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Archives of Andrology
Journal of Reproductive Systems
Volume 15, 1985 - Issue 1
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Original Article

Lack of Correlation Between Human y-Positive Spermatozoa and Acrosomal Abnormalities and Variations in Intensity of Fluorescence of Sperm Stained with Quinacrine Compounds

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Pages 11-14 | Received 22 Mar 1985, Published online: 09 Jul 2009
 

Abstract

Seminal fluid from 170 men was examined for acrosomal abnormalities of sperm (Papanicolaou procedure × 1000) and for y-positive cells (quinacrine-stained smears). No correlation was found between these parameters, suggesting that acrosomal abnormalities are similarly distributed among x- and y-bearing spermatozoa. The proportion of y-positive sperm was found to be low (23.6 + 10.7% (SD) for the oligozoospermic specimens and 23.7 ± 9.8% for specimens with sperm counts above 40 million/ml). Three degrees of fluorescence intensity were observed-weak, moderate, and strong-the strong fluorescence being associated with the highest percentage of y-bodies (30.6 ± 12.7%, 36.6 ± 5.7%) and the weak fluorescence with the lowest (16.7 ± 7.0%, 15.0 ± 9.5%). It is suggested that structural abnormalities and/or metabolic alterations in either the DNA molecule or the chromosomal proteins may be responsible for variability in the ability to bind quinacrine compounds.

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