植物非整倍体研究进展

非整倍体(aneuploid)是指相对于正常个体(euploid)的染色体组增加、减少一条或若干条染色体的生物个体。由于非整倍体个体存在基因剂量效应的不平衡性(gene-dosage imbalance),非整倍体个体往往会表现严重的表型缺陷(aneuploid syndrom),如发育迟缓,个体矮小,难以繁殖后代等。在人类中,最为典型的例子为导致新生儿智力缺陷的唐氏综合症,由额外的一个21号染色体拷贝(部分拷贝)引起。此外,大多数癌细胞类型表型为严重的非整倍体。在大多情况下,非整倍体对于动物及人类是致命的,而植物对于非整倍体则往往表现出较强的耐受力,特别是在异源多倍体植物中。植物非整倍体对于植物的遗传、育种研究有重要意义,在基因及分子标记的物理位置确定,基因转移,连锁群与染色体的对应关系的确立上具有无可比拟的优势。该文综述了近些年来有关植物非整倍体研究的结果,介绍了非整倍体的几种重要成因和有关非整倍体鉴定手段的变迁,阐述了植物非整倍体对个体表型、基因表达以及表观遗传方面的影响,重点讨论了非整倍体在植物进化、基因组序列测定以及遗传改良方面的潜在作用。同时,探讨了植物非整倍体研究的新思路,以及利用非整倍体促进相关植物遗传改良、育种研究的新方法。     

以胞质分裂阻滞法研究女性年龄与体细胞中21号染色体分离异常的关系

21三体是人类最常见的先天性疾病,约95%患儿的超数21号染色体来源于母亲,且随母龄增加患儿出生率也随之增加.本文首次运用胞质分裂阻滞法(CB法)对不同年龄女性体细胞进行荧光原位杂交,对其21号染色体的分离情况进行分析.结果表明,随年龄的增加,女性体细胞中21号染色体不分离也随之增加,但21号染色体丢失无年龄效应,且21号染色体不分离频率远高于其丢失.该结果表明,女性体细胞中21号染色体不分离与生殖细胞同样存在年龄效应.     

以胞质分裂阻滞法研究女性年龄与体细胞中 21号染色体分离异常的关系

21三体是人类最常见的先天性疾病,约95%患儿的超数21号染色体来源于母亲,且随母龄增加患儿出生率也随之增加。本文首次运用胞质分裂阻滞法(CB法)对不同年龄女性体细胞进行荧光原位杂交,对其21号染色体的分离情况进行分析。结果表明,随年龄的增加,女性体细胞中21号染色体不分离也随之增加,但21号染色体丢失无年龄效应, 且21号染色体不分离频率远高于其丢失。该结果表明,女性体细胞中21号染色体不分离与生殖细胞同样存在年龄效应。 Abstract　　Trisomy 21 is the most common genetic desease in human. More than 90% is derived from mother. With the advancing of mother's age, the frequency of trisomy 21 is increasing. We detected the relation between chromosome 21 missegregation and age in cytokinesis-blocked female lymphocytes by　in situ　hybridization with chromosome 21 specfic probe. We have found that the age effect also exists in female somatic cells as in gamets.     

三色荧光原位杂交技术（Triple—FISH）检测男性不育患者精子染色体的非整倍体性

目的：研究精子非整倍体染色体与男性不育之间的关系。方法：用荧光原位杂交（FISH）技术,对12个不育患精子的染色体进行了研究,其中,10例少,弱,畸精症患为A组,2例正常或接近正常的样品为B组,另有2例正常健康献精为对照组,原位杂交采用染色体XY和18号探针,每个个体记数1000个精子,结果：杂交总有效率为98％,在B组男性不育XY和18号的二体频率为0．30％和0．30％,与对照组相比（0．15％,0％）无显差别,XY和18号失体的精子为0．15％和0％,与对照组（0％,0．15％）也无显差别,而A组的XY和18号染色体二体率为1．13％和0．96％,失体为1．13％和1．6％,与前两组相比,差异有显性,估算总的非整倍体率：A组为42．44％,B组为6．05％,对照组为2．59％,前与后两组相比,差异有显性,结论：不育患精子的染色体具有显的非整倍体性。     

