氧化应激
褪黑素
活性氧
脂质过氧化
精子
DNA损伤
抗氧化剂
氧化磷酸化
细胞生物学
化学
内分泌学
生物
男科
生物化学
医学
DNA
作者
Fei Zhao,Sara Whiting,Sarah R. Lambourne,R. John Aitken,Yingpu Sun
标识
DOI:10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2021.01.014
摘要
Oxidative stress generates a large amount of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and affects sperm quality via damaging sperm DNA and compromising the intracellular homeostasis in human spermatozoa. In assisted reproductive technology (ART), it is substantial to prevent spermatozoa from ROS attack. The pineal hormone melatonin has the natural antioxidant capacity and can scavenge ROS. To the best of our knowledge, however, there are presently no studies investigating if melatonin can protect human spermatozoa from heat-induced oxidative damage. Herein, we induced oxidative stress in human spermatozoa with heat treatment, and determined that melatonin could protect human spermatozoa from heat-induced oxidative stress. We first confirmed that heat stress-induced oxidative stress damaged human spermatozoa by decreasing sperm motility and viability. Furthermore, the pretreatment of human spermatozoa by melatonin was able to alleviate such damage by suppressing sperm mitochondrial ROS generation, increasing mitochondrial membrane potential, reducing the formation of the lipid peroxidation product, 4-HNE, and reducing sperm DNA damage and apoptosis. Collectively, these findings suggest that melatonin is useful as a potential treatment option for male infertility caused by heat-induced oxidative stress.
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