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Article Dans Une Revue Genes Année : 2023

Freezing Does Not Alter Sperm Telomere Length despite Increasing DNA Oxidation and Fragmentation

Charlène Gouhier
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Céline Bourgne
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Marc Berger
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Andrei Tchirkov
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Résumé

Correlations were reported between sperm telomere length (STL) and male fertility, sperm DNA fragmentation, and oxidation. Sperm freezing is widely used for assisted reproductive techniques, fertility preservation, and sperm donation. However, its impact on STL remains unknown. For this study, semen surplus from patients who underwent routine semen analysis were used. The impact of slow freezing on STL was analyzed by performing qPCR before and after freezing. Sperm populations with different STL were evaluated using Q-FISH. The relationship between sperm DNA oxidation, DNA fragmentation, and STL was assessed in fresh and frozen sperm samples. No significant impact of slow freezing on STL was observed, neither measured by qPCR nor Q-FISH. However, Q-FISH allowed for the distinguishing of sperm populations with different STLs within individual sperm samples. Slow freezing induced different STL distributions for some of the analyzed sperm samples, but no correlation was found between STL and sperm DNA fragmentation or oxidation. Slow freezing does not alter STL despite increasing sperm DNA oxidation and fragmentation. As STL alterations could be transmitted to offspring, the lack of impact of the slow freezing method on STL ensures the safety of this procedure.

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hal-04209688 , version 1 (18-09-2023)

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Charlène Gouhier, Hanae Pons-Rejraji, Sandra Dollet, Laure Chaput, Céline Bourgne, et al.. Freezing Does Not Alter Sperm Telomere Length despite Increasing DNA Oxidation and Fragmentation. Genes, 2023, 14 (5), pp.1039. ⟨10.3390/genes14051039⟩. ⟨hal-04209688⟩
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