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. 2014 Oct 29;21(2):169–185. doi: 10.1093/molehr/gau099

Table II.

Medical history, laboratory investigations and ICSI outcomes of two couples with males presenting with type I globozoospermia due to full deletion of the DPY19L2 gene.

Patient ID Age male years Age female years History/habits Volume ejaculate [sperm] Sperm mobility % of globozoospermia Genotyping TUNEL % Positive AB % positive CMA3 % positive Nber MII oocytes (%) Nber 2 PN embryos (%) Nber of embryos at D3 Quality and grade of embryos Nber of transferred Eo (D3) Delivery
M1 30 28 Tobacco 4.8 ml 20% a + b 100% DPY19L2 deleted homoz 29 81.5 50 14 2 2 2 1
5–10 cig/d 21 M/ml 20% c (14.3%) - 6-cell, 10–30% fragment (G III)
Bricklayer - 6-cell, 30–50% fragment (G III)
G1-1 37 29 Tobacco 3.2 ml 30% a + b 100% DPY19L2 deleted homoz 44 79 ND 10 1 1 0 0
15 cig/d 28 M/ml (10%) - 5-cell, 10–30% fragment (G III)
Cannabis 2/D
G1-2 37 29 Tobacco 2 ml 20%a + b 100% DPY19L2 deleted homoz ND ND ND 4 0 0 0 0
15 cig/d 30 M/ml 10%c (0%)
Cannabis 2/D
G1-3 38 30 Tobacco 2.5 ml 20% a + b 100% DPY19L2 deleted homoz 18 79 78 5 0 0 0 0
5 cig/d 20 M/ml 5%c (0%)
Cannabis 3/w

ND: not determined; cig/day: cigarettes per day; TUNEL: terminal deoxynucleotidyltransferase-mediated dUTP nick-end labeling; AB: aniline blue; CMA3: chromomycin A3; MII: metaphase II oocytes retrieved; PN: pronuclei.