Outcome of intracytoplasmic sperm injection for a couple in which the man is carrier of CFTR p.[R74W;V201M;D1270N] and p.P841R mutations and his spouse a heterozygous carrier of p.F508del mutation of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator gene

Abstract

To document the phenotype associated with the p.[R74W;V201M;D1270N] and p.P841R mutations of cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene. Case report. Biology and medicine of reproduction in a university hospital. A couple in which the man is carrier of the triple mutant p.[R74W;V201M;D1270N] allele in trans to p.P841R mutation and his spouse a heterozygous carrier for the severe p.F508del mutation of the CFTR gene, who became pregnant after intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) with twins. Genetic counseling; CFTR gene sequencing; ICSI; children's follow-up. First report of a male phenotype associated with the p.P841R mutation. The triple mutant p.[R74W;V201M;D1270N] allele associated with the unknown p.P841R mutations were detected in this man with congenital bilateral absence of the vas deferens, which may presume p.P841R as a severe mutation. After genetic counseling, the couple preferred prenatal diagnosis after ICSI than preimplantation genetic diagnosis, which revealed that the boys were both carriers of p.[R74W;V201M;D1270N] and p.F508del mutations. They are now 4 years old and show normal growth without nutritional deficiency. This case report documents for the first time a male phenotype associated with the p.P841R mutation and underlines the difficulties in counseling a man with congenital bilateral absence of the vas deferens carrying uncommon mutations of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene before ICSI.