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Sperm morphology and DNA fragmentation after zona pellucida selection
Sperm DNA fragmentation (SDF) and sperm morphological defects can negatively affect ART outcomes. Consequently, there is a need for additional semen processing technique that accounts for sperm DNA status and morphology prior to ICSI. The objective was to evaluate the efficacy of an additional zona...
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author | Ganeva, Rumiana Parvanov, Dimitar Velikova, Denitsa Vasileva, Magdalena Nikolova, Kristina Stamenov, Georgi |
author_facet | Ganeva, Rumiana Parvanov, Dimitar Velikova, Denitsa Vasileva, Magdalena Nikolova, Kristina Stamenov, Georgi |
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description | Sperm DNA fragmentation (SDF) and sperm morphological defects can negatively affect ART outcomes. Consequently, there is a need for additional semen processing technique that accounts for sperm DNA status and morphology prior to ICSI. The objective was to evaluate the efficacy of an additional zona pellucida adhesion-based sperm selection for obtaining sperm populations with a high percentage of normal morphology and DNA integrity as compared to native semen and routine swim-up preparation. Semen samples from 78 normozoospermic men were subjected to swim up and placed in petri dishes coated with 48 acid-solubilized zonae pellucidae. Sperm DNA fragmentation and morphology were assessed in the native semen, the swim-up samples, and the zona-adhered spermatozoa from each patient. The mean sperm DNA fragmentation of the zona-selected spermatozoa (3.5 ± 0.7%) was significantly lower than the swim-up samples (15.3 ± 5.2%) (P < 0.001) and native semen (24.9 ± 7.1%) (P < 0.001). All of the samples had lower levels of DNA damage after additional selection by zona pellucida adhesion. Significantly higher percentage of sperm with normal morphology was observed after zona-adhesion selection (11.4 ± 3.9%) when compared to the swim-up samples (8.9 ± 4.3%) (P < 0.001) or the native semen (5.3 ± 3.2%) (P < 0.001). In 94% of the samples, the percentage of spermatozoa with normal morphology increased after the additional zona selection. This study demonstrates that sperm selection by additional zona-adhesion technique yields a significantly higher percentage of spermatozoa with normal morphology as well as a significantly decreased level of DNA fragmentation when compared to the native semen and the swim-up-only prepared samples. LAY SUMMARY: High level of DNA folding known as sperm DNA fragmentation (SDF) inside each sperm and defects in the shape, size, and structure of the sperm can negatively affect assisted reproduction treatment (ART) outcomes. Consequently, there is a need for additional semen processing techniques that account for sperm quality prior to ART. Our team designed a simple technique using proteins from the coat around the egg (zona pellucida) to enhance sperm selection procedures based on natural sperm–egg interactions. Using this technique in combination with the most common techniques used in ART yields a significantly higher percentage of sperm with normal shape, size, and structure and a decreased level of DNA fragmentation. This sperm zona-selection technique would be beneficial if introduced in the ART practice to yield sperm with higher fertilization potential. |
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spelling | pubmed-88010292022-02-02 Sperm morphology and DNA fragmentation after zona pellucida selection Ganeva, Rumiana Parvanov, Dimitar Velikova, Denitsa Vasileva, Magdalena Nikolova, Kristina Stamenov, Georgi Reprod Fertil Research Sperm DNA fragmentation (SDF) and sperm morphological defects can negatively affect ART outcomes. Consequently, there is a need for additional semen processing technique that accounts for sperm DNA status and morphology prior to ICSI. The objective was to evaluate the efficacy of an additional zona pellucida adhesion-based sperm selection for obtaining sperm populations with a high percentage of normal morphology and DNA integrity as compared to native semen and routine swim-up preparation. Semen samples from 78 normozoospermic men were subjected to swim up and placed in petri dishes coated with 48 acid-solubilized zonae pellucidae. Sperm DNA fragmentation and morphology were assessed in the native semen, the swim-up samples, and the zona-adhered spermatozoa from each patient. The mean sperm DNA fragmentation of the zona-selected spermatozoa (3.5 ± 0.7%) was significantly lower than the swim-up samples (15.3 ± 5.2%) (P < 0.001) and native semen (24.9 ± 7.1%) (P < 0.001). All of the samples had lower levels of DNA damage after additional selection by zona pellucida adhesion. Significantly higher percentage of sperm with normal morphology was observed after zona-adhesion selection (11.4 ± 3.9%) when compared to the swim-up samples (8.9 ± 4.3%) (P < 0.001) or the native semen (5.3 ± 3.2%) (P < 0.001). In 94% of the samples, the percentage of spermatozoa with normal morphology increased after the additional zona selection. This study demonstrates that sperm selection by additional zona-adhesion technique yields a significantly higher percentage of spermatozoa with normal morphology as well as a significantly decreased level of DNA fragmentation when compared to the native semen and the swim-up-only prepared samples. LAY SUMMARY: High level of DNA folding known as sperm DNA fragmentation (SDF) inside each sperm and defects in the shape, size, and structure of the sperm can negatively affect assisted reproduction treatment (ART) outcomes. Consequently, there is a need for additional semen processing techniques that account for sperm quality prior to ART. Our team designed a simple technique using proteins from the coat around the egg (zona pellucida) to enhance sperm selection procedures based on natural sperm–egg interactions. Using this technique in combination with the most common techniques used in ART yields a significantly higher percentage of sperm with normal shape, size, and structure and a decreased level of DNA fragmentation. This sperm zona-selection technique would be beneficial if introduced in the ART practice to yield sperm with higher fertilization potential. Bioscientifica Ltd 2021-08-12 /pmc/articles/PMC8801029/ /pubmed/35118392 http://dx.doi.org/10.1530/RAF-21-0041 Text en © The authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) |
spellingShingle | Research Ganeva, Rumiana Parvanov, Dimitar Velikova, Denitsa Vasileva, Magdalena Nikolova, Kristina Stamenov, Georgi Sperm morphology and DNA fragmentation after zona pellucida selection |
title | Sperm morphology and DNA fragmentation after zona pellucida selection |
title_full | Sperm morphology and DNA fragmentation after zona pellucida selection |
title_fullStr | Sperm morphology and DNA fragmentation after zona pellucida selection |
title_full_unstemmed | Sperm morphology and DNA fragmentation after zona pellucida selection |
title_short | Sperm morphology and DNA fragmentation after zona pellucida selection |
title_sort | sperm morphology and dna fragmentation after zona pellucida selection |
topic | Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8801029/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35118392 http://dx.doi.org/10.1530/RAF-21-0041 |
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