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Zufferey F, Buitrago E, Rahban R, Senn A, Stettler E, Rudaz S, Nef S, Donzé N, Thomas A, Rossier MF. Gonadotropin axis and semen quality in young Swiss men after cannabis consumption: Effect of chronicity and modulation by cannabidiol. Andrology 2024; 12:56-67. [PMID: 37042163 DOI: 10.1111/andr.13440] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2022] [Revised: 03/13/2023] [Accepted: 04/04/2023] [Indexed: 04/13/2023]
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BACKGROUND While cannabis is the most widely used recreational drug in the world, the effects of phytocannabinoids on semen parameters and reproductive hormones remain controversial. Cannabinoid receptors are activated by these compounds at each level of the hypothalamus-pituitary-gonadotropic axis. OBJECTIVES To assess the impact of the consumption of Δ-9-tetrahydrocannabinol and cannabidiol on semen parameters, as well as on male reproductive hormone and endocannabinoid levels, in a cohort of young Swiss men. MATERIALS AND METHODS The individuals in a Swiss cohort were divided according to their cannabis consumption. In the cannabis user group, we determined the delay between the last intake of cannabis and sample collection, the chronicity of use and the presence of cannabidiol in the consumed product. Urinary Δ-9-tetrahydrocannabinol metabolites were quantified via gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. Blood phytocannabinoids, endocannabinoids and male steroids were determined via liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry/mass spectrometry, and other hypothalamus-pituitary-gonadotropic axis hormones were determined via immunoassays. Semen parameters such as sperm concentration and motility were recorded using computer-assisted sperm analysis. RESULTS Anandamide, N-palmitoyl ethanolamide, androgens, estradiol and sex hormone binding globulin levels were all higher in cannabis users, particularly in chronic, recent and cannabidiol-positive consumers. Gonadotropin levels were not significantly different in these user subpopulations, whereas prolactin and albumin concentrations were lower. In addition, cannabis users had a more basic semen pH and a higher percentage of spermatozoa with progressive motility. However, the two latter observations seem to be related to a shorter period of sexual abstinence in this group rather than to the use of cannabis. CONCLUSIONS Because both cannabidiol and Δ-9-tetrahydrocannabinol are frequently used by men of reproductive age, it is highly relevant to elucidate the potential effects they may have on human reproductive health. This study demonstrates that the mode of cannabis consumption must be considered when evaluating the effect of cannabis on semen quality.
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- Fanny Zufferey
- Service of Clinical Chemistry and Toxicology, Central Institute of Hospitals, Hospital of Valais, Sion, Switzerland
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- Service of Clinical Chemistry and Toxicology, Central Institute of Hospitals, Hospital of Valais, Sion, Switzerland
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- Department of Genetic Medicine and Development, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Genetic Medicine and Development, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Genetic Medicine and Development, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universities of Geneva and Lausanne, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Genetic Medicine and Development, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Service of Clinical Chemistry and Toxicology, Central Institute of Hospitals, Hospital of Valais, Sion, Switzerland
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- Forensic Toxicology and Chemistry Unit, CURML, Lausanne University Hospital, Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland
- Faculty Unit of Toxicology, CURML, Faculty of Biology and Medicine, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Service of Clinical Chemistry and Toxicology, Central Institute of Hospitals, Hospital of Valais, Sion, Switzerland
- Department of Internal Medicine, Geneva University Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland
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Li L, Feng T, Wu R, Zhang Y, Wang N, Wu M, Pang Y, Yang S, Yang A, Zhang D, Hao G, Zhang R. The role of total antioxidant capacity and malondialdehyde of seminal plasma in the association between air pollution and sperm quality. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2023; 335:122324. [PMID: 37544399 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2023.122324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2023] [Revised: 08/02/2023] [Accepted: 08/04/2023] [Indexed: 08/08/2023]
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Accumulating evidence has suggested that men exposed to air pollution are associated with decreased sperm quality, and seminal plasma plays a pivotal role in maintaining sperm viability. However, the role of seminal plasma in air pollution related sperm quality decline remain unestablished. In current study, we recruited 524 participants from couples who underwent in vitro fertilization treatment due to female factors at a fertility clinic in China from March to August 2020. Conventional sperm parameters, total antioxidant capacity (T-AOC), malondialdehyde (MDA) and testosterone were measured using semen samples. The six main air pollutants (PM2.5, PM10, NO2, SO2, CO, O3) during four key periods of sperm development (meiotic stage, spermiogenesis stage, epididymal stage and total sperm cycle period) were estimated using inverse distance weighting method. Multiple linear regression models were employed to investigate the exposure-outcome relationships. And we found that PM10 exposures were negatively related to sperm total motility and the exposures of PM2.5 and PM10 were inversely associated with sperm progressive motility during epididymal stage. Furthermore, PM2.5 and PM10 exposures were positively associated with seminal plasma MDA and PM10 was negatively related to seminal plasma T-AOC during epididymal stage. PM2.5, PM10 and CO exposures during total sperm cycle period might relate to increased seminal plasma testosterone. Mediation analysis indicated seminal plasma MDA and T-AOC partially mediated PM10 associated reduction of sperm motility during epididymal stage. Our study suggested MDA and T-AOC of seminal plasma played a role in air pollution associated decline of sperm motility.
