Differential Proteomic Profiling of Spermatozoal Proteins of Infertile Men With Unilateral or Bilateral Varicocele
Agarwal A, Sharma R, Durairajanayagam D, Cui Z, Ayaz A, Gupta S, Willard B, Gopalan B, Sabanegh E. Differential Proteomic Profiling of Spermatozoal Proteins of Infertile Men With Unilateral or Bilateral Varicocele. Urology 2015, 85: 580-588. PMID: 25733269, DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2014.11.030.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSperm protein profilePost-translational modificationsInfertile menRoutine sperm parametersProtein profilesSodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresisDodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresisSulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresisFunctional proteomic profilingGel analysis softwareVaricocele-associated male infertilitySperm deoxyribonucleic acid fragmentationComparing spectral countsVaricocele samplesDeoxyribonucleic acid fragmentationProtein foldingSperm parametersDifferential proteomic profilingProtein ubiquitinationCellular functionsSignal transductionGel electrophoresisExpressed proteinsMale infertilityReactive oxygen speciesMajor protein alterations in spermatozoa from infertile men with unilateral varicocele
Agarwal A, Sharma R, Durairajanayagam D, Ayaz A, Cui Z, Willard B, Gopalan B, Sabanegh E. Major protein alterations in spermatozoa from infertile men with unilateral varicocele. Reproductive Biology And Endocrinology 2015, 13: 8. PMID: 25890347, PMCID: PMC4383193, DOI: 10.1186/s12958-015-0007-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInfertile menVaricocele groupLTQ-Orbitrap Elite hybrid mass spectrometer systemAcquisition of sperm motilityPost-translational modification proteinsFertile groupCause of male factor infertilitySmall molecule biochemistryAcrosome reactionSperm maturationUnilateral varicoceleFunctional annotationModification proteinsReactive oxygen species levelsSperm motilityResultsSperm concentrationBioinformatics toolsSpecies levelFertile menSignal transductionProteomic changesFunctional pathwaysBioinformatics analysisAnalyzed proteinsGene expression