Basic Cytogenetics. Human Chromosomes. A short history about Cytogenetics. Metacentric Submetacentric Acrocentric

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1 Basic Cytogenetics Sofia Dória Genetics Department Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto Basic Genetics for ART Practitioners, Porto, 16 April 2010 A short history about Cytogenetics. When? Who? What? 1888 Waldeyer Used first the term chromosome 1912 Winiwarter Founder of human cytogenetics 1923 Painter Studied testicular material 24 haploid chromosomes; Diploid number = Hsu Hypotonic treatment to spread chromosomes 1956 Tjio and Levan Correct number of human diploid chromosomes 1971 Caspersson Banding techniques Q bands 1977 Rudkin and Stollar Hybridization with fluorescent probes Human Chromosomes Group Chromosomes Type A 1-3 Metacentric big B 4-5 submetacentric big C 6-12 e X Submetacentric medium Metacentric Submetacentric Acrocentric D Acrocentric medium E Submetacentric small F Basic Cytogenetics Sofia Metacentric Dória small

2 (GTL-bands by Trypsin using Lieshman) NOR staining C- Banding DA/DAPI staining Fluorescence in situ hybridization - FISH

3 FISH DESNATURAR HIBRIDAR FISH probes locus specific centromeric painting subtelomeric

4 Aneuploidy screening Reciprocal translocation Robertsonian translocation Aneuploidies Numerical Poliploidies Chromosome abnormalities Structural Deletions, duplications, inversions, Markers, Dicentrics, Rings chromosomes, Reciprocal translocations Robertsonian translocation Trisomy 21 (Down Syndrome)- (47,XX ou XY, +21) Trisomies most commons in newborns Trisomy 13 (Patau Syndrome)- (47,XX ou XY, +13) Trisomy 18 (Edwards Syndrome) - (47,XX ou XY, +18)

5 Trisomies most commons in spontaneous abortions 45,X (Turner Syndrome) Cause: 70-80% loss X paternal 47,XXX (Triple X Syndrome) Cause: Meiosis I maternal 47,XYY (XYY Syndrome) 47,XXY (Klinefelter Syndrome Cause: Meiosis II paternal Cause: 50% meiosis I paternal Meiosis, 1st divison Meiosis, 2nd divison Gametes

6 DELETIONS DUPLICATIONS ISOCROMOSSOMES RINGS DICENTRICS PERICENTRIC INVERSION c c Normal Inverted chromosome Meiosis Loop Deletions and duplications PARACENTRIC INVERSION Normal Inverted chromosome Meiosis Loop Dicentric and acentric chromosomes

7 RECIPROCAL TRANSLOCATION ROBERTSONIAN TRANSLOCATION RECIPROCAL TRANSLOCATION A der(a) Alternate der(b) B Adjacent-1 Adjacent-2 2:2 segregations Alternate Adjacent-1 Adjacent-2 SEGREGATIONS ALTERNATE Normal Balanced ADJACENT Adjacente 1 Adjacente 2

8 SEGREGATIONS TERTIARY Partial trisomies and monosomies INTERCHANCE SEGREGATIONS COMPLETE NON-DISJUNCTION Double trisomy Double monosomy ROBERTSONIAN TRANSLOCATION 2:1 Segregation 3:0 Segregation

9 ROBERTSONIAN TRANSLOCATION der14/21 2:1 Segregation Normal Balanced Adjacent Adjacent Karyotyping patients with Infertility Chromosome abnormalities found = 360 (3%) (225 men, 135 women) Most frequent Chromosome abnormalities: Sex aneuploidies = 140 (38.9%) Reciprocal translocations = 77 (21.4%) Robertsonian translocations = 34 (9,4%) Dória S et al Human Reprod 2008; 23(1):i206 (P-516) Karyotyping patients with Infertility Chromosome abnormalities found = 360 (3%) (225 men, 135 women) Dória S et al Human Reprod 2008; 23(1):i206 (P-516)

10 Karyotyping patients with Infertility Chromosome abnormalities found = 360 (3%) (225 men, 135 women) Dória S et al Human Reprod 2008; 23(1):i206 (P-516) Thank you!

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