АНТИСПЕРМАЛЬНЫЕ АНТИТЕЛА И ПЕРИФЕРИЧЕСКИЙ ДОФАМИН У МУЖЧИН С УЧЕТОМ КОНТРАСТНОЙ ФОТОПЕРИОДИКИ ЕВРОПЕЙСКОГО СЕВЕРА

Abstract

The physiological role of reference levels of antispermal antibodies (ASABs) in fertile men and mechanisms controlling their concentration are still not fully understood. It is hypothesized that they may contribute to the immunological tolerance of testicles in healthy organism. We investigated the relation between ASABs and dopamine in blood of different groups of males living in the European North with consideration of contrast photoperiodism. Participants were 20 Caucasian males in Arkhangelsk observed over 4 seasonal photoperiods and 108 male dwellers of local settlements (Caucasians, Nenets, komi and metis aborigines), and aborigines migrating nearby who were observed in the periods of minimal light days (December) and then in March. IFA was used to determine concentrations of ASABs in serum and dopamine in blood. Minimal ASABs and increasing dopamine were determined in Archangelsk in the period of maximal daylight hours and in the Caucasian males in settlements in the period of light time which can serve as an argument for specifying periods most favorable for conception. Males in settlements and migrants were distinguished by a higher ASABs level in comparison to the male population in Archangelsk in December against dopamine imbalance due to, probably, oxidative stress and increased permeