Week 2 Random Flashcards
Timing of migration of Primordial germ cells (PGCs)
2nd week: formed in epiblast
3rd week: move to the wall of the yolk sac
4th week: migrate to the developing gonads
5th week: arrive in the gonads then meiosis In the mouse, ~100 PGCs leave the yolk sac →6-7 rounds of mitotic multiplication →4000 enter the primitive gonads

Fate of misdirected PGCs
Die or Form Teratomas

Stages of formation of gametes
1) Movement of PGC to gonads
2) Mitosis in gonads (overproduction followed by density mechanism) in oogonia divide only during development, and in males spermatogonia divide during development and puberty
3) Meiosis
4) Structural and Functional maturation of Eggs and Sperm Oogenesis and Spermatogenesis
Oogenesis
2 million primary oocytes present in the ovaries at birth, only ~40,000-survivie until puberty.
400 (1 per menstrual cycle) are ovulated. Primary oocytes remain in prophase and do not finish their first meiotic division before puberty is reached.
At puberty, one activated primary oocyte produces two haploid cells asymmetric cell division The first polar body The secondary oocyte
The secondary oocyte arrests in metaphase II and is ovulated If penetrated by sperm the second oocyte completes meiosis II, One large ovum (the functional gamete) A tiny second polar body

Describe spermatogenesis
Spermatogonia (diploid)
Spermatocytes (enter meiosis)
Spermatids (haploid)
->spermiogenesis-> during which they acquire a tail (flagellum) and an acrosome that develops from the Golgi body
Sperm
Spermiogenesis:
- formation of acrosome (penetration enzymes)
- condensation of nucleus
- formation of neck, middle piece, and tail
- shedding of most of the cytoplasm that is phagocytized by Sertoli cells

Spermiation
Excess cytoplasm and is released into the lumen of the seminiferous tubule
How Kareotype is done
Leukocyte are isolated, propagated, and toxin are injected Cells are squashed on microscope slide Lightly treated with protease to unwind DNA Stained with Geimsa (non-specific) stain- (total 850 bands; about 50/csome)
Position of centromere
Metacentric (middle) submetacentric- towards one end acrocentric - at the end
p vs q
p is short arm q is long arm 7p22.2 46,XY,inv(9).(p11q12)
FISH
fluorescence in situ hybridization Specific nucleotide probes abeled with fluorescent dyes can be hybridized to the solated chromosomes or nuclei on microscope slides and nalyzed by fluorescence microscopy.
Types of probes in FISH
Locus specific (label single gene or region) Centromeric probe (labels a specific pair of chromosomes at their centromere) Chromosome painting probe (paint entire chromosome)
Two preps for FISH
Metaphase nuclei: visualize chromosome structure Interphase nuclei: determine number
SKY
Spectral Karyotiping FISH with different colors Use in cancer treatment
Why chromosomal studies are important
Confirmation/determination of diagnosis Prognosis Treatment Monitoring disease – disease progresion and relapse
Microarray SNP
This analysis is designed to look for imbalances across the genome using SNP (Single Nucleotide Polymorphism) based technology. The SNP microarray testing has probes that can detect imbalances related to hundreds of common Balanced or low level mosaic chromosome changes will not be identified with this technology
Use of Cell Free Fetal DNA
- Maternal age 35 years or older at delivery - Fetal ultrasonographic findings indicating an increased risk of aneuploidy - History of a prior pregnancy with a trisomy - Positive test result for aneuploidy, including first trimester, sequential, or integrated screen, or a quadruple screen. - Parental balanced robertsonian translocation with increased risk of fetal trisomy 13 or trisomy 21. - 10-15% DNA in mother blood is free fetal DNA - The goal of the test is very specifc trisome 13, 18, 21, XO, XXY
false positive false negative
Type 1 error, 1-accuracy Type 2 error, 1-sensitivty
Balanced / Unbalanced abnormalities of chromosomes
Duplications Inversions Inertions Isochromosomes
der(14;21)
Chromosome derived from 14 and 21
Balanced Translocations types
Reciprocal translocation Parts of chromosomes are exchanged Can result in mutations at break points or can be unaffected. Problems with segregation at gametogenesis Robertsonian translocation- centric fusion of two chromosomes. No lost coding sequences, carrier unaffected. Problems with segregation at gametogenesis.
Balanced vs. Unbalanced chromosomal rearrangements chraracteristic and types
Usually lethal 1) Spontaneous new mutation 2) Unbalanced inheritance from balanced rearrangements
Reciprocal translocation
Balanced chromosomes exchange
chromosomal studies can help with
Diagnosis (confirmation/determination) Prognosis Recurrence Risk
Amniocentesis
a prenatal diagnosis of chromosomal abnormalities and fetal infections, and also used for sex determination in which a small amount of amniotic fluid, which contains fetal tissues, is sampled from the amniotic sac surrounding a developing fetus, and the fetal DNA is examined for genetic abnormalities






















