Reddy Venkata Rami K, Rajeev Shrimali K, Gupta Vijayalakshmi
Immunology Laboratory, National Institute for Research in Reproductive Health, Indian Council of Medical Research, Parel, Mumbai, India.
Fertil Steril. 2003 Jun;79 Suppl 3:1590-6. doi: 10.1016/s0015-0282(03)00368-6.
To determine the clinical significance of alpha6beta1 integrin in human spermatozoa.
Prospective case-controlled study.
Hospital infertility clinic in India.
PATIENT(S): Sixty-two men undergoing evaluation for infertility and 20 healthy, proven-fertile controls were selected.
INTERVENTION(S): Role of alpha6beta1integrin in sperm quality evaluation was determined using semen analysis, cell ELISA, flow cytometry, and in vitro sperm-egg binding.
MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S): Determination of sperm-associated alpha6beta1 integrin may help in assessing the quality of the human spermatozoa.
RESULT(S): Expression of alpha6beta1 integrin was significantly low in the spermatozoa obtained from subfertile men. Only 35%-40% of spermatozoa from fertile men showed a positive reaction to alpha6beta1 antibody. The samples with high rate of acrosomal reaction showed a good expression of alpha6beta1 and maximum binding to oocyte in an in vitro binding assay.
CONCLUSION(S): alpha6beta1 Integrin may be used as a clinical marker to evaluate sperm quality.
确定α6β1整合素在人类精子中的临床意义。
前瞻性病例对照研究。
印度的医院不孕不育诊所。
选取62名接受不孕症评估的男性以及20名健康的、已证实有生育能力的对照者。
通过精液分析、细胞酶联免疫吸附测定、流式细胞术和体外精卵结合来确定α6β1整合素在精子质量评估中的作用。
测定与精子相关的α6β1整合素可能有助于评估人类精子的质量。
从生育力低下男性获取的精子中,α6β1整合素的表达显著降低。来自有生育能力男性的精子中只有35%-40%对α6β1抗体呈阳性反应。在体外结合试验中,顶体反应率高的样本显示出α6β1的良好表达以及与卵母细胞的最大结合。
α6β1整合素可用作评估精子质量的临床标志物。