PMID- 19591984 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20100525 LR - 20220310 IS - 1556-5653 (Electronic) IS - 0015-0282 (Linking) VI - 93 IP - 7 DP - 2010 May 1 TI - Double probing individual human spermatozoa: aniline blue staining for persistent histones and fluorescence in situ hybridization for aneuploidies. PG - 2255-61 LID - 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.05.033 [doi] AB - OBJECTIVE: To study the potential relationship between two sperm nuclear attributes: persistence of histones and occurrence of chromosomal aneuploidies. DESIGN: The two variables were examined by double probing of the same spermatozoa. SETTING: Academic Andrology Laboratory. PATIENT(S): Semen samples subjected for analyses were examined. INTERVENTION(S): We studied >58,000 spermatozoa, in seven men, first with aniline blue histone staining, graded as light (mature sperm), intermediate (moderately immature), and dark (severely arrested maturation). After recording the staining patterns and destaining, the same spermatozoa were subjected to fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH), using centrometric X, Y, and 17 chromosome probes. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S): Proportions of sperm with light, intermediate, and dark staining were assessed, and ploidy of these sperm was evaluated. RESULT(S): The aneuploidy frequencies in intermediate versus light (mature) spermatozoa were increased four- to sixfold. In addition, aneuploidy frequencies and proportions of intermediate sperm were related. There was no FISH signal detectable in the darkly stained, severely arrested mature sperm. CONCLUSION(S): The data suggest that in sperm with arrested maturity and DNA fragmentation, the binding of FISH probes is diminished. DNA damage is further aggravated by the decondensation and denaturation steps of FISH. Thus, there is a strong likelihood that in oligozoospermic men, with a higher proportion of sperm with arrested maturation, the sperm disomy frequencies are historically underestimated. CI - Copyright 2010 American Society for Reproductive Medicine. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Ovari, Laszlo AU - Ovari L AD - Yale Sperm Physiology Laboratory, Yale University, School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06510, USA. FAU - Sati, Leyla AU - Sati L FAU - Stronk, Jill AU - Stronk J FAU - Borsos, Antal AU - Borsos A FAU - Ward, David C AU - Ward DC FAU - Huszar, Gabor AU - Huszar G LA - eng GR - HD-19505/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/United States GR - OH-04061/OH/NIOSH CDC HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20090709 PL - United States TA - Fertil Steril JT - Fertility and sterility JID - 0372772 RN - 0 (Aniline Compounds) RN - 0 (Fluorescent Dyes) RN - 0 (Histones) RN - 8004-91-9 (aniline blue) SB - IM MH - *Aneuploidy MH - Aniline Compounds/*pharmacology MH - DNA Damage/physiology MH - Fluorescent Dyes/pharmacology MH - Histones/chemistry/drug effects/*metabolism MH - Humans MH - In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence/*methods MH - Infertility, Male/diagnosis/genetics/metabolism/pathology MH - Karyotyping/methods MH - Male MH - Semen Analysis/methods MH - Spermatozoa/*cytology/metabolism MH - Staining and Labeling/*methods EDAT- 2009/07/14 09:00 MHDA- 2010/05/26 06:00 CRDT- 2009/07/14 09:00 PHST- 2009/03/09 00:00 [received] PHST- 2009/05/12 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2009/05/12 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2009/07/14 09:00 [entrez] PHST- 2009/07/14 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2010/05/26 06:00 [medline] AID - S0015-0282(09)01109-1 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.05.033 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Fertil Steril. 2010 May 1;93(7):2255-61. doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.05.033. Epub 2009 Jul 9.