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Olszewska M, Stokowy T, Pollock N, Huleyuk N, Georgiadis A, Yatsenko S, Zastavna D, Yatsenko AN, Kurpisz M. Familial Infertility (Azoospermia and Cryptozoospermia) in Two Brothers-Carriers of t(1;7) Complex Chromosomal Rearrangement (CCR): Molecular Cytogenetic Analysis. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:E4559. [PMID: 32604929 PMCID: PMC7349667 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21124559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2020] [Revised: 06/23/2020] [Accepted: 06/24/2020] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
Abstract
Structural aberrations involving more than two breakpoints on two or more chromosomes are known as complex chromosomal rearrangements (CCRs). They can reduce fertility through gametogenesis arrest developed due to disrupted chromosomal pairing in the pachytene stage. We present a familial case of two infertile brothers (with azoospermia and cryptozoospermia) and their mother, carriers of an exceptional type of CCR involving chromosomes 1 and 7 and three breakpoints. The aim was to identify whether meiotic disruption was caused by CCR and/or genomic mutations. Additionally, we performed a literature survey for male CCR carriers with reproductive failures. The characterization of the CCR chromosomes and potential genomic aberrations was performed using: G-banding using trypsin and Giemsa staining (GTG banding), fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) (including multicolor FISH (mFISH) and bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC)-FISH), and genome-wide array comparative genomic hybridization (aCGH). The CCR description was established as: der(1)(1qter->1q42.3::1p21->1q42.3::7p14.3->7pter), der(7)(1pter->1p2 1::7p14.3->7qter). aCGH revealed three rare genes variants: ASMT, GARNL3, and SESTD1, which were ruled out due to unlikely biological functions. The aCGH analysis of three breakpoint CCR regions did not reveal copy number variations (CNVs) with biologically plausible genes. Synaptonemal complex evaluation (brother-1; spermatocytes II/oligobiopsy; the silver staining technique) showed incomplete conjugation of the chromosomes. Associations between CCR and the sex chromosomes (by FISH) were not found. A meiotic segregation pattern (brother-2; ejaculated spermatozoa; FISH) revealed 29.21% genetically normal/balanced spermatozoa. The aCGH analysis could not detect smaller intergenic CNVs of few kb or smaller (indels of single exons or few nucleotides). Since chromosomal aberrations frequently do not affect the phenotype of the carrier, in contrast to the negative influence on spermatogenesis, there is an obvious need for genomic sequencing to investigate the point mutations that may be responsible for the differences between the azoospermic and cryptozoospermic phenotypes observed in a family. Progeny from the same parents provide a unique opportunity to discover a novel genomic background of male infertility.
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Affiliation(s)
- Marta Olszewska
- Institute of Human Genetics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Strzeszynska 32, 60-479 Poznan, Poland;
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- Department of Clinical Science, University of Bergen, Postboks 7804, 5020 Bergen, Norway;
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- Department of OBGYN and Reproductive Science, Magee-Womens Research Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA; (N.P.); (A.G.); (S.Y.); (A.N.Y.)
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- Institute of Hereditary Pathology, Ukrainian Academy of Medical Sciences, Lysenko Str. 31a, 79000 Lviv, Ukraine; (N.H.); (D.Z.)
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- Department of OBGYN and Reproductive Science, Magee-Womens Research Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA; (N.P.); (A.G.); (S.Y.); (A.N.Y.)
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- Department of OBGYN and Reproductive Science, Magee-Womens Research Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA; (N.P.); (A.G.); (S.Y.); (A.N.Y.)
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- Institute of Hereditary Pathology, Ukrainian Academy of Medical Sciences, Lysenko Str. 31a, 79000 Lviv, Ukraine; (N.H.); (D.Z.)
- Department of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Faculty of Chemistry, Rzeszow University of Technology, Al. Powst. Warszawy 6, 35-959 Rzeszow, Poland
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- Department of OBGYN and Reproductive Science, Magee-Womens Research Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA; (N.P.); (A.G.); (S.Y.); (A.N.Y.)
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- Institute of Human Genetics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Strzeszynska 32, 60-479 Poznan, Poland;
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Wang R, Yu Y, Wang Q, Jiang Y, Li L, Zhu H, Liu R, Zhang H. Clinical Features of Infertile Men Carrying a Chromosome 9 Translocation. Open Med (Wars) 2019; 14:854-862. [PMID: 31737790 PMCID: PMC6843491 DOI: 10.1515/med-2019-0100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2019] [Accepted: 09/18/2019] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
Abstract
Previous studies indicated that chromosome 9 translocations are involved in reduced male fertility and increased chance of miscarriage in the female partner. The aim of this study was to review the clinical features and genetic counselling requirements of infertile men carrying chromosome 9 translocations. This study analyzed fertile-age male carriers of chromosome 9 translocations, and included 12 clinical cases in our hospital. In our cases, three cases had oligozoospermia or severe oligozoospermia, while nine cases had normal semen. Of the latter nine cases, seven were associated with recurrent spontaneous abortions, and two produced a phenotypically normal child as confirmed by amniocentesis. Male chromosome 9 translocations and specific breakpoints from reported papers were searched using PubMed and CNKI database. A literature review identified 76 male patients who carried chromosome 9 translocations. Breakpoints at 9p12, 9p11, 9p10 and 9q34.1 were related to pregestational infertility, while breakpoints at 9p21, 9q10, 9q11, 9q13, 9q21.1, 9q22, 9q22.2, 9q22.3, 9q34, 9q34.2 and 9q34.3 exhibited gestational infertility. Chromosome translocations involving chromosome 9 lead to increased risk of miscarriage. Carriers of chromosome 9 translocations should be counselled to consider in vitro fertilization accompanied by preimplantation genetic diagnosis.
