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Compared with F508Del in Caucasians, the p.G970D mutation is reported to be the most frequent\n CFTR<\/jats:italic>\n mutation in Chinese patients with cystic fibrosis. However, whether p.G970D participates in male infertility remains unknown. Herein, a loss-of-function\n CFTR<\/jats:italic>\n p.G970D missense mutation was identified in a patient with CBAVD and NOA. Subsequent retrospective analysis of 122 Chinese patients with CBAVD showed that the mutation is a common pathogenic mutation (4.1%, 5\/122), excluding polymorphic sites. Furthermore, we generated model cell lines derived from mouse testes harboring the homozygous\n Cftr<\/jats:italic>\n p.G965D mutation equivalent to the\n CFTR<\/jats:italic>\n variant in patients. The\n Cftr<\/jats:italic>\n p.G965D mutation may be lethal in spermatogonial stem cells and spermatogonia and affect the proliferation of spermatocytes and Sertoli cells. In spermatocyte GC-2(spd)ts (GC2)\n Cftr<\/jats:italic>\n p.G965D cells, RNA splicing variants were detected and\n CFTR<\/jats:italic>\n expression decreased, which may contribute to the phenotypes associated with impaired spermatogenesis. Thus, this study indicated that the\n CFTR<\/jats:italic>\n p.G970D missense mutation might be a pathogenic mutation for CBAVD in Chinese males and associated with impaired spermatogenesis by affecting the proliferation of germ cells.\n <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.4103\/aja202236","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,6,4]],"date-time":"2022-06-04T05:21:35Z","timestamp":1654320095000},"page":"58-65","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1097\/lww.0000000000001000","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":5,"title":["Loss-of-function CFTR p.G970D missense mutation might cause congenital bilateral absence of the vas deferens and be associated with impaired spermatogenesis"],"prefix":"10.4103","volume":"25","author":[{"given":"Jian-Wen","family":"Hou","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Obstetrics\/Gynecology, Key Laboratory of Obstetric, Gynecologic and Pediatric Diseases and Birth Defects of Ministry of Education, West China Second University 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