SARS-CoV-2感染降低了精子质量参数:对93名患者进行了前性一年后续研究
Christophe Depuydt1, Eugene Bosmans2, Jef Jonckheere3
1Department of Hormonology and Reproductive Health, Algemeen Medisch Laboratorium (AML), Sonic Healthcare, Antwerp, Belgium; Department of Clinical and Molecular Pathology, AML, Sonic Healthcare, Antwerp, Belgium.
EBioMedicine
|June 12, 2023
概括
SARS-CoV-2 感染暂时影响精子质量,影响运动性,形态和 DNA 完整性. 虽然大多数参数在感染后恢复,但像抗精子抗体这样的免疫反应会影响恢复率和生育潜力.
科学领域:
- 生殖医学 生殖医学
- 病毒学 病毒学
- 免疫学 免疫学 免疫学
背景情况:
- 关于SARS-CoV-2对精子质量和生育能力的影响的纵向数据有限.
- 了解COVID-19对男性生殖健康的影响至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 分析SARS-CoV-2感染对各种精液质量参数的差异性影响.
- 为了调查COVID-19对精子参数和生育结果随着时间的推移的影响.
主要方法:
- 使用世卫组织标准评估精子质量的纵向观察队列研究.
- 精子DNA碎片化指数 (DFI) 和高密度稳定性 (HDS) 的量化.
- 通过光显微镜评估IgA和IgG抗精子抗体 (ASA).
主要成果:
- SARS-CoV-2 感染影响了与精子生成周期 (流动性,形态, DFI, HDS) 独立的精子参数和依赖的参数 (精子度).
- 根据COVID-19后IgA和IgG-ASA的出现序列,患者被分组.
- 渐进性运动性根据ASA的存在而异,在没有ASA的患者中最低,在具有IgA和IgG-ASA的患者中最高.
结论:
- 感染SARS-CoV-2会在不同程度上改变精子参数,恢复受到个体免疫反应的影响.
- 机制包括免疫介导的半转化停止和免疫诱导的精子DNA损伤,这两种通常都是暂时的.
- 大多数精液参数在感染后恢复到基线水平,这表明对生育能力有暂时的影响.
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