TUNEL labeling with BrdUTP/anti-BrdUTP greatly underestimates the level of sperm DNA fragmentation in semen evaluation

Autor: Maria De Geyter, Sofia C. Ribeiro, Monica Muratori, Christian De Geyter
Rok vydání: 2017
Předmět:
Male
0301 basic medicine
Physiology
Condensation
lcsh:Medicine
Gene Expression
Apoptosis
DNA fragmentation
Biochemistry
0302 clinical medicine
Animal Cells
Medicine and Health Sciences
Prospective Studies
lcsh:Science
Staining
sperm DNA fragmentation
brighter and dimmer sperm population
TUNEL
flow cytometry

030219 obstetrics & reproductive medicine
Multidisciplinary
TUNEL assay
Cell Death
medicine.diagnostic_test
Chromosome Biology
Chemistry
Physics
Cell Staining
Condensed Matter Physics
Spermatozoa
Chromatin
Body Fluids
Nucleic acids
Cell Processes
Physical Sciences
Fluorescein
Epigenetics
Cellular Types
Anatomy
Phase Transitions
Research Article
DNA damage
Semen
Semen analysis
Research and Analysis Methods
Andrology
03 medical and health sciences
In Situ Nick-End Labeling
Genetics
medicine
Humans
Infertility
Male

lcsh:R
Biology and Life Sciences
Cell Biology
DNA
Sperm
Semen Analysis
Germ Cells
030104 developmental biology
Terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase
Specimen Preparation and Treatment
lcsh:Q
Deoxyuracil Nucleotides
Zdroj: PLoS ONE
PLoS ONE, Vol 12, Iss 8, p e0181802 (2017)
ISSN: 1932-6203
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0181802
Popis: Many studies have now confirmed that sperm DNA fragmentation (SDF) is associated with a poorer outcome of some forms of assisted reproduction technology. For this reason, SDF is an important parameter to evaluate in male fertility assessment. TUNEL (terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase dUTP nick end labeling) assay coupled to flow cytometry is one of the most promising methods for SDF quantification. Several kits for the detection of DNA fragmentation are currently available on the market and all are recommended as equally appropriate to quantify SDF. In this work we compared for the first time the efficacy of two different types of TUNEL kits for SDF quantification: one using an indirect antibody-based labeling system (BrdUTP/fluorescein-anti-BrdUTP) and another using a direct labeling system (fluorescein-dUTP). We demonstrated that TUNEL indirect labeling system largely underestimates SDF when compared with the direct labeling, the differences ranging from 19.2% to 85.3% (p
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