Technology Updates in Male Infertility Management

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 61-65
Author(s):  
Aucky Hinting ◽  
Agustinus Agustinus

Background: Technologies are replacing manpower many fields including medical field. Several devices have been marketed for replacing/reducing manpower in the medical field including male infertility. Here we reviewed several technologies that developed in male infertility. Review: Computer assisted sperm analysis (CASA), Automatic assessment of biochemical marker of seminal plasma, B-mode ultrasound, and automatic sperm cryopreservation can be applied routinely. Several updates i.e. automatic histopathology assessment, ultrasound strain elastography, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) stronger than 3.0 T, Artificial intelligence for predicting the presence of sperm in azoospermia cases, automatic sperm selection, and automatic intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) need more studies before their application. Summary: Prudent choice based on valid studies is needed in order to give a comprehensive management to patient with male infertility without using useless technology.

Author(s):  
Байлар Садраддинович Иолчиев ◽  
Анна Валиевна Таджиева ◽  
Павел Михайлович Кленовицкий ◽  
Вугар Алиевич Багиров ◽  
Александр Алексеевич Никишов ◽  
...  

Практической частью репродуктивной технологии является прогноз и оценка фертильности самцов. Существующие методы оценки семени не дают достаточно корректного прогноза результатов осеменения и, следовательно, репродуктивного потенциала того или иного производителя. В работе приведены данные комплексной оценки биологической полноценности семени чистопородных и гибридных хряков-производителей с использованием компьютерной технологии CASA (computer-assisted sperm analysis). Оценивали активность сперматозоидов в образцах классическим способом (микроскопирование) и с помощью компьютерной технологии, программа «Зоосперм 1.0». Исследования проводили в 2014 – 2015 гг. в Лаборатории репродуктивной криобиологии животных (Россия). Объектом исследования служила сперма чистопородных и гибридных хряков-производителей, разводимых в разных регионах Российской Федерации: крупная белая (n = 24), дюрок (n = 28), ландрас (n = 18), пьетрен (n = 8), гибридные (n = 6). Установлено, что высокими репродуктивными качествами отличаются хряки-производители породы ландрас и гибридов, от них в среднем за эякулят получено 290,2 и 290,6 мл спермы соответственно; наименьшими — хряки-производители породы пьетрен (270 мл). Частота встречаемости сперматозоидов с аномальной морфологией высокая у хряков-производителей породы дюрок (12 %) и пьетрен (15 %). Частота встречаемости аномалии в разных сегментах сперматозоидов зависит от индивидуальной особенности хряков-производителей. У одних производителей наиболее часто встречаются морфологические отклонения головки, например, у хряка породы ландрас оно составило 58,60 %, у других часто встречались отклонения от нормы в строении жгутика (12,1 – 29,3 %). Использование компьютерной технологии при оценке биологической полноценности сперматозоидов хряков-производителей является наиболее точным и информативным.


Animals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 1885
Author(s):  
José Néstor Caamaño ◽  
Carolina Tamargo ◽  
Inmaculada Parrilla ◽  
Felipe Martínez-Pastor ◽  
Lorena Padilla ◽  
...  

Genetic resource banks (GRB) preserve the genetic material of endangered, valuable individuals or genetically relevant breeds. Semen cryopreservation is a crucial technique to reach these goals. Thus, we aimed to assess the sperm parameters of semen doses from the native pig breed Gochu Asturcelta stored at the GRB of Principado de Asturias (GRB-PA, Gijón, Spain), focusing on intrinsic and extrinsic (boar, season) factors. Two straws per boar (n = 18, 8–71 months of age) were thawed, pooled, and assessed after 30 and 150 min at 37 °C by CASA (computer-assisted sperm analysis system; motility and kinematic parameters) and flow cytometry (viability, acrosomal status, mitochondrial activity, apoptosis, reactive oxygen species, and chromatin status). The effects of age, incubation, and season on post-thawing quality were determined using linear mixed-effects models. Parameters were on the range for commercial boar breeds, with chromatin status (SCSA: fragmentation and immaturity) being excellent. Incubation decreased sperm quality and functionality. The boar age did not have a significant effect (p > 0.05), but the between-boar variability was significant (p < 0.001). The season significantly affected many parameters (motility, kinematics, viability, acrosomal status, mitochondrial activity), especially after 150 min of incubation. In general, samples collected in spring and summer showed higher quality post-thawing, the lowest in winter. In conclusion, the sperm doses from the Gochu Asturcelta breed stored at the GRB-PA showed excellent chromatin status and acceptable characteristics after thawing. Therefore, boar and seasonal variability in this autochthonous breed could be relevant for cryobank management.


