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HUMAN REPRODUCTION
Volume 15, Issue 6, Pages 1338-1344Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/15.6.1338
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DNA fragmentation; membrane phosphatidylserine; reactive oxygen species; spermatozoa
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The objectives of this cross-sectional observational study were: (i) to detect DNA. damage and plasma membrane translocation of phosphatidylserine in purified sperm populations of high and low motility; and (ii) to analyse their relationship with the endogenous generation of reactive oxygen species. Ejaculates from infertile men were examined following gradient centrifugation, The main outcome measures were: sperm motion parameters (assessed with a computer analyser), generation of reactive oxygen species (measured by chemiluminescence), DNA damage (detected by terminal deoxvnucleotidyl transferase-mediated dUDP nick-end labelling and monoclonal antibody labelling of single-stranded DNA) and translocation of membrane phosphatidylserine (examined with annexin V staining). DNA fragmentation and membrane translocation of phosphatidylserine were observed in the fractions with low and high sperm motility in all patients. The fractions with low sperm motility had significantly higher proportion of cells with DNA damage and production of reactive oxygen species than the fractions with high sperm motility (P < 0.005). DNA fragmentation was significantly and positively correlated with the generation of reactive oxygen species (r = 0.42; P = 0.02), Zn conclusion: (i) spermatozoa from infertile men display translocation of membrane phosphatidyIserine as diagnosed by annexin V positive staining; (ii) DNA damage (fragmentation and presence of single-stranded DNA) can be detected in ejaculated spermatozoa from infertile men in fractions with low and high sperm motility, and (iii) there is a relationship between DNA, damage and oxidative stress.
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