Sperm Selection in Assisted Reproduction Techniques
Short Review
Keywords:
Sperm selection, assisted reproduction techniques, DNA damage, DNA fragmentation, apoptosis, in vitro fertilization
Abstract
Quality of sperm is a critical factor to success in terms of pregnancy rates in assisted reproduction treatments (ART). There is an increasing interest in improving procedures of sperm selection before in vitro fertilization with or without intracytoplasmic sperm injection. And since DNA abnormalities are known to have negative correlation with ART outcomes, novel approaches in sperm laboratory techniques are involved in select cells with normal DNA.References
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2. World Health Organization, Department of Reproductive Health and Research. 2010. WHO laboratory manual for the examination and processing of human semen.. (Fifth edition).
3. García-Herrero S, Garrido N, Martinez-Conejero JA, Remohi J, Pellicer A, Meseguer M. 2011. Differential transcriptomic profile in spermatozoa achieving pregnancy or not via ICSI. Reprod Biomed Online 22(1):25-36.
4. Ainsworth C, Nixon B, Aitken RJ. 2005. Development of a novel electrophoretic system for the isolation of human spermatozoa. Hum Reprod 20(8):2261-70.
5. Seli E, Gardner DK, Schoolcraft WB, Moffatt O, Sakkas D. 2004. Extent of nuclear DNA damage in ejaculated spermatozoa impacts on blastocyst development after in vitro fertilization. Fertil Steril 82(2):378-83.
6. Tavalaee M, Razavi S, Nasr-Esfahani MH. 2009. Influence of sperm chromatin anomalies on assisted reproductive technology outcome. Fertil Steril 91(4):1119-26
7. Boitrelle F, Guthauser B, Alter L, Bailly M, Bergere M, Wainer R, Vialard F, Albert M, Selva J. 2014. High-magnification selection of spermatozoa prior to oocyte injection: Confirmed and potential indications. Reprod Biomed Online 28(1):6-13.
8. Tarozzi N, Nadalini M, Bizzaro D, Serrao L, Fava L, Scaravelli G, Borini A. 2009. Sperm-hyaluronan-binding assay: Clinical value in conventional IVF under italian law. Reprod Biomed Online 19 Suppl 3:35-43.
9. Evenson DP, Larson KL, Jost LK. 2002. Sperm chromatin structure assay: Its clinical use for detecting sperm DNA fragmentation in male infertility and comparisons with other techniques. J Androl 23(1):25-43.
10. Tarozzi N, Bizzaro D, Flamigni C, Borini A. 2007. Clinical relevance of sperm DNA damage in assisted reproduction. Reprod Biomed Online 14(6):746-57.
11. Cayli S, Sakkas D, Vigue L, Demir R, Huszar G. 2004. Cellular maturity and apoptosis in human sperm: Creatine kinase, caspase-3 and bcl-XL levels in mature and diminished maturity sperm. Mol Hum Reprod 10(5):365-72.
12. Said TM, Agarwal A, Zborowski M, Grunewald S, Glander HJ, Paasch U. 2008. Utility of magnetic cell separation as a molecular sperm preparation technique. J Androl 29(2):134-42.
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