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Shon WJ, Seong H, Song JW, Shin DM. Taste receptor type 1 member 3 is required for the fertility of male mice. Heliyon 2024; 10:e24577. [PMID: 38312691 PMCID: PMC10835302 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e24577] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2023] [Revised: 12/28/2023] [Accepted: 01/10/2024] [Indexed: 02/06/2024] Open
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Male infertility is a global health concern. However, its underlying pathophysiology remains unclear. Taste receptor type 1 member 3 (TAS1R3) is highly expressed in the testes, indicating its potential involvement in male fertility. Using wild-type and Tas1r3 knockout (KO) mice, we investigated whether TAS1R3 modulates male reproductive function. Tas1r3 KO mice exhibited reduced male fertility compared to WT mice, with fewer live pups per litter and a delayed first litter. Testicular transcriptome analysis indicated suppressed PKA/CREB/StAR signaling-mediated testosterone synthesis in Tas1r3 KO mice. In silico single-cell RNA sequencing revealed considerably higher Tas1r3 expression in Leydig cells than in other testicular cell subtypes. An in vitro study validated that Tas1r3 knockdown downregulated the expression of Creb1 and steroidogenic genes in Leydig cells. Our results suggest that testicular TAS1R3 is intricately involved in male reproduction via the PKA/CREB/StAR signaling pathway, highlighting its potential as a promising target for addressing male infertility.
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- Woo-Jeong Shon
- Research Institute of Human Ecology, Seoul National University, Gwanak-gu, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
- Department of Food and Nutrition, Seoul National University College of Human Ecology, Gwanak-gu, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Food and Nutrition, Seoul National University College of Human Ecology, Gwanak-gu, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Food and Nutrition, Seoul National University College of Human Ecology, Gwanak-gu, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Research Institute of Human Ecology, Seoul National University, Gwanak-gu, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
- Department of Food and Nutrition, Seoul National University College of Human Ecology, Gwanak-gu, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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Yang W, Cui H, Chai Z, Zou P, Shi F, Yang B, Zhang G, Yang H, Chen Q, Liu J, Cao J, Ling X, Ao L. Benzo[a]pyrene inhibits testosterone biosynthesis via NDUFA10-mediated mitochondrial compromise in mouse Leydig cells: Integrating experimental and in silico toxicological approaches. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2022; 244:114075. [PMID: 36108438 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2022.114075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2022] [Revised: 09/08/2022] [Accepted: 09/09/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Benzo[a]pyrene (B[a]P), a representative of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), is ubiquitously spread in the environment and showing deleterious impacts on male steroidogenesis, including testosterone synthesis disorder. However, the precise mechanisms involved in B[a]P-induced steroidogenesis perturbation remains obscure. In the present study, we integrated in vivo tests, transcriptome profiling, in vitro assays, and conjoint in silico toxicological approaches to delineate the detailed mechanisms. In mouse models, we observed that B[a]P administration remarkably inhibited testosterone synthesis accompanied by ultrastructural impairments of mitochondria and mitophagosome formation in mouse Leydig cells. Transcriptome profiling showed that B[a]P down-regulated the expression of Ndufa9, Ndufa6, Ndufa10, and Ndufa5 in mouse testes, which are identified as critical genes involved in the assembly and functionality of mitochondrial complex I. In the in vitro tests, the bioactive B[a]P metabolite BPDE induced perturbation of testosterone synthesis by NDUFA10-mediated mitochondrial impairment, which was further exacerbated by mitophagy in TM3 Leydig cells. The findings of in silico toxicological analyses were highly consistent with the experimental observations and further unveiled that B[a]P/BPDE-involved PPARα activation could serve as a molecular initiating event to trigger the decline in Ndufa10 expression and testosterone synthesis. Overall, we have shown the first evidence that mitochondrial compromise in Leydig cells is the extremely crucial target in B[a]P-induced steroidogenesis perturbation.
