{"title":"Analysis of chromosome test results of 24,175 miscarried fetuses in Japan from 2000 to 2021.","authors":"Haruyoshi Takaki, Rie Kitagawa, Takako Takano","doi":"10.1159/000542086","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Fetal chromosome abnormalities, the most common cause of spontaneous abortion, were investigated pre-1980s. In recent years, chromosome testing has been outsourced to testing companies in Japan, and there have been few epidemiological studies of chromosome testing of miscarried fetuses on a nationwide scale.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We analyzed the chromosome test data of SRL, Inc., one of the largest clinical laboratories that has collected tissue specimens of products of conception derived from miscarried fetuses from hospitals throughout Japan from 2000.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We collected and analyzed 24,175 cases, among which 8,726 (36.1%) were normal chromosomes, 1,298 (5.4%) were sex chromosome abnormalities, 9,735 (40.3%) were autosomal trisomies, 73 (0.3%) were autosomal monosomies, 840 (3.5%) were ploidy, 512 (2.1%) were chromosome structural abnormalities, and 2,991 (12.4%) were mosaics. The frequency of autosomal trisomy increased at the older maternal ages. By chromosome number, trisomies 22, 16, 21, and 15 were associated with advanced maternal age, but trisomies 13, 14, and 18 were not associated with advanced maternal age. The presence or absence of this maternal age effect was correlated with the chromosome segregation being due to maternal meiosis I or meiosis II. For the sex ratios of the fetuses, we focused on trisomies 22, 21, 18, 16, 15, 14, and 13, and found that only trisomy 16 was significantly more frequently seen in female fetuses.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The findings of this study provide insights into the basic understanding of miscarriage and will be useful in counseling and medical education.</p>","PeriodicalId":11206,"journal":{"name":"Cytogenetic and Genome Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.7000,"publicationDate":"2024-10-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Cytogenetic and Genome Research","FirstCategoryId":"99","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000542086","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"CELL BIOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Background: Fetal chromosome abnormalities, the most common cause of spontaneous abortion, were investigated pre-1980s. In recent years, chromosome testing has been outsourced to testing companies in Japan, and there have been few epidemiological studies of chromosome testing of miscarried fetuses on a nationwide scale.
Methods: We analyzed the chromosome test data of SRL, Inc., one of the largest clinical laboratories that has collected tissue specimens of products of conception derived from miscarried fetuses from hospitals throughout Japan from 2000.
Results: We collected and analyzed 24,175 cases, among which 8,726 (36.1%) were normal chromosomes, 1,298 (5.4%) were sex chromosome abnormalities, 9,735 (40.3%) were autosomal trisomies, 73 (0.3%) were autosomal monosomies, 840 (3.5%) were ploidy, 512 (2.1%) were chromosome structural abnormalities, and 2,991 (12.4%) were mosaics. The frequency of autosomal trisomy increased at the older maternal ages. By chromosome number, trisomies 22, 16, 21, and 15 were associated with advanced maternal age, but trisomies 13, 14, and 18 were not associated with advanced maternal age. The presence or absence of this maternal age effect was correlated with the chromosome segregation being due to maternal meiosis I or meiosis II. For the sex ratios of the fetuses, we focused on trisomies 22, 21, 18, 16, 15, 14, and 13, and found that only trisomy 16 was significantly more frequently seen in female fetuses.
Conclusion: The findings of this study provide insights into the basic understanding of miscarriage and will be useful in counseling and medical education.
期刊介绍:
During the last decades, ''Cytogenetic and Genome Research'' has been the leading forum for original reports and reviews in human and animal cytogenetics, including molecular, clinical and comparative cytogenetics. In recent years, most of its papers have centered on genome research, including gene cloning and sequencing, gene mapping, gene regulation and expression, cancer genetics, comparative genetics, gene linkage and related areas. The journal also publishes key papers on chromosome aberrations in somatic, meiotic and malignant cells. Its scope has expanded to include studies on invertebrate and plant cytogenetics and genomics. Also featured are the vast majority of the reports of the International Workshops on Human Chromosome Mapping, the reports of international human and animal chromosome nomenclature committees, and proceedings of the American and European cytogenetic conferences and other events. In addition to regular issues, the journal has been publishing since 2002 a series of topical issues on a broad variety of themes from cytogenetic and genome research.