Seminal plasma levels of 15-F2α-isoprostane, malondialdehyde and total homocysteine in normozoospermic and asthenozoospermic males |
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| Authors: | Nosratollah Zarghami Ali Khosrowbeygi |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Clinical Biochemistry and RIA, Drug Applied Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran |
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| Abstract: | It has been proposed that oxidative stress plays an important role in male infertility. The aims of this study were to compare
seminal plasma levels of 15-F2t-isoprostane (8-iso-PGF2α), malondialdehyde (MDA), and total (sum of free and bound) homocysteine
(tHcy) from normozoospermic vs. asthenozoospermic men, and to examine the relationships between tHcy and lipid peroxidation
products. The study was a case-control study with a simple random sampling. The case group was consisted of 15 asthenozoospermic
males. This group was compared with 15 normozoospermic men. Seminal plasma levels of 15-F2α-isoprostane and tHcy were measured
using commercially available enzyme immunoassay (EIA) kits. MDA levels were determined by the thiobarbituric acid (TBA) assay.
The Mann-Whitney U test was used to compare two groups. Coefficients of correlation were calculated using Spearman’s correlation
analysis. All hypothesis tests were two-tailed with statistical significance assessed at the p value <0.05 level. MDA levels
were higher in asthenozoospermic subjects than in control subjects (0.72±0.06 μM vs. 0.40±0.06 μM; p<0.05). No differences
were seen in 15-F2α-isoprostane levels in asthenozoospermic subjects and controls (65.00±3.20 pg/ml vs. 58.17±4.12 pg/ml;
p>0.05). Interestingly, tHcy levels were to be slightly higher in asthenozoospermic subjects than in controls (6.18±1.17 μM
vs. 4.8±0.52 μM). Sperm motility was inversely correlated with seminal plasma 15-F2α-isoprostane and MDA levels, respectively
(p<0.05). In summary, seminal plasma levels of 15-F2α-isoprostane and tHcy showed no significant difference between normozoospermic
and asthenozoospermic men. Sperm motility was not correlated with seminal plasma levels of tHcy. No relationship was found
between tHcy and lipid peroxidation. |
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| Keywords: | 15-F2α -isoprostane Asthenozoospermia Homocysteine Lipid peroxidation Malondialdehyde Normozoospermia Seminal plasma |
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