Atomic force microscope analysis of chromatin volumes in human sperm with head-shape abnormalities

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 42-49

  Lee IV, J D ^a   Allen, M J ^b   Balhorn, R ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Digital Instruments   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; DNA CONTENT; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE FERTILITY; MEIOSIS; MORPHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON ABNORMALITY;

CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN; DNA; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; SPERM HEAD; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0031029516     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod56.1.42     Document Type: Article

References (39)

1. Eliasson R. Morphological and chemical methods of semen analysis for quantitating damage to male reproductive function in man. In: Vouk BV, Sheenah PJ (eds.), Methods for Assessing the Effects of Chemicals on Reproductive Function. New York: Wiley; 1983: 263-275.
2. Moruzzi JF, Wyrobek AJ, Mayall BH, Gledhill BL. Quantification and classification of human sperm morphology by computer assisted image analysis. Fertil Steril 1988; 50:142-152.
3. Wyrobek AJ, Gordon L, Watchmaker G, Moore II D. Genetic control of human sperm shaping. Hum Genet 1983; 35:123a.
4. Wyrobek AJ, Gordon LA, Burkhart JG, Francis MW, Kapp RW Jr, Letz G, Mailing HV, Topham JC, Whorton MD. An evaluation of human sperm as indicators of chemically-induced alterations of spermatogenic function. Mutat Res 1983; 115:73-148.
5. Ratcliffe JM, Schrader SM, Steenland K, Clapp DE, Turner TW, Hornung RW. Semen quality in papaya workers with long term exposure to ethylene dibromide. Br J Ind Med 1987; 44:317-326.
6. Bucci LR, Meistrich ML. Effects of busulfan on murine spermatogenesis: cytotoxicity, sterility, sperm abnormalities, and dominant lethal mutations. Mutat Res 1987; 176:259-268.
7. Ebert L, Freundl G, Hofmann N. Studies on the distribution of Feulgen-DNA content in normal and pathological human spermatozoa. Andrologica 1982; 14:229-235.
8. Frajese G, Silvestroni L, Malandrino F, Isidori A. High deoxyribonucleic acid content of spermatozoa from infertile oligospermic human males. Fertil Steril 1976; 27:14-20.
9. Schmassmann A, Mikuz G, Bartsch G, Gysin C, Rohr HP. Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) content of morphologically different types of sperm from normal and subfertile human males. Andrologica 1981; 13:33-41.
10. Gohde W, Schumann J, Otto F, Hacker U, Zante J, Hansen P, Buchner TH, Schwale M, Barranco S. DNA measurements on sperm and blood cells of genetically normal and abnormal humans. Flow Cytometry 1980; IV:273-276.
11. Martin RH, Rademaker A. The relationship between sperm chromosomal abnormalities and sperm morphology in humans. Mutat Res 1988; 207:159-164.
12. Pogany G, Corzett M, Weston S, Balhorn R. DNA and protein content of mouse sperm: implications regarding sperm chromatin structure. Exp Cell Res 1981; 136:127-136.
13. Meistrich ML. Nuclear morphogenesis during spermiogenesis. In: de Kretser D (ed.), Molecular Biology of the Reproductive System. New York: Academic Press; 1993: 67-97.
14. Hoh JH, Schoenenberger CA. Surface morphology and mechanical properties of MDCK monolayers demonstrated by atomic force microscope. J Cell Sci 1994; 107:1105-1114.
15. Putman CAJ, van der Wert KO, de Grooth BG, van Hulst NF, Greve J. Viscoelasticity of living cells allows high resolution imaging by tapping mode atomic force microscopy. Biophys J 1994; 67:1749-1753.
16. Hansma HG, Revenko I, Kim K, Laney D. Atomic force microscopy of long and short double-stranded, single-stranded, and triple stranded nucleic acids. Nucleic Acids Res 1996; (in press).
17. Mou J, Czajkowsky DM, Zhang Y, Shao Z. High-resolution atomic force microscopy of DNA: the pitch of the double helix. FEBS Lett 1995; 371:279-282.
