Correlation between the sperm motility and the adenylate cyclase activity in infertile men.
The relationship between the sperm motility and the adenylate cyclase activity in spermatozoa from patients with male infertility was investigated. Cyclic AMP contents were measured from 34 semen specimens and adenylate cyclase activity were assayed from 50 specimens. All semen specimens were collected from infertile men at our clinic by masturbation after 5 days sexual abstinence. Spermatozoa were washed and concentrated according to the method described by Harrison. The cAMP contents and the adenylate cyclase activity of spermatozoa were determined by radioimmunoassay. Positive correlations were found among the cAMP contents, the adenylate cyclase activity in human spermatozoa and the sperm motility. This result suggests that the sperm motility is regulated by the adenylate cyclase activity via cAMP and that poor sperm motility observed in infertile men is partially caused by the impairment of adenylate cyclase system.
Ishikawa
H
H
Department of Urology, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
Tomomasa
H
H
Yoshii
S
S
Koiso
K
K
Tajima
Y
Y
Okamura
N
N
Sugita
Y
Y
D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases / Q000032:analysis*; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D007248:Infertility, Male / Q000201:enzymology*; D008297:Male; D013081:Sperm Motility / Q000502:physiology; D013094:Spermatozoa / Q000201:enzymology*
D000242:Cyclic AMP; D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases