Medical Biochemistry Department, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
Fertil Steril. 2011 Nov;96(5):1097-9. doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2011.08.004. Epub 2011 Aug 24.
To assess sperm caspase-9 activity in infertile oligoasthenoteratozoospermic (OAT) men with and without varicocele.
Prospective.
Academic setting.
PATIENT(S): Eighty men: healthy fertile control subjects (n = 20), OAT (n = 25), and OAT associated with left-side varicocele (n = 35).
INTERVENTION(S): History taking, clinical examination, semen analysis,assessment of seminal caspase-9.
MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S): Semen analysis, sperm caspase-9.
RESULT(S): Sperm caspase-9 was significantly increased in infertile OAT men associated with varicocele compared with OAT men without varicocele and healthy fertile control subjects. Sperm casapse-9 activity demonstrated significant negative correlation with sperm count, sperm motility, sperm velocity, sperm linear velocity, sperm linearity index, and sperm normal morphology.
CONCLUSION(S): Sperm caspase-9 is exaggerated in infertile OAT cases with varicocele compared with infertile OAT cases without varicocele or healthy fertile men. Sperm caspase-9 demonstrated significant negative correlation with semen variables.
评估伴有和不伴有精索静脉曲张的少弱畸精子症(OAT)男性的精子半胱天冬酶-9 活性。
前瞻性研究。
学术环境。
80 名男性:健康的有生育能力的对照组(n=20)、OAT(n=25)和 OAT 伴左侧精索静脉曲张(n=35)。
病史采集、临床检查、精液分析、检测精子半胱天冬酶-9。
精液分析,精子半胱天冬酶-9。
与不伴有精索静脉曲张的 OAT 男性和健康有生育能力的对照组相比,伴有精索静脉曲张的 OAT 男性的精子半胱天冬酶-9 显著增加。精子半胱天冬酶-9 活性与精子计数、精子活力、精子速度、精子线性速度、精子直线性指数和精子正常形态显著负相关。
与不伴有精索静脉曲张的 OAT 男性或健康有生育能力的男性相比,伴有精索静脉曲张的 OAT 男性的精子半胱天冬酶-9 明显增加。精子半胱天冬酶-9 与精液变量呈显著负相关。