Abstract | BACKGROUND: METHODS: To assess the effect of CFTR on human sperm fertilizing capacity, we examined sperm capacitation and the acrosome reaction using chlortetracycline staining, analyzed sperm hyperactivation by computer-assisted semen analysis (CASA), measured intracellular cAMP levels using ElA and evaluated sperm penetration of zona-free hamster eggs assay in fertile men. The percentage of spermatozoa expressing CFTR from fertile, healthy and infertile men (mainly teratospermic, asthenoteratospermic, asthenospermic and oligospermic) was conducted by indirect immunofluorescence staining. RESULTS:
Progesterone significantly facilitated human sperm capacitation and ZP3 triggered the acrosome reaction, both were significantly inhibited by CFTR inhibitor-172 (CFTRinh-172; 10 nM-1 microM) in a dose-dependent manner. The presence of 100 nM CFTRinh-172 markedly depressed intracellular cAMP levels, sperm hyperactivation and sperm penetration of zona-free hamster eggs. In addition, the percentage of spermatozoa expressing CFTR in the fertile men was significantly higher than healthy and infertile men categories (P < 0.01). CONCLUSIONS: CFTR is essential for human sperm fertilizing capacity and the impairment of CFTR expression in spermatozoa is correlated with a reduction of sperm quality. These results suggest that defective expression of CFTR in human sperm may lead to the reduction of sperm fertilizing capacity.
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Authors | Chu-Yan Li, Ling-Ying Jiang, Wen-Ying Chen, Kun Li, Hui-Qiang Sheng, Ya Ni, Jian-Xin Lu, Wan-Xiang Xu, Song-Ying Zhang, Qi-Xian Shi |
Journal | Human reproduction (Oxford, England)
(Hum Reprod)
Vol. 25
Issue 2
Pg. 317-27
(Feb 2010)
ISSN: 1460-2350 [Electronic] England |
PMID | 19923167
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Chemical References |
- 3-((3-trifluoromethyl)phenyl)-5-((3-carboxyphenyl)methylene)-2-thioxo-4-thiazolidinone
- Benzoates
- Thiazolidines
- Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator
- Progesterone
- Cyclic AMP
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Topics |
- Acrosome Reaction
(drug effects)
- Adult
- Animals
- Benzoates
(pharmacology)
- Cricetinae
- Cyclic AMP
(metabolism)
- Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator
(physiology)
- Gene Expression
- Humans
- Infertility, Male
(physiopathology)
- Male
- Progesterone
(antagonists & inhibitors, pharmacology)
- Semen Analysis
- Sperm Capacitation
(drug effects)
- Sperm Motility
(drug effects)
- Sperm-Ovum Interactions
(drug effects)
- Spermatozoa
(metabolism)
- Thiazolidines
(pharmacology)
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