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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Insulin and leptin enhance human sperm motility, acrosome reaction and nitric oxide production
Asian Journal of Andrology, Volume 10, No. 5, Year 2008
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Aim: To investigate the in vitro effects of insulin and leptin on human sperm motility, viability, acrosome reaction and nitric oxide (NO) production. Methods: Washed human spermatozoa from normozoospermic donors were treated with insulin (10 μIU) and leptin (10 nmol). Insulin and leptin effects were blocked by inhibition of their intracellular effector, phosphotidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K), by wortmannin (10 μmol) 30 min prior to insulin and leptin being given. Computer-assisted semen analysis was used to assess motility after 1, 2 and 3 h of incubation. Viability was assessed by fluorescence-activated cell sorting using propidium iodide as a fluorescent probe. Acrosome-reacted cells were observed under a fluorescent microscope using fluorescein-isothiocyanate- Pisum sativum agglutinin as a probe. NO was measured after treating the sperm with 4,5-diaminofluorescein-2/ diacetate (DAF-2/DA) and analyzed by fluorescence-activated cell sorting. Results: Insulin and leptin significantly increased total motility, progressive motility and acrosome reaction, as well as NO production. Conclusion: This study showed the in vitro beneficial effects of insulin and leptin on human sperm function. These hormones could play a role in enhancing the fertilization capacity of human spermatozoa. © 2008, Asian Journal of Andrology, SIMM and SJTU.
Authors & Co-Authors
Lampiao, Fanuel
South Africa, Stellenbosch
Stellenbosch University
Du Plessis, Stefan Stephanus
South Africa, Stellenbosch
Stellenbosch University
Statistics
Citations: 104
Authors: 2
Affiliations: 1
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1111/j.1745-7262.2008.00421.x
ISSN:
1008682X
e-ISSN:
17457262