精子
DNA断裂
男科
精液
甲基化
生物
DNA甲基化
精子活力
精液分析
分子生物学
基因
遗传学
医学
不育
细胞凋亡
基因表达
怀孕
程序性细胞死亡
作者
Neslihan Hekim,Sezgin Güneş,Ramazan Aşçı,Ralf Henkel,Ümmet Abur
出处
期刊:Andrologia
[Wiley]
日期:2020-10-28
卷期号:53 (1)
被引量:11
摘要
To investigate the semiquantitative methylation alterations of MLH1 and MSH2 and the possible association among methylation of MLH1 and MSH2, sperm DNA fragmentation and sperm chromatin condensation in idiopathic oligoasthenoteratozoospermic men. Seventy-five idiopathic infertile men and 52 fertile and/or normozoospermic men were included in the study. SDF was analysed using the TUNEL assay in semen samples of 100 men. Promoter methylation of MLH1 and MSH2 genes was assessed by semiquantitative methylight analysis in semen samples of 39 and 40 men respectively. Sperm chromatin condensation was evaluated using aniline blue staining in 114 men. MLH1 promoter methylation was positively correlated with the percentage of aniline blue positive spermatozoa (r = 0.401, p = 0.0188). On the other hand, MSH2 promoter methylation was negatively correlated with sperm concentration and total sperm count (r = -0.421, p = 0.0068 and r = 0.4408, p = 0.009 respectively). The percentage of aniline blue positive spermatozoa in the control group was significantly lower than in the OAT group (p < 0.0001) and negatively correlated with total sperm count (r = -0.683, p < 0.0001), progressive sperm motility (r = -0.628, p < 0.0001), total motility (r = -0.639, p < 0.0001) and normal morphology (r = -0.668, p < 0.0001). Promoter methylation profile of MLH1 and MSH2 genes may play role on sperm DNA packaging and conventional semen parameters respectively.
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