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Björndahl L, Barratt CLR, Mortimer D, Agarwal A, Aitken RJ, Alvarez JG, Aneck-Hahn N, Arver S, Baldi E, Bassas L, Boitrelle F, Bornman R, Carrell DT, Castilla JA, Cerezo Parra G, Check JH, Cuasnicu PS, Darney SP, de Jager C, De Jonge CJ, Drevet JR, Drobnis EZ, Du Plessis SS, Eisenberg ML, Esteves SC, Evgeni EA, Ferlin A, Garrido N, Giwercman A, Goovaerts IGF, Haugen TB, Henkel R, Henningsohn L, Hofmann MC, Hotaling JM, Jedrzejczak P, Jouannet P, Jørgensen N, Kirkman Brown JC, Krausz C, Kurpisz M, Kvist U, Lamb DJ, Levine H, Loveland KL, McLachlan RI, Mahran A, Maree L, Martins da Silva S, Mbizvo MT, Meinhardt A, Menkveld R, Mortimer ST, Moskovtsev S, Muller CH, Munuce MJ, Muratori M, Niederberger C, O’Flaherty C, Oliva R, Ombelet W, Pacey AA, Palladino MA, Ramasamy R, Ramos L, Rives N, Roldan ER, Rothmann S, Sakkas D, Salonia A, Sánchez-Pozo MC, Sapiro R, Schlatt S, Schlegel PN, Schuppe HC, Shah R, Skakkebæk NE, Teerds K, Toskin I, Tournaye H, Turek PJ, van der Horst G, Vazquez-Levin M, Wang C, Wetzels A, Zeginiadou T, Zini A. Standards in semen examination: publishing reproducible and reliable data based on high-quality methodology. Hum Reprod 2022; 37:2497-2502. [PMID: 36112046 PMCID: PMC9627864 DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deac189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2022] [Revised: 08/01/2022] [Indexed: 07/30/2023] Open
Abstract
Biomedical science is rapidly developing in terms of more transparency, openness and reproducibility of scientific publications. This is even more important for all studies that are based on results from basic semen examination. Recently two concordant documents have been published: the 6th edition of the WHO Laboratory Manual for the Examination and Processing of Human Semen, and the International Standard ISO 23162:2021. With these tools, we propose that authors should be instructed to follow these laboratory methods in order to publish studies in peer-reviewed journals, preferable by using a checklist as suggested in an Appendix to this article.
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Affiliation(s)
- Lars Björndahl
- Correspondence address. Andrology Laboratory, ANOVA, Karolinska University Hospital and Karolinska Institutet, Norra Stationsgatan 69, level 4, S-113 64 Stockholm, Sweden. E-mail:
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- Case Western Reserve University, Moreland Hills, OH, USA
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- Priority Research Centre for Reproductive Science, Faculty of Science and Faculty of Health & Medicine, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia
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- Centro Androgen, La Coruña, Spain
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- ANOVA, Karolinska University Hospital and Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Tuscany, Italia
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- Andrology Department, Laboratory of Andrology and Sperm Bank, Fundació Puigvert, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Reproductive Biology, Fertility Preservation, Andrology, CECOS, Poissy Hospital, Poissy, France
- Paris Saclay University, UVSQ, INRAE, BREED, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- School of Health Systems and Public Health, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
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- Andrology and IVF Laboratory, Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
- Department of Human Genetics, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- GAMETIA Biobank, Granada, Spain
- Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves and Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria ibs. GRANADA, Granada, Spain
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- LAFER Sperm Bank, Tuxpan 10-606, Roma Sur, C.P. 06760, Cuauhtémoc, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Robert Wood Johnson Medical School at Camden, The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Camden, NJ, USA
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility, Cooper Hospital/University Medical Center, Melrose Park, PA, USA
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- Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental (IbyME-CONICET), Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Université Clermont Auvergne/CNRS/INSERM-GreD Institute, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- School of Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, MI, USA
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- College of Medicine, Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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- Male Reproductive Medicine and Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
- Department of Urology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- ANDROFERT, Andrology and Human Reproduction Clinic, Campinas, Brazil
- Department of Surgery (Division of Urology), University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, Brazil
- Faculty of Health, Aarhus University, Aarhus C, Denmark
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- CRYOGONIA Cryopreservation Bank, Athens, Greece
- Laboratory of Physiology, Department of Medicine, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece
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- Unit of Andrology and Reproductive Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Padova, Padova, Italia
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- IVI Foundation, Health Research Institute La Fe, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Life Sciences and Health, Oslo Metropolitan University, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Metabolism, Digestion & Reproduction, Imperial College London, London, UK
- Department of Medical Bioscience, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, South Africa
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- Division of Urology, Department of CLINTEC, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Department of Urology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Endocrine Neoplasia & Hormonal Disorders, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, Poznan University of Medical Science, Poznan, Poland
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- Department of Growth and Reproduction, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
- International Center for Research and Research Training in Endocrine Disruption of Male Reproduction and Child Health (EDMaRC), Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Centre for Human Reproductive Science (ChRS), UK
- College of Medical & Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, UK
- Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, UK
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- Department of Biomedical, Experimental and Clinical Sciences “Mario Serio”, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Reproductive Biology and Stem Cells, Institutet of Human Genetics, Poznan, Poland
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- ANOVA, Karolinska University Hospital and Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Brady Department of Urology, Center for Reproductive Genomics and Englander Institute for Precision Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University, New York, NY, USA
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- Braun School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Hadassah Medical Center, The Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Hudson Institute, Centre for Reproductive Health, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia
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- Hudson Institute of Medical Research, Centre for Endocrinology and Metabolism, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia
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- Dermatology and Andrology Department, Assiut University Hospital, Assiut, Egypt
- Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt
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- Department of Medical Bioscience, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, South Africa
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- Reproductive Medicine Research Group, Division of Systems Medicine, School of Medicine, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Justus-Liebig-University of Giessen, Giessen, Germany
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Tygerberg, South Africa
