Investigation of Time-Dependent Changes in Spermatozoa DNA Condensation and Progressive Motility

Emine Aksoy 1, Müşerref Sultan Mermer 1, Duygu Dursunoğlu 2 * , Fatih Kara 3
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1 Konya Hospital of Education and Research, IVF Center, Konya
2 Selcuk University, Medicine Faculty, Department of Histology-Embryology, Konya
3 Selcuk University, Medicine Faculty, Department of Public Health, Konya
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EUR J BASIC MED SCI, Volume 3, Issue 4, pp. 70-77. https://doi.org/10.15197/sabad.2.3.14
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This study aimed to investigate time-dependent changes in spermatozoa DNA condensation and progressive motility and the correlation between DNA condensation and progressive motility of spermatozoa. Semen samples collected from 30 male patients were subdivided into two aliquots. The first aliquot was left unprocessed and labelled ‘raw’. The second aliquot was processed by a swim-up method and was evaluated at the 0th, 3rd and 24th hours. All samples were scored for routine semen analysis. Spermatozoa DNA condensation was evaluated by using the acridine orange and diff-quick stains. The percentages of the changes in the progressive motility and DNA condensation of spermatozoa were estimated. There were no significant differences between samples of the raw and the 0th, 3rd and 24th hours after processing in the percentage of spermatozoa DNA condensation. In all patients, the percentage of spermatozoa progressive motility was higher at the 0th and 3rd hours after processing than in the raw samples. There was no correlation between the percentages of the changes in spermatozoa DNA condensation and progressive motility. Spermatozoa selection can be performed reliably at the 3rd hour after processing of spermatozoa for in vitro fertilization (IVF) and intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) applications. In addition, it is possible to say that the obtaining and processing of spermatozoa that can be performed on the day before the ovum pick-up (OPU) when it is required would not cause to any change in spermatozoa DNA condensation.
Keywords: spermatozoa, DNA condensation, progressive motility

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Aksoy E, Mermer MS, Dursunoğlu D, Kara F. Investigation of Time-Dependent Changes in Spermatozoa DNA Condensation and Progressive Motility. Eur J Basic Med Sci. 2013;3(4):70-7. https://doi.org/10.15197/sabad.2.3.14

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