Cost-effective diagnosis of male oxidative stress using the nitroblue tetrazolium test: useful application for the developing world.

Abstract:

:Seminal oxidative stress plays an important role in male factor infertility (MFI), worldwide. A study was thus undertaken for the first time to establish seminal reactive oxygen species (ROS) as a clinical marker of MFI in a cohort of Sri Lankan males. The nitro blue tetrazolium (NBT) assay for ROS estimation and modified Endtz test for detecting leucocytes were carried out on semen samples (N = 102) of subfertile males. Age-matched individuals (N = 30) with proven past paternity served as controls. Significantly higher ROS production was evident in individuals with asthenozoospermia and unexplained infertility (Mann-Whitney U-test, P = 0.000), than in the fertile and the other subfertile groups tested. Receiver operating characteristic plot analysis established cut-off points of 40.57 and 42.02 μg formazan/10(7) spermatozoa for ROS to distinguish fertile males from asthenozoospermics (71.4% sensitivity: 70% specificity; AUC = 0.82), and from unexplained infertile males (74.1 % sensitivity: 73.3% specificity; AUC = 0.85) respectively. As ROS appear to be a potential marker of male infertility, it is imperative to validate this test as a simple, cost-effective hence a widely accessible diagnostic tool to be included in MFI investigations in the developing world.

journal_name

Andrologia

journal_title

Andrologia

authors

Amarasekara DS,Wijerathna S,Fernando C,Udagama PV

doi

10.1111/and.12043

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2014-03-01 00:00:00

pages

73-9

issue

2

eissn

0303-4569

issn

1439-0272

journal_volume

46

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