title: [The role of oxygen radicals in the physiology and pathology of human sperm].
abstract: Reactive oxygen species in low doses are necessary compound of sperm capacitation and hyperactivation. Superoxide anion, hydroxyl radical and hydrogen peroxide initiate sperm capacitation. The edding of antioxidant enzymes inhibits the spontaneous and induced sperm hyperactivation. The process of capacitation is accompanied with the superoxide anion production output by spermatozoa. High doses of reactive oxygen species block the sperm motility through the inhibition of ATP synthesis by the mitochondrial enzymes and cell membrane compounds injury.
authors.affiliation: A. A. Bogomolets Institute of Physiology, National Academy of Science of the Ukraine, Kiev.
authors.forename: I M
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Man'kovs'ka
authors.forename: Z O
authors.initials: ZO
authors.lastname: Serebrovs'ka
mesh_terms: D005609:Free Radicals / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species / Q000502:physiology*; D013075:Sperm Capacitation / Q000502:physiology; D013081:Sperm Motility / Q000502:physiology; D013094:Spermatozoa / Q000473:pathology* / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D005609:Free Radicals; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species
vernacular_title: Rol' kysnevykh radykaliv u fiziolohiï ta patolohiï spermy liudyny.