title: The effect of spermine, spermidine and kallikrein on the triple adenosine triphosphatase enzyme activity of spermatozoa in males with oligoasthenozoospermia.
abstract: Unknown factors in the seminal plasma of normal semen that affect the motility of spermatozoa have a positive effect on adenosine triphosphatase (ATPase) enzyme activity. In an attempt to produce such an effect, spermine, spermidine and kallikrein were added to the incubation media in which spermatozoal ATPase enzyme activity was determined. These seminal substances increased the triple ATPase enzyme activity of spermatozoa from oligoasthenozoospermic men. We propose that the ATPase enzyme activity of spermatozoa may indicate sperm motility as a biochemical test.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Karacagil
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Imamoğlu
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Paşaoğlu
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Gülmez
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tatlişen
mesh_terms: D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D007610:Kallikreins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008297:Male; D009845:Oligospermia / Q000201:enzymology*; D013081:Sperm Motility / Q000187:drug effects; D013094:Spermatozoa / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology*; D013095:Spermidine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013096:Spermine / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D013096:Spermine; D007610:Kallikreins; D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases; D013095:Spermidine