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- Lipeng Li
- Department of Toxicology, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, 050017, Hebei, PR China; Department of Reproductive Medicine, The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, 050017, PR China.
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- Department of Reproductive Medicine, The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, 050017, PR China
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- Department of Occupational Health and Environmental Health, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, 050017, Hebei, PR China
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- Department of Toxicology, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, 050017, Hebei, PR China
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- Department of Reproductive Medicine, The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, 050017, PR China
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- Department of Toxicology, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, 050017, Hebei, PR China
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- Department of Toxicology, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, 050017, Hebei, PR China
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- Department of Reproductive Medicine, The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, 050017, PR China
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- Department of Reproductive Medicine, The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, 050017, PR China
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- Department of Reproductive Medicine, The First Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, 050017, PR China
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- Department of Reproductive Medicine, The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, 050017, PR China
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- Department of Toxicology, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, 050017, Hebei, PR China; Key Laboratory of Environment and Human Health, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, 050017, Hebei, PR China.
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Osadchuk LV, Kleshchev MA, Osadchuk AV. Steroid Hormones in Seminal Plasma: the Relationship with Sperm Quality. Bull Exp Biol Med 2023; 174:318-321. [PMID: 36723737 DOI: 10.1007/s10517-023-05699-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2022] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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The purpose of this study was to find out whether the seminal testosterone and/or estradiol levels could serve as prognostic criteria for normal spermatogenesis and whether they are able to characterize the sperm pathology. The study involved healthy young male volunteers (n=269); serum and seminal steroid hormones were measured; the sperm concentration, mobility, and morphology were evaluated. The results indicate that the seminal testosterone concentration is lower (p<0.05) and the seminal estradiol is higher than the corresponding parameters in the serum (p<0.05). The seminal testosterone and estradiol concentrations negatively correlated with the sperm concentration, and the seminal estradiol concentration was higher in pathozoospermic than in normospermic men (p<0.05). It is assumed that the seminal estradiol level can be an indicator of sperm quality and serve as a biological predictor of normal spermatogenesis; in addition, this parameter can be used for diagnostic purposes in patients with impaired spermatogenesis induced by excess of estrogens.
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- L V Osadchuk
- Federal Research Center Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Siberian Division of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia.
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- Federal Research Center Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Siberian Division of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Federal Research Center Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Siberian Division of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia
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Handelsman DJ, Bacha F, DeBono M, Sleiman S, Janu MR. Sexually Transmitted Doping: The Impact of Urine Contamination of Semen. Drug Test Anal 2022; 14:1623-1628. [PMID: 35655428 PMCID: PMC9545268 DOI: 10.1002/dta.3331] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2022] [Revised: 05/28/2022] [Accepted: 05/30/2022] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The high sensitivity of antidoping detection tests creates the possibility of inadvertent doping due to an athlete's unknowing ingestion of contaminated environmental sources such as dietary supplements, food, or drinks. Recently athletes denying use of a prohibited substance have claimed that the positive antidoping tests was due to exchange of bodily fluids with a non-athlete partner using a prohibited substance. Measurement of drugs in semen is largely limited to one or very few samples due to the inaccessibility of sufficiently frequent semen samples for detailed pharmacokinetics. An emerging issue in semen drug measurements is that semen samples may contain residual urine from ejaculation left in the urethra; however, the urine content in semen samples has not been studied. In the present study we employed concurrent creatinine measurements in urine and seminal plasma to determine the urine content of semen samples.
