遗传 ›› 2014, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (6): 552-557.doi: 10.3724/SP.J.1005.2014.0552

• 研究报告 • 上一篇    下一篇

QF-PCR筛查男性不育患者Y染色体无精子症因子微缺失

张媛媛1, 杜强2, 刘晓亮1, 崔婉婷1, 何蓉1, 赵彦艳1   

  1. 1. 中国医科大学附属盛京医院临床遗传科, 沈阳 110004;
    2. 中国医科大学附属盛京医院生殖中心, 沈阳 110004
  • 收稿日期:2013-12-17 修回日期:2014-02-12 出版日期:2014-06-20 发布日期:2014-05-28
  • 通讯作者: 赵彦艳,博士,教授,研究方向:复杂疾病的分子遗传学。E-mail:yyzhao@sj-hospital.org E-mail:zyy.0526@163.com
  • 作者简介:张媛媛,博士,研究方向:复杂疾病的分子遗传学。Tel:024-96615-75311;E-mail:zyy.0526@163.com
  • 基金资助:

    国家自然科学基金项目(编号:81270343,81100187)资助

Screening of azoospermia factor microdeletions on Y chromosome in infertile men by QF-PCR

Yuanyuan Zhang1, Qiang Du2, Xiaoliang Liu1, Wanting Cui1, Rong He1, Yanyan Zhao1   

  1. 1. Department of Clinical Genetics, Shengjing Hospital, China Medical University, Shenyang 110004, China;
    2. Center of Reproductive Medicine, Shengjing Hospital, China Medical University, Shenyang 110004, China
  • Received:2013-12-17 Revised:2014-02-12 Online:2014-06-20 Published:2014-05-28

摘要:

为评估定量荧光PCR(Quantitative fluorescent polymerase chain reaction, QF-PCR)技术在快速筛查无精子症因子(Azoospermia factor, AZF)微缺失中的应用, 文章对1218例非梗阻性无精子症、少精子症的男性不育患者, 采用多重QF-PCR结合毛细管电泳技术, 检测Y染色体长臂AZF区9个序列标签位点(Sequence tagged site, STS)以及性染色体短臂的AMEL(Amelogenin)和SRY(Sex-determining region of Y chromosome)位点, 辅以常规染色体G显带方法进行核型分析。结果显示, 1218例患者中105例可见AZF区微缺失(8.62%), 其中AZFc区缺失(67.62%)最常见, 其次为AZFb,c区缺失(20.95%); AZFb区缺失(7.62%)和AZFa区缺失(3.81%)则较少见; 另有5例患者为AZFa,b,c区缺失合并AMEL-Y缺失, 提示可能缺少Y染色体, 经核型分析验证为46,XX(性反转)。105例AZF区微缺失患者的染色体核型分析显示染色体异常16例, 其中“Yqh-”12例。根据AMEL-X/AMEL-Y比值, 可见1218例患者中86例可能存在性染色体异常, 经核型分析验证, 68例为性染色体非整倍体。多重QF-PCR技术, 一个反应即能检测样本的多个位点, 并可提示性染色体是否存在异常, 有助于男性不育患者尽早明确病因, 也为后续的检查和治疗提供依据。

关键词: 无精子症因子, 微缺失, Y染色体, 定量荧光PCR, 男性不育症

Abstract:

To assess the application of quantitative fluorescent polymerase chain reaction (QF-PCR) on rapid screening of azoospermia factor (AZF) microdeletions, 1218 infertile men with non-obstructive azoospermia or oligospermia were detected for 9 sequence tagged sites (STSs) in AZF region by multiplex QF-PCR combined with capillary electrophoresis. AMEL (amelogenin) as well as SRY (sex-determining region of Y chromosome) located on short arm of sex chromosome was selected as internal control. Karyotyping was performed on Giemsa-banded metaphase chromosomes of peripheral blood lymphocytes. Of the 1218 patients, 105 (8.62%) were identified as AZF microdeletions. Deletion of AZFc (67.62%) was the most frequent, followed by deletion of AZFb,c (20.95%), AZFb (7.62%) and AZFa (3.81%). Five patients presented with deletions of both AZFa,b,c and AMEL-Y, indicating sex reversal which was confirmed to be 46,XX by karyotyping. Among the 105 patients with AZF microdeletions, 16 were karyotyped as chromosomal anomalies, most commonly 46,XY,Yqh- (75%, 12/16). In addition, of the total 1218 patients examined, 86 patients showed abnormal AMEL-X/AMEL- Y ratio, suggesting a possibility of sex chromosome anomalies, and 68 of them were verified as sex chromosome aneuploid by karyotyping. Multiplex QF-PCR is capable to detect all markers in one reaction and is also suggestive for sex chromosome anomalies. It could serve as an effective technique for screening Y-microdeletions, and thus have general application in diagnosis and treatment of male infertility.

Key words: azoospermia factor, microdeletion, Y chromosome, quantitative fluorescent polymerase chain reaction, male infertility