胎儿稽留流产与染色体异常的关系及其影响因素分析

目的：探讨B超联合FISH实验室诊断技术分析胎儿稽留流产与染色体非整倍体关系并对其他影响因素进行综合分析。方法：采用FISH技术对广西267例B超诊断为稽留流产孕妇的胎儿绒毛组织行13,16,18,21,22,X,Y染色体数目检测,荧光显微镜下观察结果;采用SPSS13．0对相关数据进行统计分析。结果：267例稽留流产胎儿绒毛组织中,染色体数目异常95例,异常率35．6％,数目异常以三体最常见,其次为四体,少见部分单体;异常病例样本中存在多种染色体混合嵌合体现象,如混合嵌合三体（2n＋1／2n）,混合嵌合四体（2n＋2／2n）,混合嵌合单倍体、三体、四体（2n-1／2n＋l／2n＋2／2n）等;稽留流产与患者年龄、流产史、孕周具有显著相关性。结论：染色体数目异常与染色体混合嵌合均是稽留流产的重要原因,同时稽留流产发生与患者高龄、多次流产史、早期妊娠密切关系。     

双色荧光原位杂交检测苯系物暴露工人精子9、18号染色体数目畸变

为研究苯系物暴露工人精子常染色体数目畸变.用地高辛标记的9号染色体探针(D9Zl)和生物素标记的18号染色体探针(D18Z1)进行双色荧光原位杂交,测定精子9、18号染色体非整倍体率.车间空气苯时间加权平均浓度(TWA)为86.49mg/m3,高于国家卫生标准1倍,苯暴露工人尿粘糠酸(ttMA)显著高于对照组.共计数14名暴露工人136401条精子,16名对照工人156955条精子.暴露组9、18染色体双体精子率(分别为0.168%±0.063%、0.055%±0.031%)和二倍体精子率(0.073%±0.045%)均高于对照组相应数值(分别为0.050%±0.030%、0.033%±0.025%和0.040%±0.036%);暴露组9、18号染色体缺体率(分别为0.206%±0.047%,0.068%±0.044%)高于对照组值(0.067%±0.037%、0.048%±0.034%).总数目畸变率(0.570%±0.144%)亦高于对照组值(0.218%±0.071%).实验表明接触较高浓度苯可引起长期暴露者精子常染色体非整倍体率增高.     

移植胚胎数目对高龄不孕患者IVF—ET结局的影响

目的：探讨移植胚胎数目对高龄不孕患者IVF—ET结局的影响。方法：根据移植胚胎个数将年龄超过35岁的不孕患者338个周期分为单胚胎移植组（I组）,2个胚胎移植组（Ⅱ组）,3个胚胎移植组（Ⅲ组）。分析患者IVF治疗情况并按年龄分层比较三组患者的IVF-ET结局。结果：高龄不孕患者行IVF,随年龄增加,获卵数、优质胚胎率和临床妊娠率降低,流产率呈增高趋势。Ⅰ组的妊娠率9．43％,显著低于Ⅱ组（24．24％）和Ⅲ组（31．37％）（P〈0．05）。对于40岁以下的患者,移植3个胚胎的妊娠率与移植2个胚胎差无异,但显著高于移植1个胚胎（P〈0．05）。增加40岁以上患者移植胚胎的数目,妊娠率未出现有统计学意义的升高。三组的胚胎种植率分别为9．43％,12．12％和12．2％,无统计学差异。Ⅲ组中多胎率12．5％（6／48）,其中35-36岁年龄段多胎率16．67％（5／30）。结论：高龄不孕患者可移植的胚胎数目随年龄增加和获卵数目降低而降低。其中较年轻者（35-36岁年龄段）,移植3个胚胎,对妊娠率提高无明显效果,但多胎发生显著增加。     

