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FERTILITY AND STERILITY
卷 80, 期 4, 页码 947-953出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(03)01151-8
关键词
human sperm; DNA methylation quantitation; image analysis; CASA; fertilization
Objective: To determine the relationship between sperm DNA methylation level and sperm characteristics and pregnancy rates. Design: Prospective study. Quantitation by image analysis of DNA methylation in sperm nucleus. Setting: Department of Reproduction Biology, Edouard Herriot Hospital, Lyon, France. Patient(s): Infertile couples undergoing IVF-ET. Intervention(s): The immunostaining of 5 methyl-cytosine was performed on the spare sperm suspension that was used for an assisted reproduction technology procedure. Main Outcome Measure(s): Sperm characteristics according to World Health Organization criteria, sperm motility parameters with computer-assisted semen analysis, sperm DNA methylation level, and heterogeneity index (HI). Result(s): Sperm DNA methylation level and HI are correlated with sperm DNA characteristics. HI is negatively correlated with fertilization rate; sperm DNA methylation level is correlated with pregnancy rate. Conclusion(s): The DNA methylation level in human spermatozoa could be a new approach to evaluating the ability of spermatozoa to fertilize and lead to normal embryo development. (C)2003 by American Society for Reproductive Medicine.
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