Biopolym. Cell. 2015; 31(1):38-45.
http://dx.doi.org/10.7124/bc.0008CB
Molecular Biomedicine
Contribution of chromosomal abnormalities and genes of the major histocompatibility complex to early pregnancy losses
1Tkach I. R., 1Sosnina K. O., 1Huleyuk N. L., 1Terpylyak O. I., 1Zastavna D. V., 2Weise A., 2Kosyakova N., 2Liehr T.
  1. State Institution "Institute of Hereditary Pathology, NAMS of Ukraine"
    31a, M. Lysenko Str., Lviv, Ukraine, 79008
  2. Jena University Hospital, Friedrich Schiller University, Institute of Human Genetics,
    Kollegiengasse 10, D-07743 Jena, Germany

Abstract

Aim. The determination of chromosomal abnormalities in samples from early pregnancy losses and allelic polymorphism of HLA–DRB1 and DQA1 genes in couples with recurrent miscarriage. Methods. Banding cytogenetic and interphase mFISH analysis, DNA extraction by salting method, PCR, agarose gel electrophoresis. Results. Cytogenetic and molecular-cytogenetic investigations of SA material identified karyotype anomalies in 32.4 % of cases with prevalence of autosomal trisomy – 42.65 %, triploidy – 30.38 % and monosomy X – 19.11 %. Complex analysis of frequency and distribution of allelic variants of genes HLA-DRB1 and HLA-DQA1 allowed establishing the alleles DRB1*0301, DRB1*1101-1104 and DQA1*0501 to be aggressor alleles in women with recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL). The cumulative homology of allelic polymorphism of more than 50 % of HLA-DRB1 and HLA-DQA1 loci between partners increases the risk of RPL by almost four times. Conclusion. The detected chromosome aneuploidies in the samples from products of conception and the changes in the major histocompatibility complex genes can cause the failure of a couples reproductive function and can lead to an early fetal loss.
Keywords: pregnancy loss, chromosome abnormalities, cytogenetics, mFISH, chromosome, HLA-genotyping
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