Androgens are essential for the maintenance of normal spermatogenesis. Androgen action is mediated by the androgen receptor (AR), which in the testis is expressed by Leydig, peritubular, and Sertoli cells. The fact that sperm numbers range from 20 up to 300 million/mL in normal men without any indication of changed endocrine parameters led us to assume that genetic variability of transduction of androgen signaling could be important. We therefore compared the variable number of CAG repeats in the AR with sperm concentrations in men with normal ejaculate parameters (62 fathers and 69 volunteers participating in clinical trials). In multivariate analysis CAG repeat length did not differ between the volunteers (19.4 +/- 3.1) and the fathers (20.6 +/- 3.0), but was significantly correlated to sperm concentrations with a coefficient of -0.25. When compared with a group of infertile men with (n = 14) or without (n = 30) a family history of infertility, no such correlation was found. These results indicate that men with short CAG repeats have the highest sperm output within the normal fertile population. Polymorphisms of the AR contribute to the efficiency of spermatogenesis in normal men, but do not play a predominant role in male infertility.

Inverse correlation between sperm concentration and number of androgen receptor CAG repeats in normal men / VON ECKARDSTEIN, S; Syska, A; Gromoll, J; Kamischke, A; Simoni, Manuela; Nieschlag, E.. - In: THE JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLISM. - ISSN 0021-972X. - ELETTRONICO. - 86:(2001), pp. 2585-2590.

Inverse correlation between sperm concentration and number of androgen receptor CAG repeats in normal men.

SIMONI, Manuela;
2001

Abstract

Androgens are essential for the maintenance of normal spermatogenesis. Androgen action is mediated by the androgen receptor (AR), which in the testis is expressed by Leydig, peritubular, and Sertoli cells. The fact that sperm numbers range from 20 up to 300 million/mL in normal men without any indication of changed endocrine parameters led us to assume that genetic variability of transduction of androgen signaling could be important. We therefore compared the variable number of CAG repeats in the AR with sperm concentrations in men with normal ejaculate parameters (62 fathers and 69 volunteers participating in clinical trials). In multivariate analysis CAG repeat length did not differ between the volunteers (19.4 +/- 3.1) and the fathers (20.6 +/- 3.0), but was significantly correlated to sperm concentrations with a coefficient of -0.25. When compared with a group of infertile men with (n = 14) or without (n = 30) a family history of infertility, no such correlation was found. These results indicate that men with short CAG repeats have the highest sperm output within the normal fertile population. Polymorphisms of the AR contribute to the efficiency of spermatogenesis in normal men, but do not play a predominant role in male infertility.
2001
86
2585
2590
Inverse correlation between sperm concentration and number of androgen receptor CAG repeats in normal men / VON ECKARDSTEIN, S; Syska, A; Gromoll, J; Kamischke, A; Simoni, Manuela; Nieschlag, E.. - In: THE JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLISM. - ISSN 0021-972X. - ELETTRONICO. - 86:(2001), pp. 2585-2590.
VON ECKARDSTEIN, S; Syska, A; Gromoll, J; Kamischke, A; Simoni, Manuela; Nieschlag, E.
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