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  • Title: Spermatozoal nuclear chromatin decondensation in vitro: a test for sperm immaturity. Comparison with results of human in vitro fertilisation.
    Author: Liu DY, Elton RA, Johnston WI, Baker HW.
    Journal: Clin Reprod Fertil; 1987 Aug; 5(4):191-201. PubMed ID: 3450377.
    Abstract:
    Human sperm immaturity was tested by nuclear chromatin decondensation (NCD) in 1% sodium dodecylsulphate (SDS) of spermatozoa used in 74 consecutive IVF treatments. NCD was significantly higher in the presence of 2 mmol/l dithiothreitol (DTT) and after washing sperm from semen with 6 mmol/l ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA). NCD was significantly less in insemination suspensions prepared by the swim-up technique than in the original semen. NCD with DTT was inversely correlated with sperm motility and motility index but there were no significant relationships between NCD and other semen analysis variables. There was no significant correlation between any NCD test and the proportion of oocytes fertilised in vitro. The only factors being significantly correlated with the fertilisation rate were proportion of sperm with normal morphology (Kendall correlation, tau = 0.36, P less than 0.001) and sperm concentration (tau = 0.14, P less than 0.05). Logistic regression analysis of fertilisation rates showed that only percentage normal sperm morphology was significant. It is concluded that NCD does not provide additional useful clinical information about sperm fertilising ability in vitro.
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