Trace elements content in semen and their interactions with sperm quality and RedOx status in freshwater fish Cyprinus carpio: A correlation study

The relationship between semen seminal plasma ions and sperm cell velocities of wild-caught longspine scraper, <i>Capoeta trutta</i>

“…In our study, Na + and K + were seen as the main electrolytes involved in the maintenance of the osmolality of semen seminal plasma (Alavi and Cosson, 2006;Morisawa et al, 1983;Zadmajid, 2016). However, a positive correlation has been reported among osmolality, Na + , and Cl − in the seminal plasma of Alburnus alburnus (Lahnsteiner et al, 1996). This status can occur due to the different species (Alavi and Cosson, 2006;Verma et al, 2009).…”

“…Trace metals such as Zn, Al, B, Li, and Cu in semen seminal plasma were not correlated with sperm cell velocities. A similar status was confirmed for Zn in human semen (Bassey et al, 2013), while this was not the case for Zn in common carp semen (Kovacik et al, 2018) and human semen (Vickram et al, 2013), and for Zn and Cu in bovine semen (Tvrdá et al, 2013). These differences are probably due to the individual characteristics of the species (Verma et al, 2009), the activity of male reproductive accessory organs (Alavi et al, 2004), and the metal pollution of water (Acosta et al, 2016).…”

“…1) were found between velocities and Na + , K + , Mg, and Ca 2+ in the semen seminal plasma of Capoeta trutta. In some teleosts, some researchers have found a positive relationship between sperm cell motility and K + and Na + of seminal plasma (Alavi and Cosson, 2006;Bozkurt et al, 2008;Lahnsteiner et al, 1996) and Ca 2+ of northern pike Esox lucius (Siddique et al, 2016a). However, the ratio of Na + /K + in the semen seminal plasma is vital in understanding the characteristics of fish sperm cell motility (Alavi and Cosson, 2006).…”

“…However, some trace elements such as Zn, Mg, Cu, and Ca are important for the maintenance of normal spermatogenesis, sperm maturation, and DNA metabolism (Yuyan et al, 2008). There are some studies that associated trace elements with the parameters of oxidative stress and sperm cell motility in Acipenser ruthenus (Li et al, 2010); there are also associated relationships between trace elements and sperm cell motility in Cyprinus carpio (Kovacik et al, 2018), Barbus grypus (Ögretmen et al, 2014), the levels and effects of trace elements of semen seminal plasma in infertile men (Bassey et al, 2013;Vickram et al, 2013), and bovine semen (Tvrdá et al, 2013). Computer-assisted sperm analysis (CASA) systems are very popular for the practical analysis of sperm cell motility in various species and have combined the methods of predicting the analyzer's emotions with classical methods used in the past (Fauvel et al, 2010;Özgür et al, 2019).…”

Association of Zinc deficiency, oxidative stress and increased double-stranded DNA breaks in globozoospermic infertile patients and its implication for the assisted reproductive technique

“…Apart from Zinc ion, other metal ions such as Fe, Mn and Cu were also reported about their functions as prosthetic groups of SOD activity (26). For example, it was reported that Fe overload likely cause an increase in sperm DNA damage (27) and the level of Cu and Mn elements displayed correlation with DNA fragmentation (28). However, whether the level of Zinc ion is associated with sperm DNA damage as well as IVF outcome in globozoospermic infertile patients remain unclear.…”