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Purpose  To study the potential paternal contribution to aneuploidies in the man of a couple who obtained trisomic embryos with natural and assisted fertilization.    Methods  Semen analysis, immunofluorescence for localization of tubulin and centrin 1, transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) analysis for chromosomes 18 and 9 were performed. Sperm of fertile men were used as controls.    Results  The percentages of sperm motility and normal forms were decreased. The percentages of sperm with tail reduced in dimension, headless tails, coiled tails, and altered head-tail junction were significantly higher ( P  < 0.01) in the patient than in controls, whereas the percentage of sperm with a normal centrin 1 localization (two spots in the centriolar area) was significantly reduced ( P  < 0.01) in the patient. Immunofluorescence with anti-tubulin antibody showed that in most of the patient’s sperm connecting pieces (83.00 ± 1.78%), two spots were present, indicating prominent proximal centriole/centriolar adjunct and evident distal centriole, whereas controls’ sperm displayed a single spot, indicating the proximal centriole. The percentage of sperm with two spots was significantly higher ( P  < 0.01) in the patient than in controls. TEM analysis showed that centriolar adjuncts of the patient’s sperm were significantly longer (721.80 ± 122.26 nm) than in controls’ sperm (310.00 ± 64.11 nm;  P  < 0.001). The aneuploidy frequencies of the patient’s sperm, detected by FISH analysis, were increased with respect to controls.    Conclusion  A paternal contribution to sperm aneuploidies cannot be excluded since the patient’s sperm showed altered morphology, immature centriolar adjunct, presence of evident distal centriole, scarce presence of centrin 1, and high aneuploidy frequency.

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Centriolar defects, centrin 1 alterations, and FISH studies in human spermatozoa of a male partner of a couple that produces aneuploid embryos in natural and artificial fertilization