18. Schaper A, Pietrasanta LI, Jovin TM. Scanning force microscopy of circular and linear plasmid DNA spread on mica with a quaternary ammonium salt. Nucleic Acids Res 1993; 21:6004-6009.
19. Allen MJ, Lee C, Pogany GC, Balooch M, Siekhaus WJ, Balhorn R. Atomic force microscopy of mammalian sperm chromatin. Chromosoma 1993; 102:623-630.
20. Allen MJ, Bradbury EM, Balhorn R. The natural subcellular surface structure of the bovine sperm cell. J Struct Biol 1995; 114:197-208.
21. Allen MJ, Hud NV, Lee C, Pogany G, Siekhaus WJ, Balhorn R. Analysis of sperm nuclear volumes and extent of chromatin compaction by atomic force microscopy. J Cell Biol 1991; 115:50a.
22. Allen MJ, Lee IV JD, Lee C, Balhorn R. Extent of sperm chromatin hydration determined by atomic force microscopy. Mol Reprod Dev 1996; 45:87-92.
23. Balhorn R, Gledhill BL, Wyrobek A. Mouse sperm chromatin proteins: quantitative isolation and partial characterization. Biochemistry 1977; 16:4074-4080.
24. Sugawara Y, Ohta M, Konishi T, Morita S, Suzuki M, Enomoto Y. Effects of humidity and tip radius on the adhesive force measured with atomic force microscopy. Wear 1992; 168:13-16.
25. Thundat T, Zheng XY, Chen GY, Warmack RJ. Role of relative humidity in atomic force microscopy imaging. Surface Sci 1993; 294: L939-943.
26. Wang C, Leung A, Tsoi W-L, Leung J, Ng V, Lee K-F, Chan SYW. Computer-assisted assessment of human sperm morphology: comparison with visual assessment. Fertil Steril 1991; 55:983-988.
27. Wang C, Leung A, Tsoi W-L, Leung J, Ng V, Lee K-F, Chan SYW. Computer-assisted assessment of human sperm morphology: usefulness in predicting fertilizing capacity of human spermatozoa. Fertil Steril 1991; 55:989-993.
28. Robbins WA, Segraves R, Pinkel D, Wyrobek AJ. Detection of aneuploid human sperm by fluorescence in situ hybridization: evidence for a donor difference in frequency of sperm disomic for chromosomes 1 and Y. Am J Hum Genet 1993; 52:799-807.
29. Wyrobek AJ, Robbins WA, Mehraein Y, Pinkel D, Weir H-U. Detection of sex chromosomal aneuploidies X-X, Y-Y, and X-Y in human sperm using two chromosome fluorescence in situ hybridization. Am J Med Genet 1994; 53:1-7.
30. Brandriff BF, Gordon LA, Haendel S, Ashworth LK, Carrano AV. The chromosomal constitution of human sperm selected for motility. Fertil Steril 1986; 46:686-690.
31. Spriggs EL, Rademaker AW, Martin RH. Aneuploidy in human sperm: results of two and three color fluorescence in situ hybridization using centromeric probes for chromosomes 1, 12, 15, 18, X and Y. Cytogenet Cell Genet 1995; 71:47-53.
32. Bedford JM, Bent MJ, Calvin H. Variations in the structural character and stability of the nuclear chromatin in morphologically normal human spermatozoa. J Reprod Fertil 1973; 33:19-29.
33. Blazak WF, Overstreet JW. Instability of nuclear chromatin in the ejaculated spermatozoa of fertile men. J Reprod Fertil 1982; 65:331-339.
34. Jager S, Wijchman J, Kremer J. Studies on the decondensation of human, mouse and bull sperm nuclei by heparin and other polyanions. J Exp Zool 1990; 256:315-322.
35. Kjellberg S, Bjorndahl L, Kvist U. Sperm chromatin stability and zinc binding properties in semen from men in barren unions. Int J Androl 1992; 15:103-113.
36. Bianchi PG, Manicardi GC, Bizzaro D, Bianchi U, Sakkas D. Effect of deoxyribonucleic acid protamination on fluorochrome staining and in situ nick-translation of murine and human mature spermatozoa. Biol Reprod 1993; 49:1083-1088.
37. Evenson DP, Witkin SS, de Harven E, Bendich A. Ultrastructure of partially decondensed human spermatozoal chromatin. J Ultrastruct Res 1978; 63:178-187.
38. Wyrobek AJ, Meistrich ML, Furrer R, Bruce WR. Physical characteristics of mouse sperm nuclei. Biophys J 1976; 16:811-825.
39. Allen MJ, Hud NV, Balooch M, Tench RJ, Siekhaus WJ, Balhorn R. Tip radius induced artifacts in AFM images of protamine complexed DNA fibers. Ultramicroscopy 1992; 42:1095-1100.