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Human live spermatozoa morphology assessment using digital holographic microscopy.
Kamieniczna, Marzena; Stachowska, Ewa; Augustynowicz, Agata; Wozniak, Tomasz; Kurpisz, Maciej K.
Afiliação
  • Kamieniczna M; Institute of Human Genetics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poznan, Poland.
  • Stachowska E; Department of Metrology and Measurement Systems, Institute of Mechanical Technology, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Poznan University of Technology, Poznan, Poland.
  • Augustynowicz A; Department of Metrology and Measurement Systems, Institute of Mechanical Technology, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Poznan University of Technology, Poznan, Poland.
  • Wozniak T; Institute of Human Genetics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poznan, Poland.
  • Kurpisz MK; Institute of Human Genetics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poznan, Poland. maciej.kurpisz@igcz.poznan.pl.
Sci Rep ; 12(1): 4846, 2022 03 22.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35318373
Digital holographic microscopy (DHM) was applied for the morphological assessment of live intact spermatozoa from fertile and infertile men directly after semen liquefaction. This method allowed us to study the sperm population directly from the sample droplet and not only from the focal plane of the microscope as in classical optical microscopy. The newly implemented 3-dimensional sperm morphological parameters (head height, acrosome/nucleus height, head/midpiece height) were included in morphological assessment of semen samples from fertile and infertile individuals. The values of the 3D parameters were less variable in fertile men than for infertile ones. DHM was also used to compare the morphological profiles of spermatozoa after applying the "swim-up" and gradient centrifugation techniques. During selection, the most statistically significant differences were observed after separation with a Percoll gradient of 90% and a 60-min "swim-up" procedure versus 'native' unfractionated samples. This shows that the developed methodology can be efficiently used for the selection of morphologically sound spermatozoa. The motility type for each spermatozoon was also assessed. The results indicate that the extension of the number of morphological parameters with new 3D parameters and the simultaneous assessment of sperm motility may be valuable addition to sperm examination.
Assuntos

Texto completo: 1 Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Motilidade dos Espermatozoides / Microscopia Limite: Humans / Male Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2022 Tipo de documento: Article

Texto completo: 1 Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Motilidade dos Espermatozoides / Microscopia Limite: Humans / Male Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2022 Tipo de documento: Article