Bioluminescence measurement of superoxide anion in infertile men with oxidative stress. 2024

Jahangir Mohammadzadeh, and Mohammad Reza Raoufy, and Milad Nazari, and Reza H Sajedi
Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.

Infertility is such an important issue in society today. In some cases of male infertility, the main cause is oxidative stress and the presence of reactive oxygen species in the environment or in sperm cells. All current techniques that measure oxidative stress, including the nitroblue tetrazolium Test, DNA Fragmentation Index, Malondialdehyde, and Endz Test are qualitative and semi-quantitative. These methods do not have good sensitivity and specificity. Semen samples from 50 infertile patients and 10 normal individuals were collected. The samples were examined for laboratory routine tests according to the WHO 2010 protocol. Oxidative stress tests, including DFI, NBT, and MDA, were performed for these two groups. Bioluminescence inhibition assay was performed for detection of O2.- in semen samples by aequorin. The normal individuals showed significantly better semen parameters than the patient's group. Significantly lower O2.- levels were seen in the patient's group compared to normal individuals. The cut-off value of O2.- levels in normal individuals was determined to be 8 × 105 RLU/s with a sensitivity of 100% and a specificity of 100%. Infertile patients, despite having reduced quality of semen parameters, have high O2.- levels, and this causes the intensity of bioluminescence to be quenched in these people.

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