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- David J Handelsman
- Andrology Department and Clinical Andrology Laboratory.,ANZAC Research Institute, University of Sydney
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- Andrology Department and Clinical Andrology Laboratory
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- Andrology Department and Clinical Andrology Laboratory
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Téteau O, Liere P, Pianos A, Desmarchais A, Lasserre O, Papillier P, Vignault C, Lebachelier de la Riviere ME, Maillard V, Binet A, Uzbekova S, Saint-Dizier M, Elis S. Bisphenol S Alters the Steroidome in the Preovulatory Follicle, Oviduct Fluid and Plasma in Ewes With Contrasted Metabolic Status. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2022; 13:892213. [PMID: 35685208 PMCID: PMC9172638 DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2022.892213] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2022] [Accepted: 04/05/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Bisphenol A (BPA), a plasticizer and endocrine disruptor, has been substituted by bisphenol S (BPS), a structural analogue that had already shown adverse effects on granulosa cell steroidogenesis. The objective of this study was to assess the effect of chronic exposure to BPS, a possible endocrine disruptor, on steroid hormones in the ovary, oviduct and plasma using the ewe as a model. Given the interaction between steroidogenesis and the metabolic status, the BPS effect was tested according to two diet groups. Eighty adult ewes were allotted to restricted (R) and well-fed (WF) groups, that were further subdivided into two subgroups. Ewes were exposed to 50 µg BPS/kg/day in their diet (R50 and WF50 groups) or were unexposed controls (R0 and WF0 groups). After at least 3 months of BPS exposure, preovulatory follicular fluid, oviduct fluid and plasma were collected and steroid hormones were analyzed by gas chromatography coupled with tandem mass spectrometry (GC-MS/MS). A deleterious effect of restricted diet on the volume of oviduct fluid and numbers of pre-ovulatory follicles was observed. Exposure to BPS impaired estradiol concentrations in both follicular and oviduct fluids of well-fed ewes and progesterone, estradiol and estrone concentrations in plasma of restricted ewes. In addition, a significant interaction between metabolic status and BPS exposure was observed for seven steroids, including estradiol. In conclusion, BPS acts in ewes as an endocrine disruptor with differential actions according to metabolic status.
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- Ophélie Téteau
- CNRS, IFCE, INRAE, Université de Tours, PRC, Nouzilly, France
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- U1195 INSERM - Université Paris Saclay, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre Cedex, France
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- U1195 INSERM - Université Paris Saclay, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre Cedex, France
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- CNRS, IFCE, INRAE, Université de Tours, PRC, Nouzilly, France
- Service de Médecine et Biologie de la Reproduction, CHRU de Tours, Tours, France
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- CNRS, IFCE, INRAE, Université de Tours, PRC, Nouzilly, France
- Service de Chirurgie pédiatrique viscérale, urologique, plastique et brûlés, CHRU de Tours, Tours, France
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- CNRS, IFCE, INRAE, Université de Tours, PRC, Nouzilly, France
- *Correspondence: Sebastien Elis,
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Yuan G, Zeng Y, Hu G, Liu Y, Wei L, Liu P, Liu G, Cheng J. Inverse association of certain seminal phthalate metabolites with semen quality may be mediated by androgen synthesis: A cross-sectional study from the South China. ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL 2021; 151:106459. [PMID: 33684682 DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2021.106459] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2020] [Revised: 01/29/2021] [Accepted: 02/06/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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BACKGROUND Several in vitro and in vivo studies have demonstrated the effects of phthalates on androgen synthesis, and the adverse outcomes of phthalate exposure on male reproductive function have been reported. However, the direct relationship among these three factors remains unknown. OBJECTIVE To explore the potential roles of steroids involved in androgen synthesis in the association between phthalate exposure and semen quality. METHODS Eighteen phthalate metabolites (mPAEs) and nine steroids were analyzed in semen samples of 403 male participants aged 18-54 years from a hospital in Shenzhen, China. The associations across phthalate metabolites, steroids, and eleven semen quality parameters were evaluated by multivariate linear regression and logistical regression models. The potential contributions of steroids to the associations between phthalate metabolites and semen quality outcomes were explored by mediation effect analysis. RESULTS In this cross-sectional study, mono-n-butyl phthalate (MnBP) was inversely associated with nine continuous semen quality parameters in a dose-dependent manner (all p for trend < 0.05). Positive associations were observed between MnBP tertiles and androstenedione (ADD) and pregnenolone (PGL), of which only ADD was significantly associated with sperm quality (i.e., motility, p < 0.05). The estimated average mediated effects of seminal ADD on the associations between MnBP and lower sperm motility parameters (i.e., total motility, TR; progressive motility, PR; curvi-linear velocity, VCL) were 6.4-11.9% (all p < 0.05). The potential mediated effects of ADD on the increasing risks of TR (9.8%) and PR (8.5%) abnormalities induced by MnBP exposure were also observed in logistical regression analysis. CONCLUSION Our results indicated that androgen synthesis in reproductive system may be potentially affected by phthalate exposure, thereby resulting in reduced sperm motility in adult men. Further studies are needed to understand the actual roles and underlying mechanism of action of androstenedione on these associations.
