Journal
ANDROLOGIA
Volume 54, Issue 2, Pages -Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/and.14321
Keywords
fertility; proteome; sperm quality; spermatogenesis; testis
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Funding
- Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province [ZR2019MH035, ZR2020MH075]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81971438]
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The study revealed that abnormal expression of HSPA1L and HSPA9 in low-motility sperm was associated with decreased sperm quality, making these proteins promising markers for evaluating sperm quality, understanding mechanisms of male infertility with unexplained causes, and providing new directions for male infertility research.
Human semen is a heterogeneous group containing a portion of low-motility sperm, which may determine the sperm quality evaluation. Abnormally expressed proteins in low-motility spermatozoa will be the candidates for sperm biology research. By comparing proteomes of high- or low-motility spermatozoa from the same semen of normal fertile men, 21 differentially expressed proteins were identified. Proteins with molecular chaperone function were significantly over-represented, of which HSPA1L and HSPA9 significantly decreased in low-motility sperm. Compared with young adult testes with normal spermatogenesis, HSPA1L and HSPA9 had decreased expressions in elderly testis characterised with poor spermatogenesis, suggesting their associations with spermatogenesis. Decreased expressions of HSPA1L and HSPA9 in low-motility spermatozoa were validated by Western Blot and immunofluorescence quantification analysis. HSPA1L was mainly expressed on sperm post-acrosome and midpiece, whilst HSAP9 was mainly expressed on acrosome and sperm tail. HSPA1L antibody could inhibit sperm motility validated by antibody blocking experiment, whilst HSPA9 antibody showed no significant effect on sperm motility. The study demonstrated that low-motility spermatozoa from fertile men had poor sperm quality, in which differential expressed proteins were promising markers for evaluating sperm quality, understanding mechanism of male infertility with unexplained causes, and providing new idea for male infertility research.
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