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Asian j. androl ; Asian j. androl;(6): 332-336, 2019.
Article de Anglais | WPRIM | ID: wpr-1009679

RÉSUMÉ

Inhibin B is a gonadal hormone that downregulates the pituitary production of follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH). In recent years, inhibin B has proved to be an excellent marker of spermatogenesis and even a predictive factor for the recovery of fertility in patients undergoing orchiectomy and antineoplastic treatments. We propose to study inhibin B levels in orchiectomised testicular cancer patients, in order to identify a minimum value representative of normal semen quality. This retrospective study evaluates hormonal and semen parameters of 290 normozoospermic patients attending the Laboratory of Seminology - Sperm Bank "Loredana Gandini" (Rome, Italy) for cryopreservation of seminal fluid following a diagnosis of testicular cancer (TC group) and 117 healthy, normozoospermic men as a control group (CTR group). The percentile distribution of gonadotropin and inhibin B values in the TC and CTR groups was analyzed. There was a statistically significant difference between the two groups in the levels of all hormones (P ≤ 0.001) and in all semen parameters (P < 0.05). About 20% of TC patients revealed inhibin B levels below the 5th percentile of CTR group, despite normozoospermia, and 31.4% had normal spermatogenesis in the presence of FSH values >95th percentile of CTR group. Orchiectomised patients for testicular cancer presented inhibin B levels lower than healthy patients, despite normozoospermia. Our study revealed the poor sensitivity of the current inhibin B reference range when applied to monorchidic patients, suggesting the need to establish more representative ranges to enable more appropriate counseling in relation to the patient's new endocrine condition.


Sujet(s)
Adulte , Humains , Mâle , Jeune adulte , Gonadotrophines/sang , Inhibines/sang , Orchidectomie , Valeurs de référence , Tumeurs du testicule/chirurgie , Testostérone/sang
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Ashok AGARWAL; Neel PAREKH; Manesh-Kumar PANNER-SELVAM; Ralf HENKEL; Rupin SHAH; Sheryl-T HOMA; Ranjith RAMASAMY; Edmund KO; Kelton TREMELLEN; Sandro ESTEVES; Ahmad MAJZOUB; Juan-G ALVAREZ; David-K GARDNER; Channa-N JAYASENA; Jonathan-W RAMSAY; Chak-Lam CHO; Ramadan SALEH; Denny SAKKAS; James-M HOTALING; Scott-D LUNDY; Sarah VIJ; Joel MARMAR; Jaime GOSALVEZ; Edmund SABANEGH; Hyun-Jun PARK; Armand ZINI; Parviz KAVOUSSI; Sava MICIC; Ryan SMITH; Gian-Maria BUSETTO; Mustafa-Emre BAKIRCIOĞLU; Gerhard HAIDL; Giancarlo BALERCIA; Nicolás-Garrido PUCHALT; Moncef BEN-KHALIFA; Nicholas TADROS; Jackson KIRKMAN-BROWNE; Sergey MOSKOVTSEV; Xuefeng HUANG; Edson BORGES; Daniel FRANKEN; Natan BAR-CHAMA; Yoshiharu MORIMOTO; Kazuhisa TOMITA; Vasan-Satya SRINI; Willem OMBELET; Elisabetta BALDI; Monica MURATORI; Yasushi YUMURA; Sandro LA-VIGNERA; Raghavender KOSGI; Marlon-P MARTINEZ; Donald-P EVENSON; Daniel-Suslik ZYLBERSZTEJN; Matheus ROQUE; Marcello COCUZZA; Marcelo VIEIRA; Assaf BEN-MEIR; Raoul ORVIETO; Eliahu LEVITAS; Amir WISER; Mohamed ARAFA; Vineet MALHOTRA; Sijo-Joseph PAREKATTIL; Haitham ELBARDISI; Luiz CARVALHO; Rima DADA; Christophe SIFER; Pankaj TALWAR; Ahmet GUDELOGLU; Ahmed-M-A MAHMOUD; Khaled TERRAS; Chadi YAZBECK; Bojanic NEBOJSA; Damayanthi DURAIRAJANAYAGAM; Ajina MOUNIR; Linda-G KAHN; Saradha BASKARAN; Rishma-Dhillon PAI; Donatella PAOLI; Kristian LEISEGANG; Mohamed-Reza MOEIN; Sonia MALIK; Onder YAMAN; Luna SAMANTA; Fouad BAYANE; Sunil-K JINDAL; Muammer KENDIRCI; Baris ALTAY; Dragoljub PEROVIC; Avi HARLEV.
Article de Anglais | WPRIM | ID: wpr-761886

