Abstract:
OBJECTIVE:To investigate sperm viability, incidence of apoptosis, and intracellular basal and induced reactive oxygen species (ROS) in sperm fractions. DESIGN:Prospective controlled study. SETTING:Center for Reproductive Medicine at a tertiary care hospital. METHOD(S):Liquefied seminal ejaculates (n = 12) prepared by density gradient centrifugation were reconstituted to 2 mL with phosphate-buffered saline. Oxidative stress was induced by hydrogen peroxide (H(2)O(2), 100 muM). Sperm viability, intracellular ROS, and incidence of apoptosis/necrosis in neat, immature, and mature sperm fractions were assessed. RESULT(S):Before H(2)O(2) exposure, mature spermatozoa fractions showed a significantly lower incidence of apoptotic sperm and intracellular O(2)(-*) levels but higher amounts of intracellular H(2)O(2) compared with neat semen. Higher levels of intracellular H(2)O(2) were demonstrated in immature sperm fractions compared with neat or mature fractions. In all sperm fractions, intracellular H(2)O(2) levels correlated with the intracellular concentration of O(2)(-*). After H(2)O(2) exposure, neat semen showed a significantly higher percentage of apoptosis compared with the prepared mature spermatozoa. However, no differences were observed in the incidence of apoptosis between immature and mature sperm fractions. CONCLUSION(S):There is a differential shift of both intracellular H(2)O(2) and O(2)(-*) in each sperm fraction that may affect sperm quality. Sperm apoptosis is related to intracellular H(2)O(2) levels, which in turn are affected by intracellular O(-*) levels. Oxidative stress was not associated with an increased incidence of apoptosis in immature or mature sperm fractions.
journal_name
Fertil Steriljournal_title
Fertility and sterilityauthors
Mahfouz RZ,du Plessis SS,Aziz N,Sharma R,Sabanegh E,Agarwal Adoi
10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.10.068subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2010-02-01 00:00:00pages
814-21issue
3eissn
0015-0282issn
1556-5653pii
S0015-0282(08)04413-0journal_volume
93pub_type
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journal_title:Fertility and sterility
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pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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journal_title:Fertility and sterility
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doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2012.08.049
更新日期:2013-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Fertility and sterility
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期:2016-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Fertility and sterility
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.09.050
更新日期:2010-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Fertility and sterility
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2005.01.127
更新日期:2005-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Fertility and sterility
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.07.1750
更新日期:2009-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Fertility and sterility
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(16)58137-0
更新日期:1996-03-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(16)55628-3
更新日期:1993-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Fertility and sterility
pub_type:
doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2006.04.018
更新日期:2006-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Fertility and sterility
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期:2016-11-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2010.08.034
更新日期:2011-03-15 00:00:00
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journal_title:Fertility and sterility
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doi:
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journal_title:Fertility and sterility
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2015.01.005
更新日期:2015-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Fertility and sterility
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(16)42078-9
更新日期:1976-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Fertility and sterility
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(16)55981-0
更新日期:1993-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Fertility and sterility
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(16)43513-2
更新日期:1978-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Fertility and sterility
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doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2017.02.110
更新日期:2017-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Fertility and sterility
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(02)03252-1
更新日期:2002-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Fertility and sterility
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1989-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Fertility and sterility
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(99)00132-6
更新日期:1999-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Fertility and sterility
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2004.11.081
更新日期:2005-06-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2009-12-01 00:00:00