More Akash, Anjankar Namrata, Shrivastava Jarul, Nair Nancy, Jadhav Ritesh
Clinical Embryology, Acharya Vinoba Bhave Rural Hospital, Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education and Research, Maharashtra, India.
Clinical Embryology, School of Allied Health Sciences, Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education and Research, Maharashtra, India.
J Pharm Bioallied Sci. 2024 Jul;16(Suppl 3):S2809-S2814. doi: 10.4103/jpbs.jpbs_207_24. Epub 2024 Jul 18.
This case-control study investigated the correlation between male infertility in India and the methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) C677T variant. Infertile males were utilized as the case group in the study, whereas fertile individuals served as the control group. The C677T polymorphism was genotyped using PCR-RFLP analysis (polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism). The Chi-square test and odds ratio calculation were implemented in the statistical analysis method for assessing the correlation between the C677T mutation and infertility. The results of this study revealed that the case group (9.4%) had a substantially greater prevalence of the C677T variation than the control group (1.6%). The C677T variation is significantly associated with male infertility by the Chi-square test ( value: 0.006). According to these results, the MTHFR gene›s C677T variation may increase the incidence of male infertility in the Indian population. Additional evaluations were also conducted to investigate the association between the C677T variation and particular infertility indicators. The C677T variation has been demonstrated to have been significantly correlated with a low or missing sperm count (p 0.05). These findings highlight the potential function of the MTHFR gene in reproductive health and advance our understanding of the genetic underpinnings of male infertility. It is encouraged to investigate the underlying mechanisms and additional investigation of the underlying mechanisms and to support the creation of individualized approaches to diagnosing and managing male infertility.
这项病例对照研究调查了印度男性不育与亚甲基四氢叶酸还原酶(MTHFR)C677T变异之间的相关性。不育男性被用作研究中的病例组,而有生育能力的个体作为对照组。采用聚合酶链反应-限制性片段长度多态性(PCR-RFLP)分析对C677T多态性进行基因分型。在统计分析方法中采用卡方检验和比值比计算来评估C677T突变与不育之间的相关性。本研究结果显示,病例组(9.4%)中C677T变异的患病率显著高于对照组(1.6%)。通过卡方检验(值:0.006),C677T变异与男性不育显著相关。根据这些结果,MTHFR基因的C677T变异可能会增加印度人群中男性不育的发生率。还进行了其他评估以研究C677T变异与特定不育指标之间的关联。已证明C677T变异与精子数量少或无精子显著相关(p<0.05)。这些发现突出了MTHFR基因在生殖健康中的潜在作用,并增进了我们对男性不育遗传基础的理解。鼓励对潜在机制进行研究以及进一步调查,并支持制定诊断和管理男性不育的个性化方法。