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Evidence of selection against complex mitotic-origin aneuploidy during preimplantation development

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authors

  • McCoy, R. C.
  • Demko, Zachary
  • Ryan, A.
  • Banjevic, M.
  • Hill, M.
  • Sigurjonsson, S.
  • Rabinowitz, M.
  • Petrov, D. A.

publication date

  • 2015

journal

  • PLoS Genetics  Journal

abstract

  • Whole-chromosome imbalances affect over half of early human embryos and are the leading cause of pregnancy loss. While these errors frequently arise in oocyte meiosis, many such whole-chromosome abnormalities affecting cleavage-stage embryos are the result of chromosome missegregation occurring during the initial mitotic cell divisions. The first wave of zygotic genome activation at the 4-8 cell stage results in the arrest of a large proportion of embryos, the vast majority of which contain whole-chromosome abnormalities. Thus, the full spectrum of meiotic and mitotic errors can only be detected by sampling after the initial cell divisions, but prior to this selective filter. Here, we apply 24-chromosome preimplantation genetic screening (PGS) to 28,052 single-cell day-3 blastomere biopsies and 18,387 multi-cell day-5 trophectoderm biopsies from 6,366 in vitro fertilization (IVF) cycles. We precisely characterize the rates and patterns of whole-chromosome abnormalities at each developmental stage and distinguish errors of meiotic and mitotic origin without embryo disaggregation, based on informative chromosomal signatures. We show that mitotic errors frequently involve multiple chromosome losses that are not biased toward maternal or paternal homologs. This outcome is characteristic of spindle abnormalities and chaotic cell division detected in previous studies. In contrast to meiotic errors, our data also show that mitotic errors are not significantly associated with maternal age. PGS patients referred due to previous IVF failure had elevated rates of mitotic error, while patients referred due to recurrent pregnancy loss had elevated rates of meiotic error, controlling for maternal age. These results support the conclusion that mitotic error is the predominant mechanism contributing to pregnancy losses occurring prior to blastocyst formation. This high-resolution view of the full spectrum of whole-chromosome abnormalities affecting early embryos provides insight into the cytogenetic mechanisms underlying their formation and the consequences for human fertility.

subject areas

  • Aneuploidy
  • Blastomeres
  • Chromosome Aberrations
  • Chromosomes
  • Embryonic Development
  • Female
  • Fertilization in Vitro
  • Humans
  • Mitosis
  • Pregnancy
  • Preimplantation Diagnosis
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PubMed Central ID

  • PMC4619652

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

  • 1553-7404

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1371/journal.pgen.1005601

PubMed ID

  • 26491874
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volume

  • 11

issue

  • 10

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