Abstract:
OBJECTIVE:The newly discovered vasoactive peptides, endothelin 1, 2 and 3, and their receptors are widely distributed in various non-vascular tissues. Recent studies have suggested the presence, as well as possible regulatory roles, of endothelins at several levels of the pituitary-gonadal axis. We determined the level of endothelin-like immunoreactivity in the seminal fluid and examined its possible correlation with routine semen parameters or plasma levels of FSH, LH or testosterone. DESIGN:Prospective study in a tertiary care centre. PATIENTS:Ninety-one men attending infertility clinics for male factor, female factor or both. MEASUREMENTS:Endothelin-like immunoreactivity was determined in seminal fluid using two radioimunoassays, ET1-21 that measures endothelin and ET-1,2 that measures both endothelin and big endothelin. In addition, the levels of FSH, LH and testosterone as well as routine semen parameters were determined. RESULTS:Sperm density ranged from 0 to 315 x 10(6) with a mean (+/- SD) of 28.5 x 10(6) (+/- 48 x 10(6)) sperm/ml and the percentage of motile sperm ranged from 0 to 85% with a mean of 16% (+/- 20.5%). Mean levels of FSH (n = 33), LH (n = 35) and testosterone (n = 35) were 6.4 +/- 4.9 IU/l, 3.5 +/- 2.8 IU/l and 21 +/- 9.4 nmol/l, respectively. Mean ET1-21 level (n = 91) was 81 +/- 16.5 pmol/l, and mean ET-1,2 level (n = 33) was 630.5 +/- 143 pmol/l. There were significant correlations between the levels of ET1-21 and ET-1,2 (r = 0.37, P = 0.04), ET1-21 and FSH (r = -0.5, P = 0.006), ET1-21 and LH (r = -0.46, P = 0.01), and ET1-21 level and semen volume (r = 0.23, P = 0.03). Mean level of ET1-21 or ET-1,2 was significantly lower in patients treated empirically with clomiphene citrate or gonadotrophins (n = 34) compared to untreated (n = 52) patients (P = 0.04). CONCLUSIONS:We conclude that in human seminal fluid (1) endothelin-like immunoreactivity that is specific for active endothelin (ET1-21) represents about 13% of the total immunoreactivity; (2) inactive big endothelin or its N-terminal derivative(s) may account for most of the immunoreactivity; (3) the production/secretion of endothelin may be inhibited by LH and/or FSH; and (4) endothelin level correlates positively with seminal fluid volume.
journal_name
Clin Endocrinol (Oxf)journal_title
Clinical endocrinologyauthors
Hammami MM,Haq A,AlSedairy Sdoi
10.1111/j.1365-2265.1994.tb03932.xsubject
Has Abstractpub_date
1994-03-01 00:00:00pages
361-6issue
3eissn
0300-0664issn
1365-2265journal_volume
40pub_type
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pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
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更新日期:2008-03-01 00:00:00
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