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- Title
Phospholipase A Activity in Seminal Plasma of Men Attending an Infertility Clinic.
- Authors
Jansson, Åke; Ronquist, Gunnar; Frithz, Goran
- Abstract
Seminal plasma from 40 men attending an infertility clinic was analyzed for phospholipase A activity and compared with serum from 20 healthy blood donors. The imprecision of the method was acceptable and the overall coefficient of variation was 8.1 %. A huge discrepancy existed between seminal plasma and blood serum with regard to phospholipase A activity, the former fluid displaying on average a 180-fold higher activity than the latter. Preincubation of seminal plasma for 1 h at 37 °C resulted in an even higher phospholipase A activity while the corresponding activity in serum remained unchanged by such a treatment. This suggested the existence of a zymogen form of phospholipase A in seminal plasma. A significant correlation existed between sperm concentration and phospholipase A activity in seminal plasma (r = 0.46; p < 0.01) and preincubated seminal plasma samples from normozoospermic men displayed a significantly higher mean value than those of azoospermic men. Phospholipase A activity also correlated significantly to zinc concentration in seminal plasma (r = 0.67; p < 0.001). 4-Bromophenacyl bromide was inhibitory to a certain extent, the inhibition being most evident in the samples with high phospholipase A activity. Dibucaine and quinacrine, known phospholipase inhibitors in other systems, had no inhibitory effects. Only 58% of the seminal plasma samples contained measurable amounts of triglycerides. No significant correlation existed between triglyceride concentration and phospholipase A activity, r = 0.11. Copyright © 1991 S. Karger AG, Basel
- Publication
Urologia Internationalis, 1991, Vol 46, Issue 2, p184
- ISSN
0042-1138
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1159/000282129