21三体综合症植入前诊断的临床前运用研究

探讨建立一个高效、稳定的21三体遗传病植入前诊断的方法,以染色体G显带核型分析为对照,取正常成人外周血单个淋巴细胞40枚、21三体患者外周血单个淋巴细胞40枚及单卵裂球20枚,采用荧光定量PCR技术同时扩增21号染色体上特异区域基因片段(DSCR)和12号染色体上管家基因(GAPDH)片断作内对照,结果在正常组织同时扩增二片断的有效率为95%(38/40),扩增产物的荧光强度比值为1.00±0.05;21三体患者单个淋巴细胞同时扩增二片断的有效扩增率为92.5%(37/40),DSCR/GAPDH荧光强度的比值约为1.58±0.17;单卵裂球的扩增效率为80.0%(16/20).三者实验结果与染色体核型分析结果完全一致,准确率100%.研究结果表明荧光定量PCR技术产前检测21三体综合征具有准确、快速、安全、实用等特点,有较高的临床推广应用价值.     

药学角度探讨和分析不同来源卵泡刺激素对体外受精-胚胎移植结局的影响

目的:比较基因重组卵泡刺激素(r-FSH)及高纯度尿源性卵泡刺激素(HP-u FSH)对体外受精-胚胎移植(IVF-ET)妊娠结局的影响,结合临床表现从药学角度探讨和分析。方法:回顾分析具IVF/单精子卵细胞浆内显微注射授精(ICSI)指诊并首次接受IVF/ICSI助孕的不孕症患者235例,以给予的FSH药物种类不同分为2组:HP-u FSH组(n=135)和r-FSH组(n=100)。主要研究指标为出生率,次要研究指标为临床妊娠率,流产率及着床率。结果:HP-u FSH组外源性促性腺激素(Gn)总量和FSH量均多于r-FSH组(P0.01),获卵数和可移植胚胎数较r-FSH组少(P0.01),受精率较r-FSH组低(P0.05)。两组平均Gn刺激天数,妊娠结局及中重度卵巢过度刺激综合征(OHSS)发生率均无统计学差异(P0.05)。对患者年龄35岁和≥35岁分别进行分组发现,年龄35岁患者中的HP-u FSH组较r-FSH组平均年龄更大,不孕年限更长,基础窦卵泡数(AFC)更少(P0.01),≥35岁患者中的HP-u FSH组与r-FSH组的基本特征(年龄,不孕年限,AFC)无统计学差异(P0.05);无论年龄35岁或年龄≥35岁,HP-u FSH组的Gn量和FSH量较r-FSH组均更大,获卵数及可移植胚胎数更少(P0.01)。结论:在IVF/ICSI周期治疗中,国产HP-u FSH与r-FSH进行COS具有等同的IVF临床妊娠率及出生率。     

激肽释放酶转基因大鼠模型的建立

目的建立KLK1转基因大鼠模型。方法腹腔注射PMSG-HCG（150-150IU/kg）超排不同周龄（4-8周）SD大鼠比较超排效果的差异,以可用于注射胚胎数作为评判标准确定最佳超排周龄。构建pBC-klk1转基因构件,经酶切、纯化后通过显微注射方法导入SD大鼠受精卵原核并移植到同期受孕的SD受体母鼠输卵管内。出生后仔鼠用PCR和Southern方法检测鼠尾DNA鉴定基因型,通过RT-PCR和免疫组化方法检测klk1基因表达。结果4-8周SD大鼠超排后分别获得受精卵14±14.8、30±15.2、13.3±13.7、13±14.7、8±5.7,5周龄大鼠超排效果最好,与其他周龄大鼠相比有显差异,P〈0.05;显微注射1538枚卵,移植685（44.53%）枚卵于31只受体输卵管中,12（12/31,38.7%）只怀孕,共产仔62只,经PCR检测获得6只阳性鼠,Southern检测3只阳性。对Southern检测阳性转基因大鼠子代进行RT-PCR检测和免疫组化分析证明klk1基因在肾脏、胰腺和乳腺内表达。结论成功建立klk1基因表达的转基因大鼠模型,该模型是高血压病研究的理想动物模型。     

