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Table 2 Linear positioning of centromeres of chromosomes: 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 18, X and Y in spermatozoa of 13 RCT carriers

From: Chromosome (re)positioning in spermatozoa of fathers and sons – carriers of reciprocal chromosome translocation (RCT)

Chromosome

a - near the acrosome; m - middle; t - near the tail

T1

T2

T3

T4

T5

T6

T7

T8

T9

T10

T11

T12

T13

RCT mean value

± SD

[n = 13]

Control mean value

± SD

[n = 8]

t(1;11)

t(2;8)

t(2;10)

t(3;9)

t(4;10)

t(4;18)

t(6;14)

t(7;18)

t(11;13)

t(4;5) father

t(4;5) son

t(7;10) father

t(7;10) son

4

a

22.94

18.27

17.87

19.57

17.31

20.95

35.16

29.03

19.77

44.86

43.33

26.48

25.20

25.12 ± 5.56

15.46 ± 2.32

m

50.15

62.50

53.99

60.14

63.46

58.785

48.35

41.94

54.65

41.12

48.00

55.73

57.22

52.38 ± 6.43

60.11 ± 3.83

t

26.91

19.23

28.14

20.29

19.23

20.27

16.48

29.03

25.58

14.02

8.67

17.79

17.59

22.50 ± 4.61

24.42 ± 3.88

p [T vs. C]

0.0632

0.0425*

0.4572

0.4084

0.4697

0.2613

< 0.0001*

< 0.0001*

0.4163

< 0.0001*

< 0.0001*

0.0068*

0.0167*

  

p [f vs. s]

 

0.1141

0.9483

  

7

a

36.24

25.2

17.93

33.77

32.33

23.57

34.04

20.51

24.82

27.46

21.29

24.63

26.32

27.22 ± 5.99

19.01 ± 2.94

m

49.35

56.91

69.66

48.34

47.37

58.57

53.19

64.96

60.28

56.56

57.03

56.72

57.24

56.60 ± 6.90

66.85 ± 1.67

t

14.41

17.89

12.41

17.88

20.30

17.86

12.77

14.53

14.89

15.98

21.68

18.66

16.45

16.19 ± 2.55

14.14 ± 2.36

p [T vs. C]

< 0.0001*

0.1060

0.8224

0.0002*

0.0001*

0.2125

0.0006*

0.9128

0.2921

0.0614

0.0568

0.0982

0.1018

  
 

p [f vs. s]

 

0.1930

0.8146

  

8

a

16.05

32.22

13.51

20.95

21.43

14.29

28.57

14.14

26.32

13.13

23.29

21.90

28.13

21.59 ± 6.57

16.57 ± 2.48

m

57.31

54.44

55.41

50.00

55.19

63.27

51.19

53.54

48.03

61.95

52.97

61.98

53.13

54.86 ± 4.65

59.21 ± 1.76

t

26.65

13.33

31.08

29.05

23.38

22.45

20.24

32.32

25.66

24.92

23.74

16.12

18.75

23.55 ± 6.11

24.22 ± 3.11

p [Tvs. C]

0.8517

< 0.0001*

0.2526

0.1692

0.4216

0.6972

0.0054*

0.1646

0.0129*

0.6501

0.1834

0.1026

0.0070*

  
 

p [f vs. s]

 

0.0495*

0.1996

  

9

a

29.57

26.74

36.42

33.61

31.25

29.75

38.67

20.55

16.78

21.77

31.71

27.74

29.58

29.15 ± 6.35

22.20 ± 1.24

m

53.48

56.98

49.01

56.30

54.17

54.43

50.67

67.81

59.44

64.25

55.40

57.66

59.15

56.28 ± 5.04

66.77 ± 2.28

t

16.96

16.28

14.57

10.08

14.58

15.82

10.67

11.64

23.78

13.98

12.89

14.60

11.27

14.57 ± 3.87

11.03 ± 1.45

p [T vs. C]

0.0160*

0.0879

0.0006*

0.0225*

0.0272*

0.0313*

0.0003*

0.9173

0.0002*

0.6400

0.0423*

0.1510

0.1894

  

p [f vs. s]

 

0.0992

0.5667

  

10

a

29.82

28.72

22.30

22.73

23.61

37.06

45.45

12.34

21.79

18.75

28.12

22.22

23.13

26.29 ± 8.83

26.79 ± 2.16

m

55.50

56.38

54.68

66.23

58.33

55.24

36.36

71.72

58.97

61.46

56.7

59.48

58.13

57.37 ± 8.66

60.47 ± 2.41

t

14.68

14.89

23.02

11.04

18.06

7.69

18.18

13.10

19.23

19.79

15.18

18.30

18.75

16.09 ± 4.32

12.74 ± 1.75

p [T vs. C]