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- Guanxiang Yuan
- Shenzhen Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shenzhen, China
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- Shenzhen Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shenzhen, China
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- Shenzhen Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shenzhen, China
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- Shenzhen People's Hospital, Second Clinical Medical College of Jinan University, Shenzhen, China
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- Shenzhen Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shenzhen, China
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- Shenzhen Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shenzhen, China
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- Shenzhen Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shenzhen, China
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- Shenzhen Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shenzhen, China.
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Grosso JB, Zoff L, Calvo KL, Maraval MB, Perez M, Carbonaro M, Brignardello C, Morente C, Spinelli SV. Levels of seminal tRNA-derived fragments from normozoospermic men correlate with the success rate of ART. Mol Hum Reprod 2021; 27:6162173. [PMID: 33693947 DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gaab017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2020] [Revised: 02/12/2021] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Decreased fertility is becoming an important social and medical problem and the male factor is involved in at least half of infertility cases. Since conventional semen analysis provides limited prediction of male fertility; in this work, we evaluated the potential use of seminal small RNAs (sRNA) as markers of semen quality in ART. Our bioinformatic analyses of available sRNA-seq databases showed that the most abundant sRNA species in seminal plasma of normozoospermic men are tRNA-derived fragments (tRFs), a novel class of regulatory sRNAs. These molecules not only exert their function within cells but also are released into the extracellular environment where they could carry out signaling functions. To evaluate whether the assessment of seminal tRFs in normozoospermic men has a predictive value for the clinical outcome in ART, we performed a prospective study with couples who underwent ICSI cycles with donated oocytes. The results obtained demonstrated that levels of 5'tRF-Glu-CTC, 5'tRF-Lys-CTT, and 5'tRF-Gly-GCC are significantly elevated in seminal samples from cases with repeated failed ICSI cycles, suggesting a potential association between increased seminal tRFs and unexplained male infertility. Interestingly, these tRFs showed a negative association with seminal testosterone, highlighting their involvement in male endocrinology. Our findings also suggest that tRFs could play a role in modulating male reproductive function in response to physiological stress since they showed significant associations with the levels of sperm DNA fragmentation in couples that achieved pregnancy but not in cases with failed ICSI cycles where seminal cortisol levels correlate with sperm quality.
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- Julieta B Grosso
- Institute of Clinical and Experimental Immunology of Rosario (IDICER CONICET-UNR), Rosario, Argentina
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- Institute of Clinical and Experimental Immunology of Rosario (IDICER CONICET-UNR), Rosario, Argentina
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- Institute of Clinical and Experimental Immunology of Rosario (IDICER CONICET-UNR), Rosario, Argentina
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- Institute of Clinical and Experimental Immunology of Rosario (IDICER CONICET-UNR), Rosario, Argentina
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Nikolaeva M, Arefieva A, Babayan A, Chagovets V, Kitsilovskaya N, Starodubtseva N, Frankevich V, Kalinina E, Krechetova L, Sukhikh G. Immunoendocrine Markers of Stress in Seminal Plasma at IVF/ICSI Failure: a Preliminary Study. Reprod Sci 2020; 28:144-158. [PMID: 32638280 DOI: 10.1007/s43032-020-00253-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2020] [Revised: 05/28/2020] [Accepted: 06/30/2020] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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We have previously shown that high level of seminal interleukin (IL)-18 is positively associated with a greater risk of pregnancy failure in women exposed to their partners' seminal plasma (SP) during the in vitro fertilization (IVF)/intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) cycle. Since IL-18 and IL-1β considered to be the key immune markers of stress, here we ask whether their increase in SP may be due to the stress experienced by men engaged in the IVF programs. Therefore, we correlated seminal IL-18 with IL-1β and both cytokines with the seminal steroids, whose increase indicates the activation of neuroendocrine stress response systems. Retrospective analysis of stored seminal samples was performed. Based on previously identified cutoff level for content of IL-18 per ejaculate, samples with high IL-18 content from IVF failure group (n = 9), as well as samples with low IL-18 content from IVF success group (n = 7), were included in the study. Seminal cytokines were evaluated using FlowCytomix™ technology. A set of 16 biologically active steroids in SP was quantified by liquid chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry. Concentrations and total amounts per ejaculate of cytokines and steroids were determined. A positive significant correlation was found between the levels of IL-18 and IL-1β. There was also a positive correlation between IL-18 or IL-1β and 17-α-hydroxypregnenolone, 17-α-hydroxyprogesterone, dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), DHEA sulfate (DHEAS), androstenedione, testosterone, dihydrotestosterone, progesterone, corticosterone, 11-deoxycorticosterone, and the ratio of DHEAS/cortisol. We suggested that stress-related overexpression of immune and hormonal factors in SP may be the key link between male stress and embryo implantation failure.
