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ArticleJournal of reproduction & infertility

Frequency of Sperm Aneuploidy in Oligoasthenoteratozoospermic (OAT) Patients by Comprehensive Chromosome Screening: A Proof of Concept.

Parishad Saei, Masood Bazrgar, Hamid Gourabi, Roxana Kariminejad, Poopak Eftekhari-Yazdi, Mostafa Fakhri

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Parishad SaeiDepartment of Genetics, Reproductive Biomedicine Research Center, Royan Institute for Reproductive Biomedicine, ACECR, Tehran, Iran.
Masood BazrgarDepartment of Genetics, Reproductive Biomedicine Research Center, Royan Institute for Reproductive Biomedicine, ACECR, Tehran, Iran.
Hamid GourabiDepartment of Genetics, Reproductive Biomedicine Research Center, Royan Institute for Reproductive Biomedicine, ACECR, Tehran, Iran.
Roxana KariminejadKariminejad-Najmabadi Pathology and Genetics Center, Tehran, Iran.
Poopak Eftekhari-YazdiDepartment of Embryology, Reproductive Biomedicine Research Center, Royan Institute for Reproductive Biomedicine, ACECR, Tehran, Iran.
Mostafa FakhriDepartment of Genetics, Reproductive Biomedicine Research Center, Royan Institute for Reproductive Biomedicine, ACECR, Tehran, Iran.

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backgroundEmbryonic aneuploidy usually results in implantation failure and miscarriage. Considering significantly high frequency of sperm aneuploidy reported in oligoasthenoteratozoospermia (OAT) using fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) in limited number of chromosomes and lack of comprehensive chromosome screening (CCS) in OAT, the aim of this study was applying CCS in OAT sperm and comparison of the results with FISH findings.

methodsFive OAT patients with normal blood karyotypes and history of implantation failure were included. The successfully amplified samples, each containing two sperm, were analyzed by array comparative genomic hybridization (aCGH). FISH was utilized mainly depending on the aneuploidies found by aCGH to assess their frequencies in total sperm population.

resultsIn aCGH for 30 sperm, aneuploidy was found in 66% of samples. Following the study of 4300 sperm by FISH, an average of 55.46% aneuploidy was observed. No pregnancy was resulted with normal partners.

conclusionUsing aCGH, some abnormalities were observed that are not typically considered in sperm FISH studies. Despite small sample size of the comprehensive study, like other similar studies, the frequency of aneuploidies was considerable and similar to FISH. Aneuploidies revealed by aCGH at single sperm resolution were different from sperm population detected by FISH. Considering high frequency of aneuploidy in OATs sperm, preimplantation genetic testing for aneuploidy (PGT-A) can be used for in transfer of chromosomally normal embryos.

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AneuploidyArray comparative genomic hybridizationFluorescenceIn situ hybridizationOligospermiaSpermatozoa

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