Superfund Research Program

Andrew J. Wyrobek

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Health Effects Genetics Division, L-448
Biology and Biotechnology Research Program
Berkeley, California 94551
Phone: 925-422-6296
Fax: 925-424-3130
Email: wyrobek1@llnl.gov

Projects

• University of California-Berkeley: Determinants for Chromosomally Defective Human Sperm (2000 - 2006)

Research Briefs

• 57 - Development of Biomarkers for Male Reproductive Toxicity and Their Implications for Male-Mediated Developmental Toxicity

Publications

2020

• Frias S, van Hummelen P, Meistrich ML, Wyrobek AJ. 2020. Meiotic susceptibility for induction of sperm with chromosomal aberrations in patients receiving combination chemotherapy for Hodgkin lymphoma. PLoS One 15:e0242218. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0242218 PMID:33370316 PMCID:PMC7769287

2013

• Schmid TE, Grant PG, Marchetti F, Weldon RH, Eskenazi B, Wyrobek AJ. 2013. Elemental composition of human semen is associated with motility and genomic sperm defects among older men. Hum Reprod 28:274-282. doi:10.1093/humrep/des321 PMID:23042799 PMCID:PMC3619967

2012

• Marchetti F, Eskenazi B, Weldon RH, Li G, Zhang L, Rappaport SM, Schmid TE, Xing C, Kurtovich E, Wyrobek AJ. 2012. Occupational exposure to benzene and chromosomal structural aberrations in the sperm of Chinese men. Environ Health Perspect 120(2):229-234. doi:10.1289/ehp.1103921 PMID:22086566 PMCID:PMC3279447
• Schmid TE, Eskenazi B, Marchetti F, Young SS, Weldon RH, Baumgartner A, Anderson D, Wyrobek AJ. 2012. Micronutrients intake is associated with improved sperm DNA quality in older men. Fertil Steril 98:1130-1137. doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2012.07.1126 PMID:22935557

2010

• Xing C, Marchetti F, Li G, Weldon RH, Kurtovich E, Young SS, Schmid TE, Zhang L, Rappaport SM, Waidyanatha S, Wyrobek AJ, Eskenazi B. 2010. Benzene exposure near the US permissible limit is associated with sperm aneuploidy. Environ Health Perspect 118:833-839. doi:10.1289/ehp.0901531 PMID:20418200 PMCID:PMC2898861

2008

• Young SS, Eskenazi B, Marchetti F, Block G, Wyrobek AJ. 2008. The association of folate, zinc and antioxidant intake with sperm aneuploidy in healthy non-smoking men. Hum Reprod 23(5):1014-1022. doi:10.1093/humrep/den036 PMID:18353905

2005

• Eskenazi B, Kidd SA, Marks AR, Sloter E, Block G, Wyrobek AJ. 2005. Antioxidant intake is associated with semen quality in healthy men. Hum Reprod 20(4):1006-1012. PMID:15665024
• Wyrobek AJ, Schmid TE, Marchetti F. 2005. Cross-species sperm-FISH assays for chemical testing and assessing paternal risk for chromosomally abnormal pregnancies. Environ Mol Mutagen 45(2-3):271-283. PMID:15754381
• Wyrobek AJ, Schmid TE, Marchetti F. 2005. Relative susceptibilities of male germ cells to genetic defects induced by cancer chemotherapies. J Natl Cancer Inst (34):31-35. doi:10.1093/jncimonographs/lgi001 PMID:15784819

2004

• Sloter E, Nath J, Eskenazi B, Wyrobek AJ. 2004. Effects of male age on the frequencies of germinal and heritable chromosomal abnormalities in humans and rodents. Fertil Steril 81(4):925-943. PMID:15066442

2003

• Eskenazi B, Wyrobek AJ, Sloter E, Kidd SA, Young SS, Moore DH. 2003. The association of age and semen quality in healthy men. Hum Reprod 18(2):447-454. PMID:12571189
• Glaser RL, Broman KW, Schulman RL, Eskenazi B, Wyrobek AJ, Jabs EW. 2003. The paternal-age effect in Apert syndrome is due, in part, to the increased frequency of mutations in sperm. Am J Hum Genet 73(4):939-947. PMID:12900791

2002

• Eskenazi B, Wyrobek AJ, Kidd SA, Lowe X, Moore DH, Weisiger K, Aylstock M. 2002. Sperm aneuploidy in fathers of children with paternally and maternally inherited Klinefelter syndrome. Hum Reprod 17(3):576-583. PMID:11870106
• Eskenazi B, Wyrobek AJ, Sloter E, Kidd SA, Moore LE, Young SS, Moore DH, Nath J. 2002. Semen quality and chromosomal integrity of sperm decreases with age among healthy men. Environ Mol Mutagen 39(Supp33):59.
• Rubes J, Vozdova M, Robbins WA, Rezacova O, Perreault SD, Wyrobek AJ. 2002. Stable variants of sperm aneuploidy among healthy men show associations between germinal and somatic aneuploidy. Am J Hum Genet 70(6):1507-1519. PMID:11992257
• Tiemann-Boege I, Navidi W, Grewal R, Cohn D, Eskenazi B, Wyrobek AJ, Arnheim N. 2002. The observed human sperm mutation frequency cannot explain the achondroplasia paternal age effect. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 99(23):14952-14957. PMID:12397172
• Velazquez-Wong AC, Sloter E, Tomascik-Cheeseman LM, Araujo-Solis MA, Wyrobek AJ, Salamanca-Gomez F. 2002. Structural and numerical chromosomal abnormalities in sperm following accidental occupational exposure to ¹⁹²Iridium. Environ Mol Mutagen 39(Supp33):65.

