The Relationship of Circulating Antisperm Antibodies to Sperm Surface Antibodies in Infertile Men
| Autor: | Wayne J.G. Hellstrom, Ernest L. Lewis, Steven J. Samuels, James W. Overstreet |
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| Rok vydání: | 1988 |
| Předmět: |
Male
Infertility Immunoglobulin A endocrine system Rosette Formation Urology Semen Serum iga Antibodies Immunoglobulin G Male infertility Andrology medicine Humans Infertility Male biology urogenital system business.industry medicine.disease Spermatozoa Sperm Immunology biology.protein Binding Sites Antibody Antibody business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Urology. 140:1039-1044 |
| ISSN: | 1527-3792 0022-5347 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/s0022-5347(17)41922-7 |
| Popis: | The correlation between the amount and location of antisperm antibody binding to the sperm surface and the level measured in the serum has not been previously reported. Hence, the value and limitations of screening blood sera from men with suspected immunologic infertility are not currently known. In this study 70 paired sera and semen samples were assayed by the immunobead test (IBT). A screening protocol for blood sera was constructed to be 100% sensitive for detecting semen specimens with 20% or more of sperm binding IgG or IgA immunobeads. The specificity of this screening protocol was determined to be 79%. Serum IgA was not a good predictor of IgA on the sperm surface. The true positive predictive rate for antisperm antibodies on the sperm surface using circulating antisperm antibodies as a screening assay was estimated to be as low as 35%. There was little correlation between the site of immunobead binding following passive antibody transfer from patients' sera to donor sperm and the site of naturally occurring antibodies on the patients' sperm surface. Although direct assessment of antibodies on the sperm surface is preferred, these data suggest that serum IgG alone can be used as a sensitive screening assay for antisperm antibodies in men. A positive screen dictates that a direct assay on semen should be performed. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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