Human Reproduction, Vol 13, 905-910, Copyright © 1998 by Oxford University Press
DY Liu and HW Baker
The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between calcium
ionophore A23187-induced acrosome reaction (AR) and sperm fertilizing
ability. Semen samples remaining after preparation for standard IVF were
studied in 109 patients who had sperm concentrations > or =20 x
10(6)/ml. Ionophore-induced AR was performed on motile spermatozoa selected
by centrifugation on a Percoll gradient. Semen analysis was performed using
standard methods. Patients with higher (>50%, n = 76) fertilization
rates had significantly higher ionophore-induced AR than patients with
lower (<50%, n = 33) fertilization rates (49 +/- 14 versus 38 +/- 21%, P
< 0.05). When the data from all patients were analysed by logistic
regression, only the percentage sperm motility in insemination medium and
ionophore-induced AR were significantly related to fertilization rates.
Similar results were also obtained when the data from a subgroup of
patients with poor (<15% normal) sperm morphology were analysed.
However, when patients with normal sperm morphology > or =15% were
analysed separately, only sperm count and the percentage of spermatozoa
with progressive motility in semen were significantly related to
fertilization rates. In conclusion, ionophore- induced AR was significantly
related to fertilization rates in vitro mainly in patients with
teratozoospermic semen. Tests for ionophore- induced AR may provide
additional information about sperm fertilizing ability but may not indicate
specific defects of the physiological AR.
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Calcium ionophore-induced acrosome reaction correlates with fertilization rates in vitro in patients with teratozoospermic semen
University of Melbourne Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Royal Women's Hospital, Carlton, Victoria, Australia.
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