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Observational studyPloS one2020

Meiotic susceptibility for induction of sperm with chromosomal aberrations in patients receiving combination chemotherapy for Hodgkin lymphoma.

Sara Frias, Paul Van Hummelen, Marvin L Meistrich, Andrew J Wyrobek

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Observational study in PloS one, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Sara FriasHealth Effects Genetics Division, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0002-3097-6368
Paul Van HummelenHealth Effects Genetics Division, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California, United States of America.
Marvin L MeistrichDepartment of Experimental Radiation Oncology, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America.
Andrew J WyrobekHealth Effects Genetics Division, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0002-5921-5298
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory · USThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center · US

Funding

Training CoreP42ES004705 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY · PI SMITH, MARTYN T · 1987 to 2025
$74.6M
ACTIVATION OF SPERMATOGENIC RECOVERY AFTER TOXIC INSULTR01ES008075 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI SHETTY, GUNAPALA · 1996 to 2011
$3.6M
MEASURING INDUCED MUTATIONS BY PCR ANALYSIS OF SPERMF06TW002287 · FIC · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI MEISTRICH, MARVIN L. · 1998 to 1998
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FIC NIH HHS F06 TW002287NIEHS NIH HHS P42 ES004705NIEHS NIH HHS R01 ES008075
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Improvements in survival rates with gonad-sparing protocols for childhood and adolescence cancer have increased the optimism of survivors to become parents after treatment. Findings in rodents indicate that chromosomal aberrations can be induced in male germ cells by genotoxic exposures and transmitted to offspring and future generations with effects on development, fertility and health. Thus, there is a need for effective technologies to identify human sperm carrying chromosomal aberrations to assess the germ-line risks, especially for cancer survivors who have received genotoxic therapies. The time-dependent changes in the burden of sperm carrying structural chromosomal aberrations were assessed for the first time in a cancer setting, using the AM8 sperm FISH protocol which simultaneously detects abnormalities in chromosomal structure and number in sperm. Nine Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) patients provided 20 semen samples before, during, and after NOVP therapy (Novantrone, Oncovin, Velban and Prednisone) and radiation therapy that produced scattered gonadal doses from <0.05 to 0.6 Gy. Late meiosis was found to be the most sensitive to NOVP treatment for the production of sperm with chromosomal abnormalities, both in structure and number. Earlier stages of spermatogenesis were less sensitive and there was no evidence that therapy-exposed stem cells resulted in increased frequencies of sperm with abnormalities in chromosomal structure or number. This indicates that NOVP therapy may increase the risks for paternal transmission of chromosomal structural aberrations for sperm produced 32 to 45 days after a treatment with these drugs and implies that there are no excess risks for pregnancies conceived more than 6 months after this therapy. This clinical evaluation of the AM8 sperm FISH protocol indicates that it is a promising tool for assessing an individual's burden of sperm carrying chromosomal structural aberrations as well as aneuploidies after cancer therapy, with broad applications in other clinical and environmental situations that may pose aneugenic or clastogenic risks to human spermatogenesis.

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AdultAdult Germline Stem CellsAntineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsCancer SurvivorsChemoradiotherapyChromosome AberrationsCohort StudiesFertility PreservationHodgkin DiseaseHumansIn Situ Hybridization, FluorescenceMaleMeiosisMitoxantroneMutagenesisOrgans at RiskMitoxantronePrednisoneVinblastineVincristine

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PMID33370316
PMCPMC7769287
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