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- Wang Yang
- Key Lab of Medical Protection for Electromagnetic Radiation, Ministry of Education of China, Institute of Toxicology, College of Preventive Medicine, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing 400038, China
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- Key Lab of Medical Protection for Electromagnetic Radiation, Ministry of Education of China, Institute of Toxicology, College of Preventive Medicine, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing 400038, China
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- Key Lab of Medical Protection for Electromagnetic Radiation, Ministry of Education of China, Institute of Toxicology, College of Preventive Medicine, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing 400038, China
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- Key Lab of Medical Protection for Electromagnetic Radiation, Ministry of Education of China, Institute of Toxicology, College of Preventive Medicine, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing 400038, China
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- Key Lab of Medical Protection for Electromagnetic Radiation, Ministry of Education of China, Institute of Toxicology, College of Preventive Medicine, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing 400038, China
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- Key Lab of Medical Protection for Electromagnetic Radiation, Ministry of Education of China, Institute of Toxicology, College of Preventive Medicine, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing 400038, China
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- Department of Environmental Health, College of Preventive Medicine, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing 400038, China
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- Key Lab of Medical Protection for Electromagnetic Radiation, Ministry of Education of China, Institute of Toxicology, College of Preventive Medicine, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing 400038, China
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- Key Lab of Medical Protection for Electromagnetic Radiation, Ministry of Education of China, Institute of Toxicology, College of Preventive Medicine, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing 400038, China
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- Key Lab of Medical Protection for Electromagnetic Radiation, Ministry of Education of China, Institute of Toxicology, College of Preventive Medicine, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing 400038, China
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- Key Lab of Medical Protection for Electromagnetic Radiation, Ministry of Education of China, Institute of Toxicology, College of Preventive Medicine, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing 400038, China.
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- Key Lab of Medical Protection for Electromagnetic Radiation, Ministry of Education of China, Institute of Toxicology, College of Preventive Medicine, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing 400038, China.
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- Key Lab of Medical Protection for Electromagnetic Radiation, Ministry of Education of China, Institute of Toxicology, College of Preventive Medicine, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing 400038, China.
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Thitiphuree T, Nagasawa K, Osada M. Molecular identification of steroidogenesis-related genes in scallops and their potential roles in gametogenesis. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol 2019; 186:22-33. [PMID: 30195968 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2018.09.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2018] [Revised: 09/04/2018] [Accepted: 09/04/2018] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Sex steroids are crucial for controlling gametogenesis and germ cell maturation in vertebrates. It has been proposed that Yesso scallop (Mizuhopecten yessoensis) has the same sex steroids as those animals, but the scallop biosynthetic pathway is unclear. In this study, we characterized several steroidogenesis-related genes in M. yessoensis and proposed a putative biosynthetic pathway for sex steroids that is similar to that of vertebrates. Specifically, we identified several steroidogenesis-related gene sequences that encode steroid metabolizing enzymes: StAR-related lipid transfer (START) protein, 17α-hydroxylase, 17,20-lyase (cyp17a), 17β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (hsd17b), and 3β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (hsd3b). We sampled adult scallops throughout their reproductive phase to compare their degree of maturation with their intensity of mRNA expression. Semi-quantitative RT-PCR analysis revealed a ubiquitous expression of transcripts for steroid metabolizing enzymes (i.e., star, cyp17a, hsd17b, and hsd3b) in peripheral and gonadal tissues. Real-time PCR analysis revealed a high level of expression of star3 and cyp17a genes in gonadal tissues at the early stage of cell differentiation in scallops. Interestingly, mRNA expression of hsd3b and hsd17b genes showed a synchronous pattern related to degree of gonad maturity. These results indicate that both hsd3b and hsd17b genes are likely involved in steroidogenesis in scallops. We therefore believe that these steroid-metabolizing enzymes allow scallops to endogenously produce sex steroids to regulate reproductive events.
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- Tongchai Thitiphuree
- Laboratory of Aquacultural Biology, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, 468-1Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8572, Japan
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- Laboratory of Aquacultural Biology, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, 468-1Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8572, Japan
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- Laboratory of Aquacultural Biology, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, 468-1Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8572, Japan.
