במצבים אלו יתכן גם חסרים בכרומוזום Y.להלן המאמר
Y chromosome AZFc deletions present in 45X/46,XY chromosomal mosaic patients with Turner stigmata and sexual ambiguities: consequences for ICSI?
AUTHOR(S)Patsalis, P. C.; Sismani, C.; Ioulianos, A.; Eftychi, C.; Krausz, C.; Fatima; Quintana-Murci, L.; McElreavey, K.
PUB. DATEMarch 2002
SOURCEReproductive BioMedicine Online (Reproductive Healthcare Limited;2002 Supplement 2, Vol. 4 Issue S2, p46
SOURCE TYPEAcademic Journal
DOC. TYPEAbstract
ABSTRACTObjective: Microdeletions of the long arm of the human Y chromosome define three non-overlapping regions termed AZF (AZoospermia Factor) which cause male infertility. Advances in infertility treatment permit deleted Y chromosomes to be transmitted to male offspring with the assumption that there will be no clinical consequences other than infertility in adult life. Recently it was demonstrated that a subgroup of infertile men, with AZFc deletions, exhibits a 45,X/46,XY chromosomal mosaicism in peripheral blood lymphocytes. Some of these men were oligozoospermic and in their germ cells a significant proportion of cells were found to be nullisomic for gonosomes, indicating considerable Y chromosome loss during spermatogenesis in this group of men. These data suggested that sex chromosome mosaicism could arise when AZFc-deleted Y chromosomes are transmitted from one generation to another by intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI). If this hypothesis is correct, it raises the possibility that some patients with 45,X/46,XY karyotypes, such as patients with Turner-related phenotypes or sexual ambiguities, may in fact harbour Y chromosome microdeletions. To test this hypothesis, a group of patients with a 45,X/46,XY karyotype was screened for Y microdeletions. Materials/Methods: A group of 12 patients with a 45,X/46,XY karyotype detected in routine cytogenetic screening of metaphase lymphocytes for Y chromosome microdeletions was screened. All of these patients exhibited sexual ambiguities (partial gonadal dysgenesis, streak gonad(s), immature testicule, ovarian-like structures, hypospadias, cryptorchidism) as a consequence of the lack of Y chromosome-bearing cells in the gonad, and/or were diagnosed as having somatic anomalies characteristic of Turner syndrome (short stature, cardiac anomalies, complete Turner stigmata). The Y chromosome was considered intact by conventional cytogenetic techniques in all cases. Twelve cases with a 45,X/46,XY karyotype for Y chromosome microdeletions were screened by polymerase chain reaction (PCR), using 12 Y-specific markers. Results: Four cases (33%) were identified, each with a complete AZFc deletion. All had deletions for the AZFc markers sY152, sY254 (DAZ gene family). Negative results were repeated at least three times and in two cases a Southern blot was performed using the DAZ gene as a probe: the AZFc deletions were confirmed. In two cases the DNA of the father was available for testing. The PCR results were positive for all of the Y chromosome markers, including the AZFc region, suggesting that either the deletions are de novo or that they are present at low mosaicism in the lather. Conclusions: A total of 33% of patients presenting with Turner stigmata and/or sexual ambiguities and a 45.X/46,XY karyotype, carried Y chromosome microdeletions of distal Yq. These results highlight a potential risk for offspring born to fathers carrying Y chromosome microdeletions and treated by assisted reproductive techniques. The risk is the development of sex chromosome aneuploidy during fetal and embryonic development. The clinical consequences of this can be severe, including Turner syndrome, mixed gonadal dysgenesis, male pseudohermaphroditism and, rarely, mild mental retardation or autism. The data may also explain in part the observation that in almost three-quarters of all 45,X patients with Turner syndrome, the X chromosome is maternal in origin, Follow-up studies on children conceived by men with Y chromosome microdeletions by the ICSI is recommended. The transmission of Y chromosome microdeletions could potentially have more severe clinical consequences other than male infertility, such as the development of sexual ambiguities and/or Turner stigmata.