2001

• Kidd SA, Eskenazi B, Wyrobek AJ. 2001. Effects of male age on semen quality and fertility: a review of the literature. Fertil Steril 75(2):237-248. PMID:11172821
• Lowe X, Eskenazi B, Nelson DO, Kidd SA, Alme A, Wyrobek AJ. 2001. Frequency of XY sperm increases with age in fathers of boys with Klinefelter syndrome. Am J Hum Genet 69(5):1046-1054. PMID:11582569
• Marchetti F, Sloter E, Wyrobek AJ. 2001. Advances in understanding paternally transmitted chromosomal abnormalities. In: Impact of air pollution on human health. Academia Press, Prague, Czech Republic. pp.193-205.
• Sloter E, Eskenazi B, Kidd SA, Moore DH, Hill F, Nath J, Wyrobek AJ. 2001. Effects of age on structural chromosomal abnormalities in sperm from healthy men. Environ Mol Mutagen 37(32):70.

2000

• Sloter E, Nath J, Wyrobek AJ. 2000. Associations between chromosomal abnormalities and semen quality in healthy men. Environ Mol Mutagen 35(31):57.

1999

• Holland NT, Ahlborn T, Turteltaub KW, Markee C, Moore DH, Wyrobek AJ, Smith MT. 1999. Acrylamide causes preimplantation abnormalities in embryos and induces chromatin-adducts in male germ cells of mice. Reprod Toxicol 13(3):167-178. PMID:10378466
• Sloter E, Nath J, Wyrobek AJ. 1999. Correlation between numerical and structural chromosome damage in sperm from 13 healthy men using multicolor FISH. Am J Hum Genet 65(4):A357.

1998

• Eskenazi B, Chuu Y, Kidd SA, Lowe X, Aylstock M, Weisiger K, Moore DH, Wyrobek AJ. 1998. Elevated frequencies of aneuploid sperm (x-y and 21-21) in fathers of boys with klinefelter syndrome (47, x-x-y), when the extra x-chromosome was of paternal origin. Am J Epidemiol 147(11):S11.
• Lowe X, Eskenazi B, Kidd SA, Alme A, Weisiger K, Aylstock M, Nelson DE, Wyrobek AJ. 1998. Sperm disomy 21 is associated with sex chromosomal aneuploidies but does not preferentially segregate with the Y chromosome: a study of 38 healthy fertile men. Am J Hum Genet 63(4):A143.
• Sloter E, Lowe X, Nath J, Wyrobek AJ. 1998. A novel multi-color FISH method for human sperm demonstrates that post-meiotic chromosome breaks occur more frequently than duplications and deletions. Am J Hum Genet 63(4):A150.
• Sloter E, Lowe X, Nath J, Wyrobek AJ. 1998. Detection of chromosome breaks and aneuploidies in human sperm by multicolor fluorescence in situ hybridization. Environ Mol Mutagen 31(29):61.
• Titenko-Holland N, Ahlborn T, Lowe X, Shang N, Smith MT, Wyrobek AJ. 1998. Micronucleal and developmental abnormalities in 4-day mouse embryos after paternal treatment with acrylamide. Environ Mol Mutagen 31(3):206-217. PMID:9585259
• Wyrobek AJ, Eskenazi B, Chuu Y, Kidd SA, Lowe X, Weisiger K, Aylstock M, Sloter E, Moore DH, Katz D. 1998. Genetic Biomarkers in Human Sperm: Applications in Reproductive Epidemiology. In: Proceedings of the Superfund Basic Research Program: A Decade of Improving Health through Multi-Disciplinary Research. Chapel Hill, NC.

1997

• Chuu Y, Lowe X, Kidd SA, Weisiger K, Eskenazi B, Wyrobek AJ. 1997. Elevated Frequencies Of Hyperhaploid Sperm Were Detected In A Man With A History Of Multiple Aneuploid Pregnancies. In: Proceedings of Environmental Mutagen Society Meeting, 1997. Minneapolis, MN.
• Robbins WA, Meistrich ML, Moore DH, Hagemeister FB, Weier H, Cassel MJ, Wilson G, Eskenazi B, Wyrobek AJ. 1997. Chemotherapy induces transient sex chromosomal and autosomal aneuploidy in human sperm. Nat Genet 16:74-78. PMID:9140398
• Wyrobek AJ, Eskenazi B, Chuu Y, Kidd SA, Lowe X, Weisiger K, Aylstock M, Sloter E, Moore DH, Katz D. 1997. Genetic biomarkers in human sperm: Applications in reproductive epidemiology. In: Proceedings of the Superfund Basic Research Program: A decade of improving health through multi-disciplinary research, Chapel Hill, NC, February 23-26, 1997. Chapel Hill, NC.

1995

• Titenko-Holland N, Turteltaub KW, Wyrobek AJ, Smith MT. 1995. Acrylamide induces DNA adducts in male germ cells and causes preimplantation abnormalities and dominant lethal mutations in mice. Environ Health Perspect 15(1):167.