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- Ruixue Wang
- Center for Reproductive Medicine and Center for Prenatal Diagnosis, First Hospital, Jilin University, 71 Xinmin Street, Chaoyang District, Changchun, Jilin Province 130021, China
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- Center for Reproductive Medicine and Center for Prenatal Diagnosis, First Hospital, Jilin University, 71 Xinmin Street, Chaoyang District, Changchun, Jilin Province 130021, China
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- Experimental School of Changchun Jida Middle School, Changchun, China
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- Center for Reproductive Medicine and Center for Prenatal Diagnosis, First Hospital, Jilin University, 71 Xinmin Street, Chaoyang District, Changchun, Jilin Province 130021, China
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- Center for Reproductive Medicine and Center for Prenatal Diagnosis, First Hospital, Jilin University, 71 Xinmin Street, Chaoyang District, Changchun, Jilin Province 130021, China
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- Center for Reproductive Medicine and Center for Prenatal Diagnosis, First Hospital, Jilin University, 71 Xinmin Street, Chaoyang District, Changchun, Jilin Province 130021, China
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- Center for Reproductive Medicine and Center for Prenatal Diagnosis, First Hospital, Jilin University, 71 Xinmin Street, Chaoyang District, Changchun, Jilin Province 130021, China
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- Center for Reproductive Medicine and Center for Prenatal Diagnosis, First Hospital, Jilin University, 71 Xinmin Street, Chaoyang District, Changchun, Jilin Province 130021, China
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Olszewska M, Huleyuk N, Fraczek M, Zastavna D, Wiland E, Kurpisz M. Sperm FISH and chromatin integrity in spermatozoa from a t(6;10;11) carrier. Reproduction 2014; 147:659-70. [DOI: 10.1530/rep-13-0533] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Complex chromosome rearrangements (CCRs) are structurally balanced or unbalanced aberrations involving more than two breakpoints on two or more chromosomes. CCRs can be a potential reason for genomic imbalance in gametes, which leads to a drastic reduction in fertility. In this study, the meiotic segregation pattern, aneuploidy of seven chromosomes uninvolved in the CCR and chromatin integrity were analysed in the ejaculated spermatozoa of a 46,XY,t(6;10;11)(q25.1;q24.3;q23.1)mat carrier with asthenozoospermia and a lack of conception. The frequency of genetically unbalanced spermatozoa was 78.8% with a prevalence of 4:2 segregants of 38.2%, while the prevalence of the adjacent 3:3 mode was 35.3%. Analysis of the aneuploidy of chromosomes 13, 15, 18, 21, 22, X and Y revealed an approximately fivefold increased level in comparison with that of the control group, indicating the presence of an interchromosomal effect. Sperm chromatin integrity status was evaluated using chromomycin A3 and aniline blue staining (deprotamination), acridine orange test and TUNEL assay (sperm DNA fragmentation). No differences were found when comparisons were made with a control group. We suggest that the accumulation of genetically unbalanced spermatozoa, significantly increased sperm aneuploidy level and decreased sperm motility (20%, progressive) were not responsible for the observed lack of reproductive success in the analysed infertile t(6;10;11) carrier. Interestingly, in the case described herein, a high level of sperm chromosomal imbalance appears not to be linked to sperm chromatin integrity status.
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Ferfouri F, Boitrelle F, Clement P, Molina Gomes D, Selva J, Vialard F. Sperm FISH analysis of a 44,X,der(Y),t(Y;15)(q12;q10)pat,rob(13;14)(q10;q10)mat complex chromosome rearrangement. Andrologia 2013; 46:576-82. [DOI: 10.1111/and.12112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/25/2013] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
Affiliation(s)
- F. Ferfouri
- Department of Reproductive Biology, Cytogenetics, Gynecology and Obstetrics; Poissy Saint Germain Hospital; Poissy France
- EA 2493; University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines; Versailles France
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- Department of Reproductive Biology, Cytogenetics, Gynecology and Obstetrics; Poissy Saint Germain Hospital; Poissy France
- EA 2493; University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines; Versailles France
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- Department of Reproductive Biology, Cytogenetics, Gynecology and Obstetrics; Poissy Saint Germain Hospital; Poissy France
- EA 2493; University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines; Versailles France
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- Department of Reproductive Biology, Cytogenetics, Gynecology and Obstetrics; Poissy Saint Germain Hospital; Poissy France
- EA 2493; University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines; Versailles France
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- Department of Reproductive Biology, Cytogenetics, Gynecology and Obstetrics; Poissy Saint Germain Hospital; Poissy France
- EA 2493; University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines; Versailles France
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