Membrane fluidity and lipid content of human spermatozoa selected by swim-up method
International Journal of Andrology, ISSN: 0105-6263, Vol: 24, Issue: 6, Page: 327-334
2001
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Article Description
In this work, we examined whether spermatozoa (spz) from normospermic fertile patients and selected by a swim-up (S-U) procedure had a particular membrane fluidity related to their maturity and their lipid content as compared with the sperm cells from the whole ejaculate (total sperm). Swim-up selected sperm had a reduced cytoplasmic space as revealed by a lower creatine kinase (CK) activity compared with total sperm (2 ± 1 vs. 12 ± 5 mUI/10 spz, p < 0.05). The cholesterol (Chol) and total phospholipid (PL) contents were significantly lower in S-U selected sperm than in total sperm (0.72 ± 0.08 vs. 1.20 ± 0.30 nmol/10 spz for Chol and 1.77 ± 0.17 vs. 2.78 ± 0.50 nmol/10 spz for PL, p < 0.05) and such a decrease was observed for the three major membrane PL: phosphatidylethanolamine (PE), phosphatidylcholine (PC) and sphingomyelin (SM). However, these decreases were not associated with a change in either Chol/PL or PC/(PC + PE) molar ratios. Membrane fluidity estimated by fluorescence polarization remained comparable between the S-U sperm fraction and total sperm (fluorescence polarization anisotropy, r, which is inversely proportional to the fluidity: 0.235 ± 0.006 vs. 0.230 ± 0.005). The sperm membrane fluidity obtained in normospermic patients was compared with abnormospermic ones (oligoasthenoteratospermia). In abnormospermic patients, the membrane fluidity was decreased in migrated spermatozoa compared with total sperm (anisotropy: 0.210 ± 0.010 vs. 0.250 ± 0.013, p < 0.01). Our data suggest that the S-U method selected a subpopulation of mature spermatozoa characterised by a low content of Chol and PL, likely related to a reduced membrane area. The fact that Chol/PL and PC/(PC + PE) molar ratios were unchanged shows a maintenance of the membrane quality. This was confirmed by the fluorescence anisotropy measurement showing no difference in plasma membrane fluidity between S-U selected sperm and total sperm. In abnormal semen the migrated spermatozoa had a lower fluidity compared with total sperm suggesting a defective sperm function. These results bring new elements characterizing the S-U selected spermatozoa.
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