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KMID : 0981820100300040432
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Korean Journal of Laboratory Medicine
2010 Volume.30 No. 4 p.432 ~ p.439
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Evaluation of a Multiplex PCR Kit Used for Detecting Y Chromosome Microdeletions
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Park Mi-Young
Kang Hye-Min
Hwang Sang-Hyun
Park Hyun-Jun
Park Nam-Cheol
Choi Kyung-Un
Kim Hyung-Hoi
Chang Chul-Hun
Lee Eun-Yup
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Abstract
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Background: In addition to Klinefelter’s syndrome, microdeletion of Yq is the most common genetic cause of male infertility; 15% of azoospermic or 5-10% of oligozoospermic males have Yq deletions. We evaluated a Yq microdeletion kit (LG Life Sciences, Korea) for identifying microdeletions in the azoospermic factor (AZF) regions of the Yq.
Methods: The kit was designed to amplify 3 regions of the AZF gene (AZFa, AZFb, and AZFc) using 15 sequence-tagged sites. We evaluated the preclinical performance of the kit. For clinical validation, 58 patients including 25 idiopathic azoospermic or oligozoospermic patients were examined.
Results: We observed clear bands on electrophoresis of DNA, up to a DNA concentration of 3.12 ng/μL; the known microdeletion regions of all 6 reference cell-lines (Coriell, USA) were accurately detected and no false positive/negative results showed with normal female (n=11) and fertile male (n=15) specimens. This kit could identify the same microdeletions in the common regions, similar to another commercial kit. Among the 58 male infertile patients, 7 (12.1%) had microdeletions of the Yq. Among the idiopathic azoospermic (n=22) and oligozoospermic (n=3) patients, 3 (12.0%) had microdeletions. Further, 2 of 21 varicocele patients (9.5%), 1 of 4 patients with testicular failure, and 1 patient with a 45,X/46,XY mosaic had microdeletions.
Conclusions: The kit was effective for detecting microdeletions of the Yq. We identified microdeletions in 12% of the infertile patients. This Y chromosome microdeletion detection kit is useful for screening Yq microdeletions in infertile patients.
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KEYWORD
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Infertility, Y chromosome, Azoospermic factor, Microdeletion
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