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Mannose-binding sites on human spermatozoa and sperm morphology. 1996

H M Youssef, and G F Doncel, and B A Bassiouni, and A A Acosta

Jones Institute for Reproductive Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk 23507, USA.

OBJECTIVE To verify a possible association between the expression of sperm head mannose-binding sites and sperm morphology. METHODS Prospective in vitro study. METHODS University-based sperm biology and andrology laboratories. METHODS Twenty-seven fertile donors and 45 patients consulting for infertility. METHODS D-mannose-binding sites were identified using a fluoresceinated mannose-enriched bovine serum albumin. Hoechst 33258 was included to confirm sperm viability and hypo-osmotic swelling test to assess plasma membrane integrity. Sperm morphology was judged by strict criteria and semen samples were classified into three groups: normal (group N, > 10% morphologically normal sperm, n = 27), good prognosis (group G, 5% to 10%, n = 23), or poor prognosis (group P, < or = 4%, n = 22). RESULTS Only viable (Hoechst 33258 negative) spermatozoa with intact plasma membrane (hypo-osmotic swelling test positive)were considered in the evaluation of mannose-binding sites. The incidence of spermatozoa showing surface mannose-binding sites was higher in the N group (48.1% +/- 1.9%; mean +/- SEM) then in the G (17.6% +/- 4.4%) or P (7.6% +/- 2.3%) groups. Total mannose-binding site expression and percentage of morphologically normal sperm showed a high positive correlation (r = 0.80). CONCLUSIONS Altered expression of mannose-binding sites, putative zona receptors, may be one of the molecular defects causing decreased fertility in morphologically abnormal human sperm.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008297	Male		Males
D008358	Mannose	A hexose or fermentable monosaccharide and isomer of glucose from manna, the ash Fraxinus ornus and related plants. (From Grant & Hackh's Chemical Dictionary, 5th ed & Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed)	D-Mannose,Mannopyranose,Mannopyranoside,D Mannose
D011956	Receptors, Cell Surface	Cell surface proteins that bind signalling molecules external to the cell with high affinity and convert this extracellular event into one or more intracellular signals that alter the behavior of the target cell (From Alberts, Molecular Biology of the Cell, 2nd ed, pp693-5). Cell surface receptors, unlike enzymes, do not chemically alter their ligands.	Cell Surface Receptor,Cell Surface Receptors,Hormone Receptors, Cell Surface,Receptors, Endogenous Substances,Cell Surface Hormone Receptors,Endogenous Substances Receptors,Receptor, Cell Surface,Surface Receptor, Cell
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000090323	Mannose Receptor	A member of a family of endocytic receptors. Highly expressed on human macrophages, involved in regulating endocytosis, phagocytosis, and immune responses.	CD206 Antigen,Cluster of Differentiation 206,MRC1 Protein,Mannose Receptors,Mannose-Fucose Receptor,Mannosyl-Fucosyl Receptor,Receptor, Mannose,206 Cluster, Differentiation,Antigen, CD206,Differentiation 206 Cluster,Mannose Fucose Receptor,Protein, MRC1,Receptor, Mannose-Fucose
D001665	Binding Sites	The parts of a macromolecule that directly participate in its specific combination with another molecule.	Combining Site,Binding Site,Combining Sites,Site, Binding,Site, Combining,Sites, Binding,Sites, Combining
D013094	Spermatozoa	Mature male germ cells derived from SPERMATIDS. As spermatids move toward the lumen of the SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES, they undergo extensive structural changes including the loss of cytoplasm, condensation of CHROMATIN into the SPERM HEAD, formation of the ACROSOME cap, the SPERM MIDPIECE and the SPERM TAIL that provides motility.	Sperm,Spermatozoon,X-Bearing Sperm,X-Chromosome-Bearing Sperm,Y-Bearing Sperm,Y-Chromosome-Bearing Sperm,Sperm, X-Bearing,Sperm, X-Chromosome-Bearing,Sperm, Y-Bearing,Sperm, Y-Chromosome-Bearing,Sperms, X-Bearing,Sperms, X-Chromosome-Bearing,Sperms, Y-Bearing,Sperms, Y-Chromosome-Bearing,X Bearing Sperm,X Chromosome Bearing Sperm,X-Bearing Sperms,X-Chromosome-Bearing Sperms,Y Bearing Sperm,Y Chromosome Bearing Sperm,Y-Bearing Sperms,Y-Chromosome-Bearing Sperms
D037181	Lectins, C-Type	A class of animal lectins that bind to carbohydrate in a calcium-dependent manner. They share a common carbohydrate-binding domain that is structurally distinct from other classes of lectins.	C-Type Lectin Receptor,C-Type Lectins,C-Type Lectin,Lectin, C-Type,Receptors, C-Type Lectin,C Type Lectin,C Type Lectin Receptor,C Type Lectins,C-Type Lectin Receptors,Lectin Receptor, C-Type,Lectin Receptors, C-Type,Lectin, C Type,Lectins, C Type,Receptor, C-Type Lectin,Receptors, C Type Lectin
D037241	Mannose-Binding Lectins	A subclass of lectins that are specific for CARBOHYDRATES that contain MANNOSE.	Mannose-Specific Lectin,Lectin, Mannose-Specific,Lectins, Mannose-Binding,Mannose Binding Lectins,Mannose Specific Lectin