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Balli KS, Patton WC, Jacobson JD, Corselli J, King A, Chan PJ. Sperm velocity in seminal plasma and the association with gender of offspring. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2004; 50:37-40. [PMID: 14660170 DOI: 10.1080/01485010490250560] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The gender of the offspring is determined by the fertilizing sperm. Previous gender studies were based on washed sperm, but not on sperm in seminal plasma. The objective was to correlate motility parameters assessed during semen analyses with the offspring gender. For comparison, fixed sperm head DNA quantitated by Hoechst 33342 fluorescence microscopy was also analyzed. Forty-six patients undergoing assisted reproduction procedures resulted in livebirth deliveries with either male or female-predominant offsprings. Sperm head fluorescence was weakly correlated to the gender in 61% of the cases. Sperm of patients with male offsprings had slower curvilinear (44.2 +/- 1.8 mean +/- SEM, versus, 49.9 +/- 2.7 micro /sec) and slower average path velocities (32.4 +/- 1.2 versus 36.3 +/- 1.7 micro /sec). Using cut-off values for the curvilinear (< 49 micro /sec) and average path (< 36 micro /sec) velocities of sperm swimming in seminal plasma, the two parameters predicted 75 and 68% of the male offspring births, respectively. The data suggest that sperm movement in seminal plasma is a marker for factors that skew the ratio of the X- to Y-sperm populations.
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- K S Balli
- Departments of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Physiology and Pharmacology, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, California 92350, USA
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Jimenez DA, Chandler JE, Adkinson RW, Nipper WA, Baham A, Saxton AM. Effect of feeding gossypol in cottonseed meal on growth, semen quality, and spermatogenesis of yearling Holstein bulls. J Dairy Sci 1989; 72:1866-75. [PMID: 2778170 DOI: 10.3168/jds.s0022-0302(89)79305-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Yearling Holstein bulls were fed a corn silage ration supplemented with either cottonseed meal with gossypol or soybean meal in two trials to evaluate the effect of feeding gossypol on reproductive characteristics. In Trial 1, roughage to concentrate ratio was 88:12 and was fed for 60 d. In Trial 2, roughage to concentrate ratio was 50:50 and was fed for 42 d. Cottonseed meal concentrate had 3.03 g total gossypol/kg DM. Cottonseed meal concentrate was fed to provide 6 and 30 mg total gossypol/kg BW per d in Trials 1 and 2. Ejaculates were collected twice weekly via artificial vagina and critiqued for quantity and quality before and after thawing and after postthaw incubation. Leptotene spermatocytes to Sertoli cell ratio in stage 1 tubules was used to evaluate spermatogenesis. Growth characteristics and tissue total gossypol concentrations were also evaluated. No gossypol was found in plasma taken before, during, or after Trial 1 or from body organs or plasma taken during or after Trial 2. No signs of gossypol toxicity were observed, and growth characteristics were similar on both rations. Gossypol in cottonseed meal fed at low to moderate concentrations was not deleterious to seminal quantity or quality, and spermatogenesis was unaffected by treatment.
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- D A Jimenez
- Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, Baton Rouge 70803
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Aqueous-soluble gossypol Schiff's bases, SP562: bis-8,8'-[(N-(2-(dimethylamino)ethyl]-iminomethylene]- [1,1',6,6',7,7'-hexahydroxy-5,5'-diisopropyl-3,3'-dimethyl-2,2- binaphthalene dihydrochloride; SP563: bis-8,8'-[(N-(2-(diethylamino)ethyl]-iminomethylene]-1,1',6,6',7,7 '- hexahydroxy-5,5'-diisopropyl-3,3'-dimethyl-2,2'-binaphthalene++ + dihydrochloride; and SP564: bis-8,8'-[(N-(2-(diethylamino)propyl]-iminomethylene]- 1,1',6,6',7,7'-hexahydroxy-5,5'-diisopropyl-3,3'-dimethyl-2,2'- binaphthalene dihydrochloride, were investigated for their effects on human sperm motility. SP564, which has the longest alkyl substituent of the Schiff's base, appeared to exert the greatest inhibitory effects on human sperm motility. These inhibitory effects were even greater than those caused by (+/-)gossypol acetic acid at the same concentration.
