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HUMAN REPRODUCTION
卷 17, 期 11, 页码 2919-2923出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/17.11.2919
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male fertility; MMP; seminal plasma; TIMP; zymography
BACKGROUND: Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) and their inhibitors, tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases (TIMPs), have been detected in reproductive tissues and seminal plasma. The purpose of this study was to quantify MMP-2, MMP-9, TIMP-1 and TIMP-2 in human seminal plasma and to evaluate their association with sperm. METHODS: Seminal plasma was analysed using ELISA assays for all four analytes in 12 normozoospermic and 12 azoospermic patients and then for MMP-2 only in another 114 men with azoospermia (n = 16), after vasectomy (n = 20) and with sperm counts within the following ranges: 0.3-19 X 10(6)/ml (n = 20), 20-23 X 10(6)/ml (n = 11), 49-57 X 10(6)/ml (n = 12), 96-110 X 10(6)/ml (n = 12), 139-161 X 10(6)/ml (n = 12) and 215-346 X 10(6)/ml (n = 11). Additional zymographic analyses using SDS-PAGE were performed. RESULTS: All investigated MMPs and TIMPs were detected. MMP-9, TIMP-1 and TIMP-2 were not significantly different in normozoospermia and azoospermia. Only the MMP-2 concentration was significantly decreased in azoospermic compared with normozoospermic patients (mean +/- SD: 650.6 +/- 288.9 versus 1677 +/- 910.4 ng/ml respectively; P = 0.0002) and significantly correlated with the number of sperm (r = 0.54; P < 0.0001). CONCLUSION: MMP-2 in seminal plasma was strongly correlated to the sperm count in a linear fashion. Its origin and potential function remain to be elucidated.
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