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Modifying effect of the AR gene trinucleotide repeats and SNPs in the AHR and AHRR genes on the association between persistent organohalogen pollutant exposure and human sperm Y : X ratio

Tiido, Tarmo LU ; Rignell-Hydbom, Anna LU ; Jönsson, Bo A LU ; Rylander, Lars LU orcid ; Giwercman, Aleksander LU and Giwercman, Yvonne LU (2007) In Molecular Human Reproduction 13(4). p.223-229
Abstract
Persistent organohalogen pollutants (POPs) have been suggested to be involved in changing the proportion of ejaculated Y-bearing sperm. The androgen receptor (AR), aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR) and aryl hydrocarbon receptor repressor (AHRR) may modulate the effect of POPs with regard to previously observed sperm Y : X ratio changes. The objective of this study was to investigate whether sperm Y : X ratio changes in subjects exposed to 2,2'4,4'5,5'-hexachlorobiphenyl (CB-153) and dichlorodiphenyl dichloroethene (p,p'-DDE) were modified by polymorphisms in the AR, AHR and AHRR genes. Semen for analysis of Y- and X-bearing sperm by two-colour fluorescence in situ hybridization and blood for leukocyte DNA genotyping and analysis of CB-153... (More)
Persistent organohalogen pollutants (POPs) have been suggested to be involved in changing the proportion of ejaculated Y-bearing sperm. The androgen receptor (AR), aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR) and aryl hydrocarbon receptor repressor (AHRR) may modulate the effect of POPs with regard to previously observed sperm Y : X ratio changes. The objective of this study was to investigate whether sperm Y : X ratio changes in subjects exposed to 2,2'4,4'5,5'-hexachlorobiphenyl (CB-153) and dichlorodiphenyl dichloroethene (p,p'-DDE) were modified by polymorphisms in the AR, AHR and AHRR genes. Semen for analysis of Y- and X-bearing sperm by two-colour fluorescence in situ hybridization and blood for leukocyte DNA genotyping and analysis of CB-153 and p,p'-DDE concentrations were obtained from 195 Swedish fishermen. The polymorphic CAG and GGN repeats in the AR and the R554K and P185A single-nucleotide polymorphisms in the AHR and AHRR genes, respectively, were determined by direct sequencing and allele-specific PCR. The effect of p,p'-DDE was modified by CAG or GGN repeat category in relation to the proportion of Y-bearing sperm (P = 0.005 and 0.02 for CAG and GGN, respectively). Moreover, p,p'-DDE, but not CB-153, levels were associated with Y-sperm proportion in men with CAG < 22 (P < 0.001), but not in those carrying CAG >= 22 (P = 0.73). This association was even more pronounced in subjects carrying a short CAG repeat in combination with an AHRR G-allele. The association in regard to p,p'-DDE was found for GGN = 23 but not for the GGN < 23 or GGN > 23 subgroups (P = 0.01, 0.44 and 0.99, respectively). In conclusion The endocrine-disrupting action of POPs, in relation to the observed changes in sperm Y : X ratio, may be modulated by the genes involved in sex steroid and dioxin-mediated pathways. (Less)
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POPs, sperm Y : X ratio, aryl hydrocarbon receptor, polymorphisms, androgen receptor
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Molecular Human Reproduction
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223 - 229
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Oxford University Press
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1460-2407
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10.1093/molehr/gal114
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English
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  author       = {{Tiido, Tarmo and Rignell-Hydbom, Anna and Jönsson, Bo A and Rylander, Lars and Giwercman, Aleksander and Giwercman, Yvonne}},
  issn         = {{1460-2407}},
  keywords     = {{POPs; sperm Y : X ratio; aryl hydrocarbon receptor; polymorphisms; androgen receptor}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{4}},
  pages        = {{223--229}},
  publisher    = {{Oxford University Press}},
  series       = {{Molecular Human Reproduction}},
  title        = {{Modifying effect of the AR gene trinucleotide repeats and SNPs in the AHR and AHRR genes on the association between persistent organohalogen pollutant exposure and human sperm Y : X ratio}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/molehr/gal114}},
  doi          = {{10.1093/molehr/gal114}},
  volume       = {{13}},
  year         = {{2007}},
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