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- Oozoa Biomedical Inc., West Vancouver, BC, Canada
- Division of REI, Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
- CreATe Fertility Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Male Fertility Laboratory, Department of Urology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Laboratorio de Medicina Reproductiva, Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Argentina
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- Department of Biomedical, Experimental and Clinical Sciences “Mario Serio”, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Urology, UIC College of Medicine, IL, USA
- Department of Bioengineering, UIC College of Engineering, IL, USA
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- Department of Surgery (Urology Division), McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Molecular Biology of Reproduction and Development Group, Biomedical Research Institute August Pi I Sunyer (IDIBAPS), University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- Hospital Clínic, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Genk Institute for Fertility Technology, Genk, Belgium
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, ZOL Hospitals and Hasselt University, Genk, Belgium
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- Department of Oncology and Metabolism, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
- Department of Infection, Immunity and Cardiovascular Disease, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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- Department of Urology, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA
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- Division of Reproductive Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecologie, Radboud UMC, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Service Laboratoire de Biologie de la Reproduction-CECOS, Equipe Physiopathologie Surrénalienne et Gonadique, Unité Inserm 1239 NorDic, CHU-Hôpitaux de Rouen, UFR Santé—Université de Rouen, Rouen, France
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- Department of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (CSIC), Madrid, Spain
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- University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
- Division of Experimental Oncology/Unit of Urology, URI, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Clinical Chemistry and Molecular Biology, Virgen del Rocío University Hospital, Seville, Spain
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- Depto de Histologia y Embriología, Facultad de Medicina, Gral. Flores, Uruguay
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- Centre of Reproductive Medicine and Andrology, Münster, Germany
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- Department of Urology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Section of Andrology, Department of Urology, Pediatric Urology & Andrology, Justus-Liebig-University/University Hospital of Giessen-Marburg, Giessen, Germany
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- Lilavati Hospital & Research Centre, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Growth and Reproduction, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Human and Animal Physiology, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- WHO Department of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Research (includes the UNDP/UNFPA/UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction—HRP), Geneva, Switzerland
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- Centre for Reproductive Medicine, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
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- Medical Bioscience, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, South Africa
- Physiology Medical School, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa
- Department of Animal Science, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa
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- Clinical and Translational Science Institute, The Lundquist Institute, Torrance, CA, USA
- Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA, USA
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- Fertility Laboratory, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Thessaloniki Andrology Laboratory—Hellenic Sperm Bank, Thessaloniki, Greece
- Laboratory of Histology-Embryology, Medical School, University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, St Mary's Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
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Alvau A, Battistone MA, Gervasi MG, Navarrete FA, Xu X, Sánchez-Cárdenas C, De la Vega-Beltran JL, Da Ros VG, Greer PA, Darszon A, Krapf D, Salicioni AM, Cuasnicu PS, Visconti PE. The tyrosine kinase FER is responsible for the capacitation-associated increase in tyrosine phosphorylation in murine sperm. Development 2016; 143:2325-33. [PMID: 27226326 DOI: 10.1242/dev.136499] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2016] [Accepted: 05/12/2016] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
Abstract
Sperm capacitation is required for fertilization. At the molecular level, this process is associated with fast activation of protein kinase A. Downstream of this event, capacitating conditions lead to an increase in tyrosine phosphorylation. The identity of the tyrosine kinase(s) mediating this process has not been conclusively demonstrated. Recent experiments using stallion and human sperm have suggested a role for PYK2 based on the use of small molecule inhibitors directed against this kinase. However, crucially, loss-of-function experiments have not been reported. Here, we used both pharmacological inhibitors and genetically modified mice models to investigate the identity of the tyrosine kinase(s) mediating the increase in tyrosine phosphorylation in mouse sperm. Similar to stallion and human, PF431396 blocks the capacitation-associated increase in tyrosine phosphorylation. Yet, sperm from Pyk2(-/-) mice displayed a normal increase in tyrosine phosphorylation, implying that PYK2 is not responsible for this phosphorylation process. Here, we show that PF431396 can also inhibit FER, a tyrosine kinase known to be present in sperm. Sperm from mice targeted with a kinase-inactivating mutation in Fer failed to undergo capacitation-associated increases in tyrosine phosphorylation. Although these mice are fertile, their sperm displayed a reduced ability to fertilize metaphase II-arrested eggs in vitro.
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- Antonio Alvau
- Department of Veterinary and Animal Science, Integrated Sciences Building, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
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- Department of Veterinary and Animal Science, Integrated Sciences Building, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
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- Department of Veterinary and Animal Science, Integrated Sciences Building, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and School of Biomedical Engineering, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80521, USA
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- Departamento de Genética del Desarrollo y Fisiología Molecular, IBT-UNAM, Cuernavaca 62210, México
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- Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental (IBYME-CONICET), Buenos Aires C1428ADN, Argentina
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- Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, K7L 3N6
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- Departamento de Genética del Desarrollo y Fisiología Molecular, IBT-UNAM, Cuernavaca 62210, México
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and School of Biomedical Engineering, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80521, USA
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- Department of Veterinary and Animal Science, Integrated Sciences Building, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
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- Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental (IBYME-CONICET), Buenos Aires C1428ADN, Argentina
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- Department of Veterinary and Animal Science, Integrated Sciences Building, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
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