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Sperm angiotensin‐converting enzyme activity in Chernobyl victims and patients with chronic prostatitis
Author(s) -
Sakharov I. Yu.,
Evdokimov V. V.,
Atochina E. A.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
andrologia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.633
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1439-0272
pISSN - 0303-4569
DOI - 10.1111/j.1439-0272.1996.tb02793.x
Subject(s) - prostatitis , enzyme , enzyme assay , angiotensin converting enzyme , medicine , renin–angiotensin system , endocrinology , sperm , andrology , biology , chemistry , biochemistry , prostate , blood pressure , cancer
Summary. The method for determination of angiotensin‐converting enzyme activity in human spermatozoa and seminal plasma was developed. The number of total and active‐motile spermatozoa was shown to be lower in Chernobyl victims than in healthy donors. The specific activity of angiotensin‐converting enzyme in spermatozoa from Chernobyl victims was 12 times higher than that in donors. Similar results, although to a lesser extent, were observed in patients with chronic prostatitis. In contrast, the enzyme activity in blood serum and seminal plasma was identical for all subjects investigated.