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High resolution human sperm proteome LC-MSMS

ABSTRACT: The aim of this study was to achieve a higher resolution of the human sperm proteome for better understanding of the molecular causes of male infertility. For this purpose, we examined the proteomic profiles of sperm from 76 men for proteins with deregulated abundances. Infertile men had abnormal semen parameters and were involuntarily childless. Men in the cohort with normal fertility had normozoospermia and had fathered children without medical assistance. Mass spectrometry analysis led to an in-depth reconstruction of the human sperm proteome. The corresponding genes were mainly involved in cellular motility, response to stimuli, adhesion, and reproduction. We also observed increasing numbers of at least three-fold differentially abundant sperm proteins from oligozoospermia and oligoasthenozoospermia to oligoasthenoteratozoospermia, compared with normozoospermia. Primarily, flagellar assembly and sperm motility, sperm-egg interaction, and male gametogenesis were affected. This suggests that sperm of infertile men carry signatures of impaired sperm production and are functionally impaired. Not least, we present new male infertility markers in addition to established ones.

INSTRUMENT(S): Q Exactive Plus

ORGANISM(S): Homo Sapiens (human)

TISSUE(S): Sperm, Endosperm

SUBMITTER: Mario Dejung

LAB HEAD: Holger Herlyn

PROVIDER: PXD037531 | Pride | 2023-04-11

REPOSITORIES: pride

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The human sperm proteome-Toward a panel for male fertility testing.

Greither Thomas T Dejung Mario M Behre Hermann M HM Butter Falk F Herlyn Holger H

Andrology 20230413 7

<h4>Background</h4>Although male factor accounts for 40%-50% of unintended childlessness, we are far from fully understanding the detailed causes. Usually, affected men cannot even be provided with a molecular diagnosis.<h4>Objectives</h4>We aimed at a higher resolution of the human sperm proteome for better understanding of the molecular causes of male infertility. We were particularly interested in why reduced sperm count decreases fertility despite many normal-looking spermatozoa and which pr ...[more]

PMID: 36896575

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Project description:Infertility is a widespread problem, affecting around 15% of couples worldwide, and is defined as the inability to achieve pregnancy within one year despite unprotected intercourse 1. Infertility can be caused by either male or female reproductive issues. Various medical conditions including malignancies, infections, urogenital conditions, or genetic causes can contribute to male infertility. However, 30-40% of men in their reproductive age are affected by idiopathic infertility, according to the guidelines of European Association of Urology (EAU) 1. Towards a better understanding of male infertility, it is mandatory to achieve a comprehensive understanding of involved genes, their RNA transcripts, and regulatory factors, including miRNAs, which influence the expression level of proteins. Therefore, such proteins need to be identified to investigate their role in spermatogenesis and male infertility. Although there are numerous studies on RNAs, including miRNAs related to male infertility 2-9, there are few studies aiming to cover the whole proteome of human sperm 10. The sperm transcriptome comprises a total of 60,505 transcripts including 11,688 differentially expressed transcripts in infertile and fertile men, as reported by Joshi et al. (2022)11. The entire sperm proteome encompasses 6871 proteins, as summarized by Castillo et al. (2018)10. Nevertheless, there is still a lack of high-throughput studies aiming to identify dysregulated proteins in sperm from subfertile men. Only few studies focused on comparisons of the sperm proteome in men with asthenozoospermia and there is virtually no proteomic studies of oligoasthenozoospermic men 12. Some identified proteins in sperm have functions in maintaining sperm motility and enabling fertilization and are involved in structural composition and/or energy metabolism 12-14 and others are not yet functionally characterized. In this study, we employed Mass spectrometry (MS) technology that is still rarely used in the field of human reproductive research to investigate the proteomic landscape of human sperm and their differential expression patterns in men with subfertility.

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High resolution human sperm proteome LC-MSMS

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The human sperm proteome-Toward a panel for male fertility testing.

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