Are men talking their reproductive health away?

Agarwal, Ashok; Durairajanayagam, Damayanthi

doi:10.4103/1008-682x.140963

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“…The current study revealed a decrease in motility ratio and the progressive motility percentage in patients with prolonged cell phone daily use ≥4 h/day, while the decline in sperm mean count/ejaculate in those patients, did not reach statistical significance when compared to controls. These results are in line with previous studies that found a significant negative effect of cell phone exposure on human sperm motility [1] , [2] , [7] , [10] , [27] , [28] , [29] , [30] . Adams et al.…”

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Mobile phones electromagnetic radiation and NAD+-dependent isocitrate dehydrogenase as a mitochondrial marker in asthenozoospermia

2016

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NAD+-dependent Isocitrate Dehydrogenase (NAD+-IDH) could be one of the cell phone radiation targets. Enzyme activity alteration may lead to decline in sperm motility during radio-frequency electromagnetic waves (RF-EMW) exposure. The current case control study aimed to investigate the possible relationship between mitochondrial NAD+-IDH activity in human seminal plasma and sperm motility among asthenozoospermic cellular phone users. A total number of ninety idiopathic infertile males referred from the Department of Dermatology and Andrology, were enrolled in this study. NAD+-IDH activity was measured in human seminal plasma by spectrophotometer. Computer-aided sperm analysis (CASA) following WHO criteria has been used for semen analyses. The results showed that IDH activity was increased in patients with prolonged cell phone daily use ≥4 h/day. Its level, correlated negatively with either the motility ratio percentages (r = −0.46, p < 0.001) or the progressive motility percentages (r = −0.50, p < 0.001) in the study groups. The current study suggests that NAD+-IDH in human seminal plasma could be one of seminal plasma biomarkers reflecting the mitochondrial function of spermatozoa. Alteration of its level could reflect the defective motility of sperms among some cases of cellular phone users.

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Mobile phones electromagnetic radiation and NAD+-dependent isocitrate dehydrogenase as a mitochondrial marker in asthenozoospermia

2016

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“…Constant use of electronic devices also contributes to poor sleep hygiene. Exposure to radiofrequency electromagnetic waves radiation emitted by mobile phone use could potentially exert harmful effects on the testis [105] . One meta-analysis found that mobile phone exposure is associated with reduced sperm motility and viability [106] , whilst another study found this adverse effect on sperm motility and viability occurs only in vitro [107] .…”

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Lifestyle causes of male infertility

Durairajanayagam

2018

Arab Journal of Urology

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ObjectiveTo examine the potential effects of lifestyle factors on male reproductive health. Evidence of a global decline in human sperm quality over recent decades has been accumulating. Environmental, occupational, and modifiable lifestyle factors may contribute to this decline. This review focuses on key lifestyle factors that are associated with male infertility such as smoking cigarettes, alcohol intake, use of illicit drugs, obesity, psychological stress, advanced paternal age, dietary practices, and coffee consumption. Other factors such as testicular heat stress, intense cycling training, lack of sleep and exposure to electromagnetic radiation from mobile phone use are briefly discussed.Materials and methodA comprehensive literature search was performed to identify and synthesise all relevant information, mainly from within the last decade, on the major lifestyle factors associated with male infertility and semen quality. Database searches were limited to reports published in English only. A manual search of bibliographies of the reports retrieved was conducted to identify additional relevant articles.ResultsIn all, 1012 articles were identified from the database search and after reviewing the titles and abstract of the reports, 104 articles met the inclusion criteria. Of these, 30 reports were excluded as the full-text could not be retrieved and the abstract did not have relevant data. The remaining 74 reports were reviewed for data on association between a particular lifestyle factor and male infertility and were included in the present review.ConclusionThe major lifestyle factors discussed in the present review are amongst the multiple potential risk factors that could impair male fertility. However, their negative impact may well be mostly overcome by behaviour modification and better lifestyle choices. Greater awareness and recognition of the possible impact of these lifestyle factors are important amongst couples seeking conception.

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“…Although there are yet no conclusive certainties about this phenomenon during the years, different factors have been proposed to be involved in the accumulation of risk factors for infertility and for male infertility. These factors could be either related to social changes as well as to lifestyle [47,48], such as smoke of tobacco [49][50][51] and marijuana [52][53][54], alcohol [55,56], medications [57] and caffeine [58], but also to the environmental pollution, such as pesticides, solvents [59,60], electromagnetic fields (EMFs) [61][62][63] and compounds able to interfere with the endocrine control of biological functions.…”

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Membrane Dynamics of Spermatozoa during Capacitation: New Insight in Germ Cells Signalling

Bernabò¹,

Ramal-Sanchez²,

Valbonetti³

et al. 2018

Germ Cell

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The study of germline stem cells and of germline cells has deep implications for the understanding of fertility, development and cancer. Nowadays, we are experiencing the very fascinating challenge of application of -OMICS technologies to this issue, which is opening new and unexpected horizons in virtually all the branches of biology. Here, we carried out a review of signalling systems involved in maturation of male germ cells and in the process that leads them to become fully fertile. In particular, we discuss the control mechanisms involved in capacitation and acrosome reaction that act at membrane level. Indeed, spermatozoa membranes play key roles in determining the achievement of fertility: they are the interface with the surrounding environment, they locate the signal transduction systems and they are active in recognizing and binding the oocyte. In addition, we discuss the effect of several compounds that could exert a negative effect on reproductive activity, by interfering with the endocrine axis, the so-called endocrine disruptors.

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Are men talking their reproductive health away?

Cited by 17 publications

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Mobile phones electromagnetic radiation and NAD+-dependent isocitrate dehydrogenase as a mitochondrial marker in asthenozoospermia

Mobile phones electromagnetic radiation and NAD+-dependent isocitrate dehydrogenase as a mitochondrial marker in asthenozoospermia

Lifestyle causes of male infertility

Membrane Dynamics of Spermatozoa during Capacitation: New Insight in Germ Cells Signalling

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