Comprehensive analysis of sperm DNA fragmentation by five different assays : TUNEL assay, SCSA, SCD test and alkaline and neutral Comet assay
Ribas-Maynou, Jordi (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Biologia Cel·lular, de Fisiologia i d'Immunologia)
García-Peiró, Agustí (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Biologia Cel·lular, de Fisiologia i d'Immunologia)
Fernandez Encinas, Alba (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Biologia Cel·lular, de Fisiologia i d'Immunologia)
Abad, Carlos (Parc Taulí Hospital Universitari. Institut d'Investigació i Innovació Parc Taulí (I3PT))
Amengual Guedan, Maria Jose (Parc Taulí Hospital Universitari. Institut d'Investigació i Innovació Parc Taulí (I3PT))
Prada, E. (Hospital Universitari MútuaTerrassa (Terrassa, Catalunya))
Navarro, J. (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Biologia Cel·lular, de Fisiologia i d'Immunologia)
Benet i Català, Jordi (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Biologia Cel·lular, de Fisiologia i d'Immunologia)

Date:	2013
Abstract:	Summary: Sperm DNA fragmentation (SDF) is becoming an important test to assess male infertility. Several different tests are available, but no consensus has yet been reached as to which tests are most predictive of infertility. Few publications have reported a comprehensive analysis comparing these methods within the same population. The objective of this study was to analyze the differences between the five most common methodologies, to study their correlations and to establish their cut-off values, sensitivity and specificity in predicting male infertility. We found differences in SDF between fertile donors and infertile patients in TUNEL, SCSA, SCD and alkaline Comet assays, but none with the neutral Comet assay. The alkaline COMET assay was the best in predicting male infertility followed by TUNEL, SCD and SCSA, whereas the neutral COMET assay had no predictive power. For our patient population, threshold values for infertility were 20. 05% for TUNEL assay, 18. 90% for SCSA, 22. 75% for the SCD test, 45. 37% for alkaline Comet and 34. 37% for neutral Comet. This work establishes in a comprehensive study that the all techniques except neutral Comet are useful to distinguish fertile and infertile men. © 2013 American Society of Andrology and European Academy of Andrology.
Grants:	Instituto de Salud Carlos III FISPI11/00630 Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca 2009/SGR-0110
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió acceptada per publicar
Subject:	Comet assay ; DNA damage ; Infertility ; Male infertility ; SCD test ; SCSA ; TUNEL assay
Published in:	Andrology, Vol. 1, Núm. 5 (September 2013) , p. 715-722, ISSN 2047-2927

DOI: 10.1111/j.2047-2927.2013.00111.x

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