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- N Tanphaichitr
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Loeb Institute for Medical Research, Ottawa Civic Hospital, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Hong CY, Huang JJ, Wu P. The inhibitory effect of gossypol on human sperm motility: relationship with time, temperature and concentration. HUMAN TOXICOLOGY 1989; 8:49-51. [PMID: 2714811 DOI: 10.1177/096032718900800109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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The inhibitory effect of gossypol acetic acid on human sperm motility was studied with a transmembrane migration method. Gossypol decreased sperm motility after it had been incubated with semen for more than 15 min. However, when sperm motility was evaluated immediately after semen had been mixed with gossypol, no inhibitory effect could be found. We consider that the sperm immobilizing potency of gossypol is much less than our previously studied sperm immobilizing agents. It is unlikely that gossypol can be developed as a vaginal spermicide. The importance of time course in the pharmacological study of sperm motility is emphasized in this study.
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- C Y Hong
- Department of Medicine, Taiwan Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Republic of China
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Chongthammakun S, Ekavipat C, Sanitwongse B, Pavasuthipaisit K. Effects of gossypol on human and monkey sperm motility in vitro. Contraception 1986; 34:323-31. [PMID: 3791997 DOI: 10.1016/0010-7824(86)90013-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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The effects of gossypol acetic acid on human and monkey sperm motility in vitro were studied by using multiexposure photography technique. Human and monkey spermatozoa were inhibited by gossypol to different degrees. Monkey sperm were absolutely immotile within 15 min after 50 microM of gossypol was added, but motility of human spermatozoa was not completely suppressed by gossypol even at the highest concentration used and longest duration of exposure.
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Tang LC, Chan SY. Seminal plasma levels of luteinizing hormone, prolactin and testosterone in the evaluation of male infertility. ASIA-OCEANIA JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY 1986; 12:275-83. [PMID: 3767710 DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0756.1986.tb00191.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Kanje M, Ekström P, Deinum J, Wallin M. The effect of gossypol on fast axonal transport and microtubule assembly. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1986; 856:437-42. [PMID: 2421770 DOI: 10.1016/0005-2736(86)90134-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Gossypol at micromolar concentrations (2 microM) was found to inhibit axonal transport and a microsomal ATPase activity in the frog sciatic nerve, although axonal microtubules and the neuronal content of AMP, ADP and ATP were not affected. At slightly higher concentrations (30-40 microM), gossypol also inhibited microtubule assembly and neuronal energy metabolism. Gossypol accumulated in the nerve and the results indicate that gossypol may act as a potent neurotoxin.
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Kim IC, Waller DP, Marcelle GB, Cordell GA, Fong HH, Pirkle WH, Pilla L, Matlin SA. Comparative in vitro spermicidal effects of (+/-)-gossypol, (+)-gossypol, (-)-gossypol and gossypolone. Contraception 1984; 30:253-9. [PMID: 6509980 DOI: 10.1016/0010-7824(84)90088-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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The comparative in vitro spermicidal effects of (+)-gossypol, (-)-gossypol and (+/-)-gossypol were evaluated on the spermatozoa of human, monkey, rabbit, mouse, rat and hamster. The spermicidal effects of gossypol isomers were also compared with those of gossypolone, which is a proposed major metabolite of gossypol. Gossypol isomers and gossypolone were all spermicidal. (+)- and (-)-Gossypol demonstrated spermicidal activities at the same concentration at which (+/-)-gossypol shows spermicidal effects on the spermatozoa of all species tested. However, gossypolone was less potent than the gossypol isomers. The spermicidal action of gossypol may be a nonspecific effect unrelated to the antifertility mechanism of orally administered gossypol, since (+)-gossypol which is not an effective male antifertility agent also showed the equivalent spermicidal effect to that of (+/-)-gossypol.
