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Impact of spontaneous smoking cessation on sperm quality: case report
Author(s) -
Prentki Santos E.,
LópezCosta S.,
Chenlo P.,
Pugliese M. N.,
Curi S.,
Ariagno J.,
Repetto H.,
Sardi M.,
Palaoro L.,
Mendeluk G.
Publication year - 2011
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.1439-0272.2010.01089.x
Subject(s) - sperm , dna fragmentation , andrology , sperm motility , smoking cessation , semen analysis , tyrosine phosphorylation , male infertility , medicine , biology , infertility , phosphorylation , pregnancy , genetics , apoptosis , pathology , programmed cell death
Summary We evaluated sperm quality after a 3‐month smoking cessation programme by sperm analysis, objective sperm motility analysis, protein tyrosine phosphorylation in capacitating conditions and DNA fragmentation (TUNEL). Sperm analysis after smoking cessation revealed a distinctive improvement in sperm concentration, fast spermatozoa (≥35 μm/s), sperm vitality, percentage of spermatozoa recuperated after an enrichment technique and protein tyrosine phosphorylation. However, no changes were observed in the number of germinal cells in the ejaculate, sperm morphology and sperm DNA fragmentation. It is concluded that physicians should strongly advise their patients to quit smoking before undergoing medical treatment or assisted reproduction techniques to achieve pregnancy.