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- Marina Nikolaeva
- Laboratory of Clinical Immunology, National Medical Research Center for Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatology of Ministry of Healthcare of Russian Federation, Oparina str. 4, Moscow, Russia, 117997.
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- Laboratory of Clinical Immunology, National Medical Research Center for Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatology of Ministry of Healthcare of Russian Federation, Oparina str. 4, Moscow, Russia, 117997
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- Department of Assisted Technologies in Treatment of Infertility, National Medical Research Center for Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatology of Ministry of Healthcare of Russian Federation, Oparina str. 4, Moscow, Russia, 117997
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- Department of Systems Biology, National Medical Research Center for Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatology of Ministry of Healthcare of Russian Federation, Oparina str. 4, Moscow, Russia, 117997
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- Department of Systems Biology, National Medical Research Center for Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatology of Ministry of Healthcare of Russian Federation, Oparina str. 4, Moscow, Russia, 117997
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- Department of Systems Biology, National Medical Research Center for Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatology of Ministry of Healthcare of Russian Federation, Oparina str. 4, Moscow, Russia, 117997.,Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Institutskiy per. 9, Dolgoprudny, Moscow, Russia, 141701
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- Department of Systems Biology, National Medical Research Center for Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatology of Ministry of Healthcare of Russian Federation, Oparina str. 4, Moscow, Russia, 117997
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- Department of Assisted Technologies in Treatment of Infertility, National Medical Research Center for Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatology of Ministry of Healthcare of Russian Federation, Oparina str. 4, Moscow, Russia, 117997
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- Laboratory of Clinical Immunology, National Medical Research Center for Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatology of Ministry of Healthcare of Russian Federation, Oparina str. 4, Moscow, Russia, 117997
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- Laboratory of Clinical Immunology, National Medical Research Center for Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatology of Ministry of Healthcare of Russian Federation, Oparina str. 4, Moscow, Russia, 117997.,First Moscow State Medical University named after I.M. Sechenov, Trubetskaya str. 8-2, Moscow, Russia, 119991
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Yang H, Zhang J, Xue Z, Zhao C, Lei L, Wen Y, Dong Y, Yang J, Zhang L. Potential Pathogenic Bacteria in Seminal Microbiota of Patients with Different Types of Dysspermatism. Sci Rep 2020; 10:6876. [PMID: 32327694 PMCID: PMC7181748 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-63787-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2019] [Accepted: 04/06/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Human microbiota play an important role in the health of their human hosts. Recent studies have demonstrated that microbiota exist in seminal plasma. The current study aims to elucidate whether seminal microbiota exist in patients with different types of dysspermatism and whether bacterial biomarkers can be identified for them. A total of 159 study participants were recruited, including 22 patients with oligoasthenospermia, 58 patients with asthenospermia, 8 patients with azoospermia, 13 patients with oligospermia, and 58 matched healthy controls. Seminal microbiota composition was analyzed using 16S rRNA gene-based sequencing. The results showed that the composition of seminal microbiota of patients with dysspermatism differed from those of healthy controls. Comparison of the microbiota composition in semen samples from patients with different types of dysspermatism showed that microbiota in patients with asthenospermia and oligoasthenospermia were distinct from healthy controls in beta diversity (P < 0.05). Characteristic biomarkers, including Ureaplasma, Bacteroides, Anaerococcus, Finegoldia, Lactobacillus and Acinetobacter lwoffii, were identified based on LEfSe analysis. Inferred functional analysis based on seminal microbiome data further indicated the presence of potential pathogenic biomarkers in patients with asthenospermia and oligoasthenospermia. These results provided profiles of seminal microbiota exhibited in different types of dysspermatism, thus providing new insights into their pathogenesis.