RÉSUMÉ

Despite advances in the field of male reproductive health, idiopathic male infertility, in which a man has altered semen characteristics without an identifiable cause and there is no female factor infertility, remains a challenging condition to diagnose and manage. Increasing evidence suggests that oxidative stress (OS) plays an independent role in the etiology of male infertility, with 30% to 80% of infertile men having elevated seminal reactive oxygen species levels. OS can negatively affect fertility via a number of pathways, including interference with capacitation and possible damage to sperm membrane and DNA, which may impair the sperm's potential to fertilize an egg and develop into a healthy embryo. Adequate evaluation of male reproductive potential should therefore include an assessment of sperm OS. We propose the term Male Oxidative Stress Infertility, or MOSI, as a novel descriptor for infertile men with abnormal semen characteristics and OS, including many patients who were previously classified as having idiopathic male infertility. Oxidation-reduction potential (ORP) can be a useful clinical biomarker for the classification of MOSI, as it takes into account the levels of both oxidants and reductants (antioxidants). Current treatment protocols for OS, including the use of antioxidants, are not evidence-based and have the potential for complications and increased healthcare-related expenditures. Utilizing an easy, reproducible, and cost-effective test to measure ORP may provide a more targeted, reliable approach for administering antioxidant therapy while minimizing the risk of antioxidant overdose. With the increasing awareness and understanding of MOSI as a distinct male infertility diagnosis, future research endeavors can facilitate the development of evidence-based treatments that target its underlying cause.


Sujet(s)
Femelle , Humains , Mâle , Antioxydants , Classification , Protocoles cliniques , Diagnostic , ADN , Structures de l'embryon , Fécondité , Dépenses de santé , Infertilité , Infertilité masculine , Membranes , Ovule , Oxydants , Oxydoréduction , Stress oxydatif , Espèces réactives de l'oxygène , Réducteurs , Santé reproductive , Sperme , Spermatozoïdes , Vedettes-matière
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Asian j. androl ; Asian j. androl;(6): 409-413, 2017.
Article de Chinois | WPRIM | ID: wpr-842724

RÉSUMÉ

It has been suggested that the energy required for sperm motility is produced by oxidative phosphorylation while glycolysis seems to be an important source for ATP transmission along the flagellum. Some studies have investigated the chemical and kinetic properties of the enzyme glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase to identify any changes in the regulation of glycolysis and sperm motility. In contrast, there are few studies analyzing the genetic basis of hypokinesis. For this reason, we investigated the glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase gene in human sperm to evaluate whether asthenozoospermia was correlated with any changes in its expression. Semen examination and glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase gene expression studies were carried out on 116 semen samples divided into two groups - Group A consisted of 58 normokinetic samples and Group B of 58 hypokinetic samples. Total RNA was extracted from spermatozoa, and real-time PCR quantification of mRNA was carried out using specific primers and probes. The expression profiles for the Groups A and B were very similar. The mean delta Ct was as follows - Group A, 5.79 ± 1.04; Group B, 5.47 ± 1.27. Our study shows that in human sperm, there is no difference in glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase gene expression between samples with impaired motility and samples with normal kinetics. We believe that this study could help in the understanding of the molecular mechanisms of sperm kinetics, suggesting that hypomotility may be due to a possible posttranscriptional impairment of the control mechanism, such as mRNA splicing, or to posttranslational changes.

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