期刊
ASIAN JOURNAL OF ANDROLOGY
卷 11, 期 6, 页码 703-709出版社
WOLTERS KLUWER MEDKNOW PUBLICATIONS
DOI: 10.1038/aja.2009.65
关键词
azoospermia; cell-free DNA; normozoospermia; seminal plasma; Y chromosome microdeletion
资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [30801144]
- Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education [200804871092]
- National Key Technology Research and Development Program for the 10th Five-Year Plan, China [2004BA720A33-01]
We established a quick and reliable method for recovering cell-free seminal DNA (cfsDNA), by using the binding-washing-elution procedure on the DNA purification column. Low variations (below 15%) among the triplicate values of cfsDNA quantity verified the reproducibility of our cfsDNA recovery method. Similar cfsDNA yield and size distribution between seminal plasma acquired by filtration and centrifugation confirmed the presence of cfsDNA. To investigate the general characterization of cfsDNA, the quantitation and size distribution of cfsDNA from normozoospermic and azoospermic semen were analyzed by real-time PCR and electrophoresis, respectively. CfsDNA concentration in semen with normozoospermia (n = 11) was 1.34 +/- 0.65 mu g mL(-1), whereas a higher cfsDNA concentration was observed in azoospermia (2.56 +/- 1.43 mu g mL(-1), n = 9). The continuous distribution of DNA fragments ranging from similar to 1 kb to 15 kb and a spectrum of multiples of 180-bp fragments were observed in each normozoospermic and azoospermic sample. Distinct characteristic DNA ladder fragmentations in some azoospermic samples implicated that cfsDNA originate partly from apoptotic cells. CfsDNAs of 36 selected azoospermic patients with known information of Y chromosome microdeletion were subjected to the same microdeletion analysis by multiplex PCR and PCR amplification of sY114 (1 450 bp). All multiplex PCR reactions with cfsDNA amplified successfully and provided the same result as leukocyte DNA. PCR amplification of sY114 gave a 1 450-bp amplicon as expected. Our data suggested the potential use of cfsDNA in search of biomarker or diagnostic procedures.
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