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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
12
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-11-19
pubmed:abstractText
In a search for potential infertility loci, which might be revealed by clustering of chromosomal breakpoints, we compiled 464 infertile males with a balanced rearrangement from Mendelian Cytogenetics Network database (MCNdb) and compared their karyotypes with those of a Danish nation-wide cohort. We excluded Robertsonian translocations, rearrangements involving sex chromosomes and common variants. We identified 10 autosomal bands, five of which were on chromosome 1, with a large excess of breakpoints in the infertility group. Some of these could potentially harbour a male-specific infertility locus. However, a general excess of breakpoints almost everywhere on chromosome 1 was observed among the infertile males: 26.5 versus 14.5% in the cohort. This excess was observed both for translocation and inversion carriers, especially pericentric inversions, both for published and unpublished cases, and was significantly associated with azoospermia. The largest number of breakpoints was reported in 1q21; FISH mapping of four of these breakpoints revealed that they did not involve the same region at the molecular level. We suggest that chromosome 1 harbours a critical domain whose integrity is essential for male fertility.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
1018-4813
pubmed:author
pubmed-author:AsscheElvire VanEV, pubmed-author:AyusoCarmenC, pubmed-author:BacheIbenI, pubmed-author:BarbiGottholdG, pubmed-author:BlennowElisabethE, pubmed-author:BonduelleMaryseM, pubmed-author:BourrouillouGeorgesG, pubmed-author:Brondum-NielsenKarenK, pubmed-author:Bruun-PetersenGertG, pubmed-author:BuggeMereteM, pubmed-author:CingozSultanS, pubmed-author:CroquetteMarie-FrancoiseMF, pubmed-author:DahounSophieS, pubmed-author:DallapiccolaBrunoB, pubmed-author:DavisonValV, pubmed-author:DelobelBrunoB, pubmed-author:DubaHans-ChristophHC, pubmed-author:DuprezLaurenceL, pubmed-author:Ferguson-SmithMalcolmM, pubmed-author:FitzpatrickDavid RDR, pubmed-author:GraceElizabethE, pubmed-author:HansmannIngoI, pubmed-author:HjorthMadsM, pubmed-author:HulténMajM, pubmed-author:JensenPeter KaPK, pubmed-author:JonveauxPhilippeP, pubmed-author:KalscheuerVeraV, pubmed-author:KristofferssonUlfU, pubmed-author:LespinasseJamesJ, pubmed-author:LiebaersIngeI, pubmed-author:Lopez-PajaresIsidoraI, pubmed-author:LundsteenClaesC, pubmed-author:McGowan-JordanJeanJ, pubmed-author:MurkenJanJ, pubmed-author:NiebuhrAnitaA, pubmed-author:OreraMariaM, pubmed-author:ParkinTonyT, pubmed-author:PassargeEberhardE, pubmed-author:RamosCarmenC, pubmed-author:RasmussenKirstenK, pubmed-author:SchemppWernerW, pubmed-author:SchubertRegineR, pubmed-author:SchwingerEberhardE, pubmed-author:ShabtaiFiorellaF, pubmed-author:SmithKimK, pubmed-author:StallingsRaymondR, pubmed-author:StefanovaMargaritaM, pubmed-author:TümerZeynepZ, pubmed-author:TommerupNielsN, pubmed-author:TournayeHermanH, pubmed-author:TranebjergLisbethL, pubmed-author:TurleauCatherineC, pubmed-author:VekemansMichelM, pubmed-author:VokacNadja KokaljNK, pubmed-author:WagnerKlausK, pubmed-author:WahlstroemJanJ, pubmed-author:WintherKirstenK, pubmed-author:ZelanteLeopoldoL, pubmed-author:van der HagenCarl BirgerCB
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
12
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
993-1000
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
An excess of chromosome 1 breakpoints in male infertility.
pubmed:affiliation
Wilhelm Johannsen Centre for Functional Genome Research, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Genetics, The Panum Institute, University of Copenhagen, Denmark. iben@medgen.ku.dk
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't