Nature Communications (Mar 2022)

CEP128 is involved in spermatogenesis in humans and mice

  • Xueguang Zhang,
  • Lingbo Wang,
  • Yongyi Ma,
  • Yan Wang,
  • Hongqian Liu,
  • Mohan Liu,
  • Lang Qin,
  • Jinghong Li,
  • Chuan Jiang,
  • Xiaojian Zhang,
  • Xudong Shan,
  • Yuliang Liu,
  • Jinsong Li,
  • Yaqian Li,
  • Rui Zheng,
  • Yongkang Sun,
  • Jianfeng Sun,
  • Xiangyou Leng,
  • Yan Liang,
  • Feng Zhang,
  • Xiaohui Jiang,
  • Yihong Yang,
  • Ying Shen

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29109-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 17

Abstract

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CEP128 is a centrosomal protein important for the organization of centriolar microtubules. Here, the authors show that a CEP128 variant observed in human male siblings causes reduced sperm counts and morphologically abnormal sperm when modeled in mice, suggesting a role for CEP128 in male fertility.