A Bioinformatics Approach to Male Infertility, MicroRNAs, and Targeted Genes

Purpose: Infertility affects nearly 12% of couples worldwide, with a male factor being the primary or contributory reason in around 50% of cases. MiRNAs are essential post-transcriptional regulators in the spermatogenesis process, and dysregulated miRNAs have been shown to have harmful effects on ma...

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Veröffentlicht in:Kırşehir Ahi Evran medical journal 2023-12, Vol.7 (3), p.296-303
1. Verfasser: KAYA, Murat
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Zusammenfassung:Purpose: Infertility affects nearly 12% of couples worldwide, with a male factor being the primary or contributory reason in around 50% of cases. MiRNAs are essential post-transcriptional regulators in the spermatogenesis process, and dysregulated miRNAs have been shown to have harmful effects on male fertility. However, it is unclear which miRNAs are associated with infertility-related genes. The aim of this study is, to utilize various bioinformatics approaches, to identify miRNAs that may have a role in the regulation of infertility-related genes. Materials and Methods: The study first selected genes associated with infertility from the Male Infertility Knowledge Base (MIK) database. Pathway analysis of the defined genes, PPI interaction, and hub proteins related to these genes were revealed by the Elsevier pathway collection database and Enrichr tool. Following that, miRNAs that can influence infertility-related genes were determined, and the influence of the miRNA-target gene connection on male infertility was established bioinformatically using various in silico tools like miRPathDB 2.0 tool, StarmiR, and miRNet. Results: Male infertility associated 21genes were selected from the MIK database and 15 miRNAs were identified that are most likely to regulate these genes bioinformatically. 10 hub proteins related to defined male infertility genes were analyzed. Conclusion: Our bioinformatic study results indicate that miR-34a-5p dysregulation may contribute to infertility through CREM, LAMP3, AGBL5, FOXM1 genes and and also miR-335-5p may cause infertility via the CFAP65, CFTR, and GAPDHS genes. Amaç: İnfertilite, dünya çapında çiftlerin yaklaşık %12'sini etkileyen bir sağlık sorunudur. İnfertilite oluşumunda erkek kaynaklı sorunların payı yaklaşık %50'dir. Birçok hücresel süreçte rol oynayan miRNA'lar, spermatogenez sürecinde de kritik rol üstlenmektedir. Anormal miRNA ifadesinin erkek fertilitesi üzerinde zararlı etkilerinin olduğu gösterilmiştir. İnfertilite ile ilişkili genlerdeki genetik değişikliklerin yanı sıra miRNA'lar gibi gen ekspresyonunu değiştiren epigenetik faktörlerin de infertilite sürecinde kuşkusuz rolü vardır. Bununla birlikte, infertilite ile ilgili genlerle hangi miRNA'ların ilişkili olduğu tam olarak bilinmemektedir. Bu çalışmanın amacı, çeşitli biyoinformatik araçlar kullanılarak infertilite ile ilişkili genlerin düzenlenmesinde rol oynayabilecek miRNA'ları belirlemektir. Araçlar ve Yöntem: Çalışmada ilk önce Erkek İnfertilitesi Bi
ISSN:2619-9203
2619-9203
DOI:10.46332/aemj.1198311