Blood and seminal plasma mercury levels and predatory fish intake in relation to low semen quality

Ai, Chin En; Li, Ching Jen; Tsou, Ming Chien; Chen, Jun Lin; Hsi, Hsing‐Cheng; Chien, Li Yin

doi:10.1007/s11356-019-04592-6

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“…HCl can also be used for the sample digestion [47]. Acid digestion can be performed in a closed vessel microwave system [30,31,81,82,85,89] that limits the loss of volatile elements and sample contamination. Again, the use of sample digestion leads to a dilution of the sample.…”

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“…The study groups of the articles using ICP were similar to those of the articles using AAS. So, we found groups of studies using fertile men as the control group and non-fertile men [30], and normal quality and low/abnormal seminal quality [44,45,81,83,85]. Further to this, some articles divided men into normozoospermic (N) men as the control group and oligospermic (O) men and azospermic (Azo) men [82], or oligoasthenozoospermic (OA) men [91].…”

Section: Heavy Metal Detection and Quantificationmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Analytical Determination of Heavy Metals in Human Seminal Plasma—A Systematic Review

López-Botella

Sánchez

Paul³

et al. 2023

Life

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Infertility is a growing concerning health problem affecting around 15% of couples worldwide. Conventional semen parameters have limited accuracy for male infertility potential determination. Current advances in the understanding of male infertility indicate that environmental and occupational exposure to chemical contaminants are important etiological factors leading to infertility problems. In this context, some heavy metals (HMs) can be considered as endocrine-disrupting compounds (EDCs), thus altering the seminal quality. This systematic review aims to summarize the key points to detect and quantify HMs in human seminal plasma (SP) and the involved analytical tools. Our results showed that that for HM quantification, atomic absorption spectroscopy (AAS) and inductively coupled plasma (ICP) were the most employed techniques while Zn, Cd, Pb, and Cr were the analytes most often detected. Fast, reliable, and sensitive quantification of EDCs in SP could be important for the development of accurate diagnostic and preventive strategies to address male infertility towards providing personalized therapy.

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Section: Heavy Metal Detection and Quantificationmentioning

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Analytical Determination of Heavy Metals in Human Seminal Plasma—A Systematic Review

López-Botella

Sánchez

Paul³

et al. 2023

Life

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“…It has been reported that men consuming predatory fish had higher blood mercury concentration, which was related with poorer sperm count with normal morphology ( 23 ). Thus, consumption of predatory fish might be a crucial risk factor for deterioration of semen quality ( 23 ). In addition, Mínguez-Alarcón et al ( 24 ) correlated semen quality with hair mercury concentration in males.…”

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Occupational and environmental mercury exposure and human reproductive health - a review

Kumar¹,

Sharma²,

Sedha³

2022

J Turkish German Gynecol Assoc

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Mercury is a toxic heavy metal. Humans are exposed to mercury through several sources including environmental, occupational, contaminated food and water and from mercury-containing dental amalgam. Mercury exposure is known to harm the nervous system profoundly, and have a negative impact on digestive and immune systems, and other organs. To review and discuss the effect of mercury exposure through environmental or occupational routes on human reproduction, pregnancy, and its outcome. Published information about the potential toxic effects of mercury on human reproduction were collected and summarized. Literature was identified by systematic search using relevant keywords. Literature review revealed a number of negative impacts of mercury on human reproduction. These included effects on semen quality, including reduced sperm count, motility, and changes in morphology that may reduce fertility potential. There may also be an effect in changing reproductive hormone levels. Mercury exposure might also affect pregnancy but the data concerning mercury effects on female reproduction are limited except for some data about mercury exposure and poor pregnancy outcomes. Available data indicate that mercury exposure may have a toxicity effect on reproductive potential, especially in males. Prenatal mercury exposure may affect pregnancy or its outcome and this appears to be dependent upon dose, duration, and timing of exposure. Nutritional status of exposed individual might also influence the impact of mercury.

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“…Additionally, a more recent study showed that bovine sperm exposed to Hg at 8 nM and 8 μM have less motility and have impaired sperm membrane integrity, increasing levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and LPO and decreasing the antioxidant activity and diminished fertility ability [62]. Regarding human fertility, in a cross-sectional study, participants with high blood Hg level had lower sperm with a normal morphology [63]. Cd is another male reproductive toxicant that exerts effects even at low levels of exposure by several mechanisms [64].…”

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The Role of Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals in Male Fertility Decline

Henriques¹,

Loureiro²,

Fardilha³

et al. 2020

Male Reproductive Health

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Endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) are exogenous compounds with natural or anthropogenic origin omnipresent in the environment. These compounds disrupt endocrine function through interaction with hormone receptor or alteration of hormone synthesis. Humans are environmentally exposed to EDCs through the air, water, food and occupation. During the last decades, there has been a concern that exposure to EDCs may contribute to an impairment of human reproductive function. EDCs affect male fertility at multiple levels, from sperm production and quality to the morphology and histology of the male reproductive system. It has been proposed that exposure to EDCs may contribute to an impairment of sperm motility, concentration, volume and morphology and an increase in the sperm DNA damage. Moreover, EDCs exert reproductive toxicity inducing structural damage on the testis vasculature and blood-testis barrier and cytotoxicity on Sertoli and Leydig cells. This chapter will explore the effects of EDCs in male reproductive system and in the decline of male fertility.

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Blood and seminal plasma mercury levels and predatory fish intake in relation to low semen quality

Cited by 12 publications

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Analytical Determination of Heavy Metals in Human Seminal Plasma—A Systematic Review

Analytical Determination of Heavy Metals in Human Seminal Plasma—A Systematic Review

Occupational and environmental mercury exposure and human reproductive health - a review

The Role of Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals in Male Fertility Decline

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