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- Huijun Yang
- Maternal and Child Health Care Hospital of Shandong Province, Jinan, 250000, China
- Key Laboratory of Birth Regulation and Control Technology of National Health Commission of China, & Key Laboratory for Improving Birth Outcome Technique of Shandong Province, Jinan, 250000, China
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- College of Life Science, Qilu Normal University, Jinan, 250200, China
- Shandong Children's Microbiome Center, Qilu Children's Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, 250022, China
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- Maternal and Child Health Care Hospital of Shandong Province, Jinan, 250000, China
- Key Laboratory of Birth Regulation and Control Technology of National Health Commission of China, & Key Laboratory for Improving Birth Outcome Technique of Shandong Province, Jinan, 250000, China
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- Shandong Children's Microbiome Center, Qilu Children's Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, 250022, China
- Shandong Institute of Industrial Technology for Health Sciences and Precision Medicine, Jinan, 250100, China
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- Maternal and Child Health Care Hospital of Shandong Province, Jinan, 250000, China
- Key Laboratory of Birth Regulation and Control Technology of National Health Commission of China, & Key Laboratory for Improving Birth Outcome Technique of Shandong Province, Jinan, 250000, China
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- Maternal and Child Health Care Hospital of Shandong Province, Jinan, 250000, China
- Key Laboratory of Birth Regulation and Control Technology of National Health Commission of China, & Key Laboratory for Improving Birth Outcome Technique of Shandong Province, Jinan, 250000, China
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- Maternal and Child Health Care Hospital of Shandong Province, Jinan, 250000, China
- Key Laboratory of Birth Regulation and Control Technology of National Health Commission of China, & Key Laboratory for Improving Birth Outcome Technique of Shandong Province, Jinan, 250000, China
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- College of Life Science, Qilu Normal University, Jinan, 250200, China.
- Shandong Institutes for Food and Drug Control, Jinan, 250101, China.
- Qingdao Human Microbiome Center, Clinical Laboratory and Core Research Laboratory, The Affiliated Central Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266042, China.
- Microbiological Laboratory, Lin Yi People's Hospital, Linyi, 276000, China.
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- Shandong Institute of Industrial Technology for Health Sciences and Precision Medicine, Jinan, 250100, China.
- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Big Data-Based Precision Medicine, School of Medicine and Engineering, Beihang University, & Key Laboratory of Big Data-Based Precision Medicine (Beihang University), the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People's Republic of China, Beijing, 100191, China.
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Zufferey F, Donzé N, Rahban R, Senn A, Stettler E, Rudaz S, Nef S, Rossier MF. Semen endocannabinoids are correlated to sperm quality in a cohort of 200 young Swiss men. Andrology 2020; 8:1126-1135. [PMID: 32167658 DOI: 10.1111/andr.12785] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2019] [Revised: 02/21/2020] [Accepted: 03/10/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND A role for endocannabinoids in the male and female reproductive systems has been highlighted during the recent decades. Some of these compounds bind the cannabinoid CB1 receptor, which is abundantly expressed in the central nervous system but also present in the reproductive system, while others act as 'entourage compounds' modulators. OBJECTIVES The present study aimed at evaluating the relationship between sperm quality and endocannabinoid profiles in a cohort of 200 young Swiss men and whether the presence of specific xenobiotics could influence these profiles. MATERIALS AND METHODS Semen analysis was performed according to WHO guidelines. Endocannabinoid profiles in blood and semen, as well as bisphenol A and S in urine, were determined by LC-MSMS methods. The presence of selected drugs was tested in urine by immunological screening, and urinary tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) metabolites were quantified by GC-MS. RESULTS Anandamide concentrations in seminal fluid and oleoylethanolamide (OEA) concentrations in blood serum appeared inversely correlated with sperm motility, while semen palmytoylethanolamide (PEA) was positively linked to sperm concentration. Moreover, OEA and PEA in seminal fluid were associated with better sperm morphology. Interestingly, the concentrations of the same endocannabinoids measured in both blood and semen were not correlated, and the presence of THC metabolites in some individuals was linked to lower concentrations of endocannabinoids. CONCLUSIONS In the context of the general decline of the sperm count observed within the male population, endocannabinoids in semen constitute a class of promising biochemical markers that open new perspectives as a complement for the usual evaluation of semen quality or for the toxicological screening of individuals' exposure to putative endocrine disruptors.
