) data. The genomic defects have been characterized using long-read sequencing and validated with in silico modeling and an in vitro cyclic AMP reporter gene assay.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n MAIN RESULTS AND THE ROLE OF CHANCE<\/jats:title>\n An intragenic deletion of exon 1\u20135 of RXFP2 (NM_130806.5) was detected in trans with a hemizygous missense variant c.229G&gt;A, p.(Glu77Lys). The p.(Glu77Lys) variant caused no clear change in cell surface expression or ability to bind INSL3, but displayed absence of a cAMP signal in response to INSL3, indicating a loss-of-function. Testicular biopsy in the proband showed a maturation arrest at the spermatid stage, corresponding to the highest level of RXFP2 expression in scRNA-seq data, thereby providing a potential explanation for the impaired fertility.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n LIMITATIONS, REASONS FOR CAUTION<\/jats:title>\n Although this is so far the only study of human cases that supports the role of RXFP2 in spermatogenic maturation, this is corroborated by several animal studies that have already demonstrated a postnatal function of INSL3 and RXFP2 in spermatogenesis.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n WIDER IMPLICATIONS OF THE FINDINGS<\/jats:title>\n This study corroborates RXFP2 as gene implicated in autosomal recessive congenital bilateral cryptorchidism due to biallelic variants, rather than autosomal-dominant cryptorchidism due to monoallelic RXFP2 variants. Our findings also support that RXFP2 is essential in human spermatogenesis, specifically in germ cell maturation, and that biallelic disruption can cause male infertility through spermatogenic arrest at the spermatid stage.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n STUDY FUNDING\/COMPETING INTEREST(S)<\/jats:title>\n Funding was provided by the Bellux Society for Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetology (BELSPEED) and supported by a Research Foundation Flanders (FWO) senior clinical investigator grant (E.D.B., 1802220N) and a Ghent University Hospital Special Research Fund grant (M.C., FIKO-IV institutional fund). 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