0.5926

0.6775

0.0082*

0.4989

0.2625

0.0409*

< 0.0001*

0.0064*

0.1178

0.0422*

0.6810

0.1997

0.1804

  

p [f vs. s]

 

0.0854

0.9618

  

11

a

24.82

24.55

30.91

23.53

27.97

25.00

30.88

34.21

21.74

23.86

25.87

25.81

29.88

27.21 ± 3.83

23.01 ± 1.93

m

56.20

70.00

53.94

54.71

54.55

60.00

52.21

51.32

61.74

49.62

54.44

55.38

49.39

56.31 ± 5.77

58.9 ± 1.76

t

18.98

5.45

15.15

21.76

17.48

15.00

16.91

14.47

16.52

26.52

19.69

18.82

20.73

16.48 ± 4.34

18.1 ± 2.83

p [T vs. C]

0.8569

0.0040*

0.1644

0.5944

0.4937

0.6964

0.1712

0.0279*

0.8416

0.0669

0.6594

0.7484

0.1375

  

p [f vs. s]

 

0.2258

0.4827

  

18

a

35.86

22.73

25.71

24.83

23.94

24.44

39.49

22.89

21.83

23.58

28.03

15.75

36.81

26.75 ± 7.35

22.75 ± 0.94

m

46.21

54.55

56.43

57.93

47.18

57.78

47.13

55.42

62.68

60.16

51.51

58.90

48.47

53.88 ± 5.68

57.47 ± 1.55

t

17.93

22.73

17.86

17.24

28.87

17.78

13.38

21.69

15.49

16.26

20.46

25.34

14.72

19.37 ± 4.76

19.79 ± 1.43

p [T vs. C]

0.0070*

0.7464

0.7437

0.7701

0.0480*

0.8473

0.0003*

0.8797

0.4858

0.6751

0.3933

0.1536

0.0033*

  

p [f vs. s]

 

0.2208

< 0.0001*

  

X

a

50.00

27.50

34.62

51.80

36.96

44.00

47.33

39.29

41.5

43.02

23.97

21.01

40.44

39.30 ± 9.30

40.77 ± 2.74

m

44.40

65.00

56.92

44.88

51.45

52.71

43.51

52.68

56.13

45.35

68.49

69.57

47.79

53.98 ± 8.29

53.16 ± 2.40

t

5.60

7.50

8.46

3.32

11.59

3.29

9.16

8.04

2.37

11.63

7.54

9.42

11.76

7.79 ± 3.28

6.07 ± 2.01

p [T vs. C]

0.1678

0.0261*

0.3439

0.0633

0.0662

0.4647

0.1119

0.7056

0.2961

0.0415*

0.0029*

0.0003*

0.0529

  

p [f vs. s]

 

< 0.0001*

< 0.0001*

  

Y

a

40.31

20.75

21.77

46.17

27.74

46.38

37.59

31.40

37.50

32.82

21.71

18.84

34.97

32.72 ± 9.79

32.48 ± 8.52

m

52.04

60.38

66.13

49.88

56.20

48.42

50.83

61.35

57.42

51.15

61.24

68.84

58.04

56.75 ± 6.65

56.87 ± 7.08

t

7.65

18.87

12.10

3.95

16.0645

5.20

11.58

7.25

5.08

16.03

17.05

12.32

6.99

10.53 ± 4.82

10.66 ± 3.92

p [T vs. C]

0.2072

0.0046*

0.0730

0.0044*

0.1795

0.0067*

0.4665

0.4772

0.1571

0.1936

0.0209*

0.0142*

0.4775

  

p [f vs. s]

 

0.0246*

0.0012*

  
  1. Frequency (%) of centromeres was estimated in three regions of sperm cell nucleus: ‘a’ – near the acrosome, ‘m’ – its middle part and ‘t’ – near the tail of spermatozoa (according to the scheme presented in Fig. 1a). All RCT results were compared to the mean Control value obtained for 8 healthy donors (p values: T vs. C). Additionally, comparison between fathers and sons in familial RCT cases was performed: 46,XY,t(4;5)(p15.1;p12) (T10 vs. T11) and 46,XY,t(7;10)(p21.1;q26.13) (T12 vs. T13) (p values: f vs. s). One hundred and-fifty of centromeres were counted for each male and per each chromosome. Values p < 0.05 indicated statistically significant differences (two-tailed χ2 test) and were marked with ‘*’ in the Table