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Improvement of Human Sperm Vacuolization and DNA Fragmentation Co-Cultured with Adipose-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cell Secretome: In Vitro Effect.

Bader R., Ibrahim JN., Mourad A., Moussa M., Azoury J., Azoury J.

Laboratory Study, published in Int J Stem Cells (2019) — summary generated from the PubMed abstract.

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Study type
Laboratory Study
Journal
Int J Stem Cells (2019)
Country
Korea (South)
Reported sample size
—
Source database
PubMed
PMID
31474028
PMCID
PMC6881046
DOI
10.15283/ijsc19047
Citations
15

Abstract (original English)

Background and objectives Oxidative stress (OS) is known to be an important factor of male infertility. Adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells (AD-MSCs) are known to have immune-modulatory and anti-oxidant effects through their secretions, hence raising the idea of their potential benefit to improve sperm parameters. This study aims at investigating the effect of AD-MSCs conditioned medium (CM) on human sperm parameters in the presence and absence of H 2 O 2 -induced OS. Methods and results Sperm samples were collected from 30 healthy men and divided into two groups: non-stressed and H 2 O 2 -stressed. Isolated AD-MSCs from healthy donors undergoing liposuction were cultured and CM was collected at 24, 48 and 72 h. Both sperm groups were cultured with CM and a time course was performed followed by an evaluation of sperm parameters. The incubation of non-stressed and stressed sperm samples with AD-MSCs-CM for 24 h was found to have the optimum impact on sperm vacuolization, DNA fragmentation and OS levels in comparison to other incubation timings, while preserving motility, viability and morphology of cells. Incubation with CM improved all sperm parameters except morphology in comparison to the non-treated group, with the best effect noted with CM collected at 24 h rather than 48 or 72 h for sperm vacuolization and DNA fragmentation. When compared to fresh semen parameters (T0),

What this study does not prove

  • • This study does not prove SVF is an approved treatment or a replacement for standard care.
  • • This is preclinical work; animal or laboratory results cannot be applied to humans.

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