Respuestas ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 16-27
Author(s):  
Leonardo Hernández-Corredor ◽  
Alexander Nivia-Osuna ◽  
Daniel Hernández-Villamizar ◽  
Jorge Alexander Rubio-Parada ◽  
Armando Quintero-Moreno

 El estudio evaluó la motilidad espermática y su efecto postdescongelación en semen caprino, en dos medios comerciales (Andromed® y TwoStep®) y diferentes protocolos de congelación (medio completo, con adicción del 10% de yema de huevo, semen centrifugado y sobrenadante seminal), se utilizaron machos de la raza alpina de la Universidad Francisco de Paula Santander Ocaña, el semen fue colectado con electroeyaculador, una vez los medios terminados y parte de los contenidos seminales enteros o centrifugados mezclados, se estabilizó por 2 horas, se envasó en pajillas de 0,5 cc y se congela en vapores de nitrógeno por 10 minutos, las pajillas se llevaron al laboratorio de Andrología de la Universidad del Zulia y por medio del sistema C.A.S.A.(Computer Assisted Sperm Análisis) se evaluaron los parámetros de motilidad como velocidad curvilínea (VCL), velocidad rectilínea (VSL), velocidad lineal (VAP), índice de linealidad (LIN), índice de rectitud (STR), índice de oscilación (ALH), Amplitud media del desplazamiento lateral de la cabeza del espermatozoide (BCF), los datos fueron analizados por medio del procedimiento GLM de SAS versión 9.0; los mejores índices de motilidad (VCL, ALH, BCF) fueron expresados enel tratamiento de contenido seminal centrifugado en medio Andromed®. (p≤0,001))La mejor progresividad espermática (VSL,LIN,STR)se presentó el tratamiento de Semen completo de caprino, criopreservado en medio comercial TwoStep®. ABSTRACT  The study evaluated the effect sperm motility and sperm post-thawing in goats, two commercial means (Andromed ® and Two Step ®) and different freezing protocols (complete medium with 10% addition of the egg yolk, semen centrifuged supernatant and seminal ), we used males of the Alpine race of the University Francisco de Paula Santander Ocaña, semen was collected with electroejaculator once finished media and part of the whole and centrifuged seminal contents mixed, stabilized by two hours, packed in 0.5 cc straws and frozen in nitrogen vapor for 10 min, the straws were taken to the laboratory of Andrology at the University of Zulia and through CASA system (Computer Assisted Sperm Analysis) were evaluated motility parameters such as curvilinear velocity (VCL), straight line velocity (VSL), linear velocity (VAP), linearity index (LIN), straightness index (STR) Oscillation Index (ALH ) average amplitude of the lateral displacement of the sperm head (BCF), the data were analyzed by the GLM procedure of SAS version 9.0, the highest rates of motility (VCL, ALH, BCF) were expressed in the treatment of seminal content centrifugation Andromed ® medium. (p ≤ 0.001)) The best progressive sperm (VSL, LIN, STR) will present the full Semen treatment goats, cryopreserved at Two Step ® commercial medium.Keywords: semen, buck, Andromed, Two step.


2000 ◽  
Vol 15 (6) ◽  
pp. 1322-1328 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aida M. Cancel ◽  
Danelle Lobdell ◽  
Pauline Mendola ◽  
Sally D. Perreault

Reproduction ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 128 (2) ◽  
pp. 171-179 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harald Schmidt ◽  
Günter Kamp

Hyperactivity, a form of sperm motility characterized by vigorous flagellar movements, has been proposed as essential for fertilization in mammals. The objective of the present study was to establish a method for inducing hyperactivityin vitroin boar spermatozoa and to define threshold values to differentiate between hyperactive and non-hyperactive spermatozoa by computer-assisted sperm analysis (CASA) as a prerequisite for analyzing the energy metabolism during hyperactivity. In TALP-HEPES medium, non-frozen boar spermatozoa were stimulated to hyperactivity by 50 μmol l−1Ca2+within 15 min at 37 °C if 5 μmol l−1of the Ca2+ionophore A23187 was present. If 25% seminal plasma was present, boar spermatozoa required higher Ca2+concentrations (about 700 μmol l−1) for hyperactivity. Under both conditions, immobilization and head-to-head agglutination were low so that hyperactive spermatozoa could be analyzed for at least 40 min. The transition from normal to hyperactive movement was characterized by an increase in flagellar beat angle from 49° ± 12° to 200° ± 36° (n= 32) and a decrease in flagellar curvature ratio from 0.89 ± 0.04 to 0.47 ± 0.11 (n= 32). For quantification of hyperactive boar sperm, kinematic parameters of hyperactive and non-hyperactive spermatozoa were measured by CASA and statistically evaluated (receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis). The threshold values of the following four parameters were well suited for differentiating between hyperactive and non-hyperactive boar spermatozoa (ROC curve analysis: >50% specificity at 100% sensitivity). Hyperactive boar spermatozoa showed mean lateral head displacement >3.5 μm, curvilinear velocity >97 μm s−1, linearity <32% and wobble <71%. According to this multiparametric definition, induction of hyperactivity increased significantly (P< 0.0001) the fraction of hyperactive spermatozoa in semen samples from 5.1 ± 4.3% (n= 13) to 48.3 ± 6.6% (n= 7) in the absence and to 44.2 ± 7.6% (n= 10) in the presence of 25% seminal plasma, while the overall percentage of motile spermatozoa did not change significantly.


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