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- Fanny Zufferey
- Service of Clinical Chemistry & Toxicology, Central Institute of Hospitals, Hospital of Valais, Sion, Switzerland
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- Service of Clinical Chemistry & Toxicology, Central Institute of Hospitals, Hospital of Valais, Sion, Switzerland
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- Department of Genetic Medicine and Development, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Genetic Medicine and Development, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Genetic Medicine and Development, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universities of Geneva and Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Genetic Medicine and Development, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Service of Clinical Chemistry & Toxicology, Central Institute of Hospitals, Hospital of Valais, Sion, Switzerland.,Department of Internal Medicine, Geneva University Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland
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Olesti E, Garcia A, Rahban R, Rossier MF, Boccard J, Nef S, González-Ruiz V, Rudaz S. Steroid profile analysis by LC-HRMS in human seminal fluid. J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci 2020; 1136:121929. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jchromb.2019.121929] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2019] [Revised: 11/05/2019] [Accepted: 12/04/2019] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Williams AL, Gollapudi B, Pace ND, DeSesso JM. Comment on "Concentrations of vanadium in urine and seminal plasma in relation to semen quality parameters, spermatozoa DNA damage and serum hormone levels," by Wang et al. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2019; 685:772-774. [PMID: 31234139 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.06.101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2019] [Accepted: 06/06/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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- Amy L Williams
- Exponent, Inc., 1800 Diagonal Road, Suite 500, Alexandria, VA 22314, United States of America.
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- Exponent, Inc., 1800 Diagonal Road, Suite 500, Alexandria, VA 22314, United States of America
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- Exponent, Inc., 475 14th Street, Suite 400, Oakland, CA 94612, United States of America
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- Exponent, Inc., 1800 Diagonal Road, Suite 500, Alexandria, VA 22314, United States of America; Georgetown University School of Medicine, 3900 Reservoir Road NW, Washington, DC 20057, United States of America
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Wyns C, Straseski J, Gruson D. Biomarkers in reproductive health. Clin Biochem 2018; 62:1. [PMID: 30347184 DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2018.10.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/15/2018] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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- Christine Wyns
- Department of Gynecology-Andrology, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Avenue Hippocrate 10, 1200 Brussels, Belgium; Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique (IREC), Université Catholique de Louvain, Avenue Mounier 52, 1200 Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Pathology, University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Salt Lake City, UT 84108, USA
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- Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique (IREC), Université Catholique de Louvain, Avenue Mounier 52, 1200 Brussels, Belgium; Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Avenue Hippocrate 10, 1200 Brussels, Belgium.
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Metabolomics in chronic kidney disease: Strategies for extended metabolome coverage. J Pharm Biomed Anal 2018; 161:313-325. [PMID: 30195171 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpba.2018.08.046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2018] [Revised: 08/22/2018] [Accepted: 08/23/2018] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
Abstract
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is becoming a major public health issue as prevalence is increasing worldwide. It also represents a major challenge for the identification of new early biomarkers, understanding of biochemical mechanisms, patient monitoring and prognosis. Each metabolite contained in a biofluid or tissue may play a role as a signal or as a driver in the development or progression of the pathology. Therefore, metabolomics is a highly valuable approach in this clinical context. It aims to provide a representative picture of a biological system, making exhaustive metabolite coverage crucial. Two aspects can be considered: analytical and biological coverage. From an analytical point of view, monitoring all metabolites within one run is currently impossible. Multiple analytical techniques providing orthogonal information should be carried out in parallel for coverage improvement. The biological aspect of metabolome coverage can be enhanced by using multiple biofluids or tissues for in-depth biological investigation, as the analysis of a single sample type is generally insufficient for whole organism extrapolation. Hence, recording of signals from multiple sample types and different analytical platforms generates massive and complex datasets so that chemometric tools, including data fusion approaches and multi-block analysis, are key tools for extracting biological information and for discovery of relevant biomarkers. This review presents the recent developments in the field of metabolomic analysis, from sampling and analytical strategies to chemometric tools, dedicated to the generation and handling of multiple complementary metabolomic datasets enabling extended metabolite coverage to improve our biological knowledge of CKD.
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