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- Title
Chromosomal factors of infertility in candidate couples for ICSI: an equal risk of constitutional aberrations in women and men.
- Authors
Gekas, J.; Thepot, F.; Turleau, C.; Siffroi, J. P.; Dadoune, J. P.; Wasels, R.; Benzacken, B.; Briault, S; Rio, M; Bourouillou, G; Carré-Pigeon, F; Association des Cytogeneticiens de Langue Francaise
- Abstract
To assess the frequency of chromosomal aberrations in French candidates for intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI), and to explore the existence of a female chromosomal factor in some cases of couple infertility, a collaborative retrospective clinical and cytogenetic study was performed, launched by the Association des Cytogénéticiens de Langue Franciaise (ACLF). The karyotypes of 3208 patients [2196 men (68.4%), 1012 (31.6%) women] included in ICSI programmes over a 3-year period in France were collected. A total of 183 aberrant karyotypes was diagnosed, corresponding to an abnormality frequency of 6.1% (134/2196) for men and 4.84% (49/1012) for women. The following frequencies of abnormalities were observed respectively for men and women: 1.23% (n = 27) and 0.69% (n = 7) for reciprocal translocations, 0.82% (n = 18) and 0.69% (n = 7) for Robertsonian translocations, 0.13% (n = 3) and 0.69% (n = 7) for inversions, 3.32% (n = 73) and 2.77% (n = 28) for numerical sex chromosome aberrations, and 0.59% (n = 13) and 0% for other structural aberrations. Among the male patients of this latter group, 0.40% (n = 9) had a Y chromosome abnormality. Among the male patients with numerical sex chromosome abnormalities, 2.23% (n = 49) were 47,XXY, 0.32% (n = 7) were 47,XYY, and 0.77% (n = 17) had a mosaicism for numerical sex chromosome anomalies. All the female patients with sex chromosome abnormalities (2.77%, n = 28) had mosaicism for numerical sex chromosome anomalies. Even if these cases-the significance of which was sometimes questioned-were disregarded in the analysis, 2.08% (21/1012) of abnormal karyotypes remained in women. An overall increased frequency of chromosomal aberrations was found, and this confirmed that in some cases of poor reproductive outcome there may be a contribution of maternal chromosome aberrations. Indeed, the existence of a chromosome abnormality in the female partner was associated with the group of infertile men in which there was no apparent cause of infertility.
- Subjects
FRANCE; INFERTILITY treatment; CHROMOSOME abnormalities; CHROMOSOMES; FERTILIZATION in vitro; INFERTILITY; MOSAICISM; SEX distribution; SPERMATOZOA; RETROSPECTIVE studies
- Publication
Human Reproduction, 2001, Vol 16, Issue 1, p82
- ISSN
0268-1161
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1093/humrep/16.1.82