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We have previously shown an extensive load of somatic copy number variations (CNVs) in the human placental genome with the highest fraction detected in normal term pregnancies. Hereby, we hypothesized that insufficient promotion of CNVs may impair placental development and lead to recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL). RPL affects ~3% of couples aiming at childbirth and idiopathic RPL represents ~50% of cases. We analysed placental and parental CNV profiles of idiopathic RPL trios (mother-father-placenta) and duos (mother-placenta). Consistent with the hypothesis, the placental genomes of RPL cases exhibited 2-fold less CNVs compared to uncomplicated 1 st  trimester pregnancies ( P  = 0.02). This difference mainly arose from lower number of duplications. Overall, 1 st  trimester control placentas shared only 5.3% of identified CNV regions with RPL cases, whereas the respective fraction with term placentas was 35.1% ( P  = 1.1 × 10 −9 ). Disruption of the genes  NUP98  (embryonic stem cell development) and  MTRR  (folate metabolism) was detected exclusively in RPL placentas, potentially indicative to novel loci implicated in RPL. Interestingly, genes with higher overall expression were prone to deletions (>3-fold higher median expression compared to genes unaffected by CNVs,  P  = 6.69 × 10 −20 ). Additionally, large pericentromeric and subtelomeric CNVs in parental genomes emerged as a risk factor for RPL.

Copy number variation profile in the placental and parental genomes of recurrent pregnancy loss families