Chromosomal analysis of unfertilized human oocytes

Unfertilized human oocytes were obtained from women in an in-vitro fertilization programme. The women had a mean age of 29.4 years (range 24-35 years). Chromosomal complements could be analysed in 50 oocytes. Q-banding of the chromosomes facilitated identification of individual chromosomes: 34 oocytes (68%) had the normal haploid chromosomal complement, 14 complements were hypohaploid (28%), 1 complement was hyperhaploid (2%) and 2 had structural abnormalities (4%). (One oocyte had numerical and structural abnormalities). The 16 abnormal oocytes were obtained from 15 different women. A conservative estimate of aneuploidy in this sample is 4%; however, the frequency of aneuploidy may be higher if there is a predisposition to chromosome loss during oogenesis. This study provides information on the largest series of karyotyped unfertilized human oocytes published to date.     

Frequency of aneuploidy related to age in porcine oocytes

It is generally accepted that mammalian oocytes are frequently suffering from chromosome segregation errors during meiosis I, which have severe consequences, including pregnancy loss, developmental disorders and mental retardation. In a search for physiologically more relevant model than rodent oocytes to study this phenomenon, we have employed comparative genomic hybridization (CGH), combined with whole genome amplification (WGA), to study the frequency of aneuploidy in porcine oocytes, including rare cells obtained from aged animals. Using this method, we were able to analyze segregation pattern of each individual chromosome during meiosis I. In contrast to the previous reports where conventional methods, such as chromosome spreads or FISH, were used to estimate frequency of aneuploidy, our results presented here show, that the frequency of this phenomenon was overestimated in porcine oocytes. Surprisingly, despite the results from human and mouse showing an increase in the frequency of aneuploidy with advanced maternal age, our results obtained by the most accurate method currently available for scoring the aneuploidy in oocytes indicated no increase in the frequency of aneuploidy even in oocytes from animals, whose age was close to the life expectancy of the breed.     

Frequency and distribution of chromosome abnormalities in human oocytes

It was previously shown that more than half of the human oocytes obtained from IVF patients of advanced reproductive age are aneuploid, due to meiosis I and meiosis II errors. The present paper further confirms that 61.8% of the oocytes tested by fluorescent probes specific for chromosomes 13, 16, 18, 21 and 22 are abnormal, representing predominantly chromatid errors, which are the major source of aneuploidy in the resulting embryos. Almost half of the oocytes with meiosis I errors (49.3%) are prone to sequential meiosis II errors, which may lead to aneuploidy rescue in 30.8% of the cases. Half of the detected aneuploidies (49.8%) are of complex nature with involvement of two or more chromosomes, or the same chromosome in both meiotic divisions. The aneuploidy rates for individual chromosomes are different, with a higher prevalence of chromosome 21 and 22 errors. The origin of aneuploidy for the individual chromosomes is also not random, with chromosome 16 and 22 errors originating more frequently in meiosis II, and chromosome 18, 13 and 21 errors in meiosis I. There is an age dependence not only for the overall frequency of aneuploidies, but also for each chromosome error, aneuploidies originating from meiosis I, meiosis II, and both meiosis I and meiosis II errors, as well as for different types of aneuploidies. The data further suggest the practical relevance of oocyte aneuploidy testing for detection and avoidance from transfer of the embryos deriving from aneuploid oocytes, which should contribute significantly to the pregnancy outcomes of IVF patients of advanced reproduction age.     

Incidence of chromosome anomalies in first-cleavage mouse embryos obtained from frozen-thawed oocytes fertilized in vitro

To assess the effect of low temperature storage on mouse oocytes we (1) examined the capacity for normal development of embryos derived from frozen oocytes fertilized in vitro after transfer to pseudopregnant foster mothers and (2) analyzed the chromosome complement at the first cleavage division. Fewer frozen than control oocytes were fertilized (36% vs 66%), but after embryo transfer the proportion of fertilized eggs that implanted (67–68%) and formed normal foetuses (50–53%) was similar in the two groups. Freezing did not affect the observed incidence of aneuploidy (1.5–3.3%). The frequency of polyploid embryos derived from frozen oocytes was almost double that of controls (15.8% vs 8.5%), but it is unclear whether this is a real effect of freezing or is an artifact produced by the chromosome preparation technique.     

