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HEREDITAS ›› 2013, Vol. 35 ›› Issue (1): 73-78.doi: 10.3724/SP.J.1005.2013.00073

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Association study between Y-chromosome haplo group and suscepti-bility to spermatogenisis impairment in Han People from Southwest China

RAN Jing, HAN Ting-Ting, DING Xian-Ping, WEI Xia, ZHANG Li-Yuan, ZHANG Yu-Ping, LI Tian-Jun, NIE Shuang-Shuang, CHEN Lin   

  1. Key Laboratory of Bio-resources and Eco-environment, Ministry of Education, Institute of Medical Genetics, School of Life Sciences, Si-chuan University, Chengdu 610064, China
  • Received:2012-03-10 Revised:2012-05-17 Online:2013-01-20 Published:2013-01-25

Abstract: Idiopathic azoospermia and oligospermia are one of the most important reasons for male infertility. Abnormal karyotype and azoospermia factor (AZF) microdeletion are two widely acknowledged reasons, but the most causes remain unclear. Y chromosome, as the male-specific chromosome, is closely related to the development of male reproductive system. To understand better the etiology of idiopathic azoospermia and oligospermia, we investigated the possible association between Y-haplogroup distributions and susceptibility to idiopathic azoospermia and severe oligospermia. Pe-ripheral blood was collected from 193 men with normal reproductive history, 193 men with idiopathic azoospermia, and 72 men with idiopathic severe oligospermia. All the subjects underwent karyotyping and AZF deletion analysis to screen out those with AZF deletion and abnormal karyotype. The comparison of Y-haplogroup distribution between experimental group and control group was performed with SPSS V.18.0 software. Significant difference of Y-haplogroup distribution was observed in D1*, F*, K*, N1* and O3*(P=0.032, 0.022, 0.009, 0.009, 0.017, <0.05). The results suggest that Y chromosome haplogroup plays a important role in spermatogenic impairment.

Key words: Y chromosome haplogroups, spermatogenic impairment, azoospermia factor(AZF)