ULTRA-HIGH FIELD NMR SPECTROSCOPIC STUDIES ON HUMAN SEMINAL FLUID, SEMINAL-VESICLE AND PROSTATIC SECRETIONS

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作者
LYNCH, MJ
MASTERS, J
PRYOR, JP
LINDON, JC
SPRAUL, M
FOXALL, PJD
NICHOLSON, JK
机构
[1] UNIV LONDON,BIRKBECK COLL,DEPT CHEM,GORDON HOUSE,29 GORDON SQ,LONDON WC1H 0PP,ENGLAND
[2] WELLCOME RES LABS,DEPT PHYS SCI,BECKENHAM BR3 3BS,KENT,ENGLAND
[3] UNIV COLL & MIDDLESEX SCH MED,ST PETERS HOSP,INST UROL & NEPHROL,LONDON W1P 7PN,ENGLAND
[4] BRUKER ANALYT MESSTECH GMBH,D-76287 RHEINSTETTEN,GERMANY
关键词
750 MHZ H-1-NMR; SEMINAL FLUID; CITRATE; SPERMINE; MYOINOSITOL; CHOLINE; VASAL APLASIA; AZOOSPERMIA;
D O I
10.1016/0731-7085(94)80004-9
中图分类号
O65 [分析化学];
学科分类号
070302 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Ultra high field H-1-NMR spectroscopic methods have been used to analyse the composition of seminal fluid and its component secretions, prostatic and seminal vesicle fluids from normal human subjects and those with vasal aplasia and non-obstructive infertility. The H-1-NMR spectrum of whole seminal fluid is extremely complex and many resonances are extensively overlapped in single pulse spectra even when measured at 600 or 750 MHz H-1 resonance frequency. A combination of 2-D H-1-NMR methods (including J-Resolved and various H-1 homonuclear correlation and H-1-C-13 heteronuclear correlation techniques) were applied at 600 or 750 MHz in order to extensively assign the signals from the organic components of seminal fluid. Prostatic fluid (PF) gives a much less complex metabolite profile than whole seminal fluid and can be completely analysed using 500 MHz H-1-NMR spectroscopy. The H-1-NMR spectra of prostatic fluid are dominated by signals from citrate, spermine and myo-inositol, whereas the spectra of seminal vesicle fluid (SVF) show extensively overlapped signals from complex peptide mixtures together with strong signals for glycerophosphocholine (GPC) and lactate. Whole seminal fluid is a combination of the PF and SVF constituents together with further substances that appear after mixing due to the operation of PF enzymes on SVF, e.g. peptidase activity causes rapid cleavage of peptides to amino acids and GPC is hydrolysed to choline, glycerol and inorganic phosphate. It is also shown that vasal aplasia leads to highly characteristic abnormal metabolite profiles in seminal fluid that can be readily observed in single-pulse 500 and 600 MHz H-1-NMR spectra. Measurement of the molar citrate to choline, or spermine to choline ratios in seminal fluid both show differences of 2 orders of magnitude between vasal aplasia (greater for both ratios) and non-obstructed infertile patients. This work gives an indication of the potential of high field H-1-NMR spectroscopy in the investigation and assessment of the secretory functions of the male genital tract and the evaluation of the infertile male subject.
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