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Max B. Training toxicologists: the move from learning to understanding. Trends Pharmacol Sci 1984. [DOI: 10.1016/0165-6147(84)90468-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The potential functions of testosterone and 5 alpha-dihydrotestosterone, the androgens normally present in human seminal plasma, on human spermatozoal physiology were evaluated by studying the effects of these two steroid hormones on the in vitro fertilizing capacity of human spermatozoa. Spermatozoa collected from presumably fertile men were washed in BWW medium and incubated with different concentrations (0, 100, 250, 500, 1000 pg/ml) of testosterone or 5 alpha-dihydrotestosterone for 5 hr before insemination of the zona-free hamster ova. Penetration of the zona-free hamster ova was scored 6 hr later and the results were analyzed statistically. Both testosterone and 5 alpha-dihydrotestosterone, at the concentrations tested, significantly decreased the in vitro penetration of the denuded hamster ova in comparison to the controls (p less than 0.05). A dose-dependent response was also observed for the 5 alpha-dihydrotestosterone tested. These findings indicate that exogenous testosterone and 5 alpha-dihydrotestosterone can inhibit the fertilizing capacity of human spermatozoa in vitro, and suggest that the androgens normally present in human seminal plasma may serve, in part, to prevent premature spermatozoal capacitation before the spermatozoa reach the site of fertilization in vivo.
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A clinical study concerning the vaginal contraceptive efficacy of gossypol acetic acid was performed. Fifteen women who had undergone tubal sterilization volunteered for the study. The effect of vaginal gossypol-containing gel on spermatozoa was determined by postcoital tests performed in subjects without and after using gossypol gel. After gossypol application, the number of spermatozoa found in cervical mucus was greatly decreased and, in eleven of the fifteen women, all spermatozoa seen were immobilized. In four cases a few poorly motile spermatozoa were seen but they showed no forward progression. We have previously reported that gossypol has an inhibitory effect on herpes simplex virus type 2 in vitro. This anti-viral property of gossypol makes it particularly attractive as a topical barrier contraceptive. The present study shows that gossypol is also promising as a vaginal contraceptive agent in human in vivo experiments.
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Gossypol was isolated and purified from cotton seed flour. It was found to inhibit rat testis cytosolic LDH-X activity, in vitro, in a dose-dependent manner. Preincubation of the enzyme with gossypol increased the inhibitory effect markedly. Addition of NADH to the preincubation mixture imparted some protection against inhibition. The inhibitory effect of gossypol was competitive with respect to NADH, but non-competitive with respect to alpha-ketoglutarate. The latter is reported to be a specific substrate for rat LDH-X and hence can be used for measuring LDH-X activity in the presence of other lactic dehydrogenase isoenzymes. Preliminary studies show that gossypol can inhibit other dehydrogenases such as glutamic dehydrogenase, glutathione reductase and malic dehydrogenase as well.
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Essig M, Schoenfeld C, Amelar RD, Dubin L, Weiss G. Stimulation of human sperm motility by relaxin*†*Presented at the Thirty-Eighth Annual Meeting of The American Fertility Society, March 20 to 24, 1982, Las Vegas, Nevada.†Supported by NIH grant HD 12395, 288-81 from United Cerebral Palsy Foundation, and a grant from the Mellon Foundation. Fertil Steril 1982. [DOI: 10.1016/s0015-0282(16)46516-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Moreno-Escallon B, Ridley AJ, Wu CH, Blasco L. Hormones in seminal plasma. ARCHIVES OF ANDROLOGY 1982; 9:127-34. [PMID: 6890792 DOI: 10.3109/01485018208990230] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Testosterone and prolactin play an important but unclear role in the process of spermatogenesis. Peripheral levels of these hormones are usually normal in infertile patients even when the characteristics of the sperm are subnormal. This study was conducted to evaluate the possible relationship between sperm quality and seminal content of testosterone and prolactin in 70 men. Men with normal semen analysis had venous blood levels of testosterone and prolactin that were not different from those seen in men with abnormal semen analysis while seminal concentration of testosterone was higher in the latter group of men. Testosterone concentration in semen from the 70 men investigated was 69 +/- 4 ng/100 ml, and in venous blood 487 +/- 20 ng/100 ml. However, in blood, one-third of this steroid was bound to testosterone binding globulin (TeBG), while no TeBG bound fraction of testosterone was found in seminal fluid. There was a direct correlation between the venous and seminal levels of these two hormones.
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Moreno-Escallon B, Chappel S, Blasco L. Luteinizing hormone in cervical mucus**Presented at the Thirty-Seventh Annual Meeting of The American Fertility Society, March 14 to 18, 1981, Atlanta, Georgia.††Supported by Rockefeller Foundation Grant RF-78082, 1133 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10036. Fertil Steril 1982. [DOI: 10.1016/s0015-0282(16)46162-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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