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Genetic defects are found to be crucial causes responsible for total fertilization failure after intracytoplasmic sperm injection. However, the reported genes only elucidate a small proportion of total fertilization failure cases, and more genetic defects are required to be explored.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Objective<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>To investigate the genetic causes of male\u2010related fertilization failure and explore the potential underlying mechanism.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Material and methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Whole\u2010exome sequencing was performed on male patients suffering from fertilization failure, and Sanger sequencing was used to confirm the detected mutations. The effects of genetic mutations on protein function were analyzed using bioinformatic tools and immunofluorescence assays.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Two males with\n                      <jats:italic>ACTL7A<\/jats:italic>\n                      mutations were enrolled. One carried two compound heterozygous mutations (c.1118G&gt;A:p.R373H; c.1204G&gt;A:p.G402S), the other had a homozygous mutation (c.1117C&gt;T:p.R373C) and was from a consanguineous family with a recessive inheritance pattern. All the variants were located in the actin domain and were predicted to be pathogenic, affecting the number of hydrogen bonds or the arrangement of nearby protein structures. Furthermore, the protein expression of actin\u2010like protein 7A was absent in affected spermatozoa by using immunofluorescence staining and western blotting, confirming the pathogenicity of the variants. In addition, the phospholipase C zeta 1 was barely absent, and acrosome peanut agglutinin signals were attenuated and unevenly distributed, indicating acrosome dysfunction. In addition, intracytoplasmic sperm injection with artificial oocyte activation treatment could increase the fertilization rate in oocytes injected with affected spermatozoa.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Discussion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Our study identified three\n                      <jats:italic>ACTL7A<\/jats:italic>\n                      pathogenic missense mutations in two males with fertilization failure. It expands the mutational and phenotypic spectrum of\n                      <jats:italic>ACTL7A<\/jats:italic>\n                      gene and provides information on the pathogenesis and therapeutic strategies of fertilization defects induced by\n                      <jats:italic>ACTL7A<\/jats:italic>\n                      pathogenic variants.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      <jats:italic>ACTL7A<\/jats:italic>\n                      variants affected the expression and localization of actin\u2010like protein 7A in the affected spermatozoa and subsequently decreased the expression of phospholipase C zeta 1, which caused fertilization failure and male infertility.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  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