Journal
CRYOBIOLOGY
Volume 91, Issue -, Pages 18-22Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.cryobiol.2019.11.005
Keywords
Cryopreservation; Sperm; Asthenozoospermia; Mito-tempo
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- National Key Basic Research Program of China [2018YFC1003602]
- Jinan Medical and Health Technology Innovation Plan
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As the largest proportion of male infertility population, asthenozoospermia patients often resort to sperm cryopreservation to preserve fertility as well as to enrich motile sperm for assisted reproductive techniques (ART), although it may cause some cryodamage during the freezing-thawing process. The objective of this study was to investigate whether mitochondrial antioxidant Mito-Tempo was effective in preventing cryodamage of asthenozoospermic spermatozoa. Asthenozoospermic semen samples were collected and cryopreserved in media supplemented with different concentrations (0.0, 1.0, 10 and 100 mu M) of Mito-Tempo. We measured sperm motility, viability, membrane integrity, DNA fragmentation, mitochondrial membrane potential, oxidation product, and antioxidant enzymes activities. Supplementation of the cryopreservation media with Mito-Tempo (10 and 100 mu M) induced a significant improvement in sperm viability, motility, membrane integrity, mitochondrial membrane potential and chromatin integrity (P < 0.05). Significant enhancement of antioxidant enzymes activities accompanied by the decreased formation of oxidation products (ROS and MDA) was also observed in groups supplemented with Mito-Tempo (10 and 100 mu M). It is concluded that mitochondria targeted antioxidant Mito-Tempo alleviates cryodamage by regulating intracellular oxidative metabolism in spermatozoa from asthenozoospermic patients after cryopreservation.
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