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ArticleBMC medical genomics2025

Identification of novel cytoskeleton protein involved in spermatogenic cells and sertoli cells of non-obstructive azoospermia based on microarray and bioinformatics analysis.

Danial Hashemi Karoii, Hossein Azizi, Maryam Darvari, Ali Qorbanee, Dawan Jamal Hawezy

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Danial Hashemi Karoii *Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, School of Biology, College of Science, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
Hossein Azizi *Faculty of Biotechnology, Amol University of Special Modern Technologies, Amol, Iran. H.azizi@ausmt.ac.ir.
Maryam Darvari *Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Islamic Azad University, Ghaemshahr branch, Ghaemshahr, Iran.
Ali QorbaneeDepartment of Surgery, Faculty of General of Medicine, Koya University, Koya, Kurdistan Region - F.R., KOY45, Iraq.
Dawan Jamal HawezyDepartment of Surgery, Faculty of General of Medicine, Koya University, Koya, Kurdistan Region - F.R., KOY45, Iraq.

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Amol University of Special Modern Technologies Grant Grant 14/20/14696Centre for International Scientific Studies and Collaboration (CISSC) 12-hz.12DFG Grant SK 49/10-1
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backgroundDuring mammalian spermatogenesis, the cytoskeleton system plays a significant role in morphological changes. Male infertility such as non-obstructive azoospermia (NOA) might be explained by studies of the cytoskeletal system during spermatogenesis.

methodsThe cytoskeleton, scaffold, and actin-binding genes were analyzed by microarray and bioinformatics (771 spermatogenic cellsgenes and 774 Sertoli cell genes). To validate these findings, we cross-referenced our results with data from a single-cell genomics database.

resultsIn the microarray analyses of three human cases with different NOA spermatogenic cells, the expression of TBL3, MAGEA8, KRTAP3-2, KRT35, VCAN, MYO19, FBLN2, SH3RF1, ACTR3B, STRC, THBS4, and CTNND2 were upregulated, while expression of NTN1, ITGA1, GJB1, CAPZA1, SEPTIN8, and GOLGA6L6 were downregulated. There was an increase in KIRREL3, TTLL9, GJA1, ASB1, and RGPD5 expression in the Sertoli cells of three human cases with NOA, whereas expression of DES, EPB41L2, KCTD13, KLHL8, TRIOBP, ECM2, DVL3, ARMC10, KIF23, SNX4, KLHL12, PACSIN2, ANLN, WDR90, STMN1, CYTSA, and LTBP3 were downregulated. A combined analysis of Gene Ontology (GO) and STRING, were used to predict proteins' molecular interactions and then to recognize master pathways. Functional enrichment analysis showed that the biological process (BP) mitotic cytokinesis, cytoskeleton-dependent cytokinesis, and positive regulation of cell-substrate adhesion were significantly associated with differentially expressed genes (DEGs) in spermatogenic cells. Moleculare function (MF) of DEGs that were up/down regulated, it was found that tubulin bindings, gap junction channels, and tripeptide transmembrane transport were more significant in our analysis. An analysis of GO enrichment findings of Sertoli cells showed BP and MF to be common DEGs. Cell-cell junction assembly, cell-matrix adhesion, and regulation of SNARE complex assembly were significantly correlated with common DEGs for BP. In the study of MF, U3 snoRNA binding, and cadherin binding were significantly associated with common DEGs.

conclusionOur analysis, leveraging single-cell data, substantiated our findings, demonstrating significant alterations in gene expression patterns.

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AzoospermiaComputational BiologyCytoskeletal ProteinsOligonucleotide Array Sequence AnalysisSertoli CellsGene Expression ProfilingHumansMaleSpermatogenesisCytoskeletal ProteinsCytoskeleton proteinMicroarrayNon-obstructive azoospermiaSertoli cellSpermatogenic cells

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