Frequency of aneuploidy in in vitro-matured MII oocytes and corresponding first polar bodies in two dairy cattle (Bos taurus) breeds as determined by dual-color fluorescent in situ hybridization

The current study was undertaken to investigate the aneuploidy rates in in vitro-matured meiosis II (MII) oocytes and corresponding first polar bodies in two dairy cattle (Bos taurus) breeds by using dual-color fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH). A total of 159 and 144 in vitro-matured MII oocytes of the Italian Friesian and Italian Brown breeds, respectively, were obtained according to the standard methods and analyzed by FISH using “Xcen” and “5” chromosome-specific painting probes, produced by chromosome microdissection and Degenerate Oligonucleotide Primer- Polymerase Chain Reaction (DOP-PCR). Oocytes with unreduced chromosome number were 10.1% and 16.7% in the two breeds, respectively. To avoid bias due to possible artifacts, the aneuploidy rates were determined by analyzing only oocytes with the corresponding polar bodies. In the Italian Friesian, 100 of 143 (69.9%) secondary MII oocytes showed clear MII plates with corresponding first polar bodies and were scored for aneuploidy detection; one oocyte was “nullisomic” for chromosome X (1.0%) and one “disomic” for chromosome 5 (1.0%). In the Italian Brown, 100 of 120 (83.3%) MII oocytes with corresponding first polar bodies were analyzed; one oocyte was nullisomic (1.0%) and one was disomic (1.0%), both for chromosome 5. Totally, 303 oocytes were analyzed, 40 of which showed an unreduced chromosome complement (13.2%); of 200 MII oocytes with the corresponding first polar bodies, the aneuploidy rate (nullisomy + disomy) for the two chromosomes scored was 2%. Assuming that each chromosome is equally involved in aneuploidy, it results that in cattle oocytes matured in vitro, at least 30% of the oocytes (1 × 30 haploid chromosomes) should be aneuploid. Premature separation of sister chromatids (PSSC) was also observed in 2% of the oocytes in the Italian Friesian breed involving chromosome 5 and in 1% of the Italian Brown breed involving the X chromosome. Estimation of the “baseline” level of aneuploidy in the in vitro-matured oocytes of the various domestic animal species and breeds is, to our opinion, a useful reference for improving the in vitro production of embryos as well as for monitoring future trends of the reproductive health of the species/breeds engaged in zootechnical productions, especially in relation to management errors and environmental hazards.     

Comparison of chromosomal abnormalities in hamster egg and human sperm pronuclei

One thousand human sperm and hamster egg haploid karyotypes were analyzed at the pronuclear stage after in vitro penetration. The frequency of abnormalities in human sperm was 8.5%, with 5.2% aneuploidy and 3.3% structural abnormalities. The hamster egg complements had an abnormality rate of 3.8%, with 3.3% aneuploidy and 0.5% structural abnormalities. In both human and hamster complements, chromosome abnormalities were observed in all chromosome groups, demonstrating that all chromosomes are susceptible to nondisjunction, not just acrocentric or small chromosomes. There is an intriguing difference between the frequency of hyperhaploid and hypohaploid complements in human sperm and hamster eggs. In the human complements, 2.4% were hyperhaploid and 2.7% hypohaploid. This is very close to the theoretical 1 to 1 ratio expected from nondisjunction. The hamster egg complements had more hypohaploid (2.2%) than hyperhaploid (0.9%) complements, despite identical treatment. Higher rates of hypohaploidy are generally ascribed to artificial loss of chromosomes, but may in fact reflect a predisposition of oocytes to anaphase lag during meiosis. The frequency of abnormalities (both numerical and structural) is higher in human complements than in hamster. This may reflect an innate propensity for meiotic chromosome abnormalities in humans or may result from greater exposure of humans to mutagenic agents.     

Effect of maternal age on the frequency of cytogenetic abnormalities in human oocytes

The cytogenetic investigation of human oocytes was initiated in the Sixties, and for the last four decades, this field of research has never stopped progressing as new technologies appear. Numerous karyotyping studies and molecular cytogenetic studies have been reported to date, providing a large body of data on the incidence and the distribution of chromosomal abnormalities in human female gametes, but also displaying a great variability in results, which may be essentially attributable to the technical limitations of these in situ methods when applied to human oocytes. Essentially, the most relevant analyses have led to the estimate that 15-20% of human oocytes display chromosome abnormalities, and they have emphasized the implication of both whole chromosome nondisjunction and chromatid separation in the occurrence of aneuploidy in human oocytes. The effect of advanced maternal age on the incidence of aneuploidies has also been investigated in human oocytes. Most previous studies have failed to confirm any relationship between maternal age and aneuploidy frequency in human oocytes, whereas the more recent reports based on large samples of oocytes or polar bodies have provided evidence for a direct correlation between increased aneuploidy frequency and advanced maternal age, and have clarified the contribution of the various types of malsegregation in the maternal age-dependent aneuploidies.     

Increase with age of the frequency of spontaneous karyotype disorders in mice

328 oocytes from 874 studied were found suitable for counting chromosomes. 263 oocytes (80.18%) had a normal chromosome number, while aneuploidy was observed in 18.3% of oocytes (61). Among then 46 (14.02%) were with hypoploidy and 14 oocytes (4.26%) were hyperploid with 21 chromosomes and over. Structural chromosome aberrations were found in 24 oocytes (7.31%).     

Does human oocyte cryopreservation affect equally on embryo chromosome aneuploidy?

Oocytes cryopreservation as an important part of assisted reproductive technologies, which should ensure after warming not only intact oocyte morphological characteristics, but also their genetic apparatus stability. However, the meiotic spindle is very sensitive to the temperature fluctuations that can lead to unequal chromosome segregation during meiosis and as a consequence can cause embryo aneuploidy after oocyte fertilization. The aim of the study was to estimate the oocytes cryopreservation impact on human embryo chromosome aneuploidy. It has been shown that fertilization rate of the cryopreserved oocytes did not differ from fresh ones (83.1% vs 84% respectively). The number of blastocysts obtained from cryopreserved oocytes was less than that obtained from fresh oocytes, however, their morphological characteristics were better if compared the fresh oocytes. Our results showed different cryopreservation impact on aneuploidy rates of certain chromosomes in embryos obtained from cryopreserved oocytes. They had an increased aneuploidy of chromosome 13 and a decreased nondisjunction of chromosome 18 and sex chromosomes.     

Chromosomal analysis of unfertilized human oocytes prepared by a gradual fixation-air drying method

Two hundred and sixty-five unfertilized human metaphase II (MII) oocytes from an in vitro fertilization program were studied cytogenetically using our chromosomal technique, a gradual fixation-air drying method. Of the 265 oocytes, 185 (70%) were successfully karyotyped. There were 21 aneuploids (11.4%) consisting of 8 hyperhaploids (4.3%), 11 hypohaploids (5.9%) and 2 complex cases (1.1%). There were also 9 structural anomalies (4.9%) and 18 diploids (9.7%). In aneuploidy, the loss or gain of dyads (so-called nondisjunction) occurred more frequently than the loss or gain of monads (so-called predivision). The frequency of abnormally behaved chromosomes (segregation errors) due to nondisjunction, anaphase lag and predivision was studied among the seven chromosomal groups (A-G) and compared with the frequency expected from an equal probability of segregation errors in each of the 23 chromosomes. The observed frequency was somewhat higher than the expected frequency in groups E and G but the difference was not statistically significant in either group. These results were discussed in relation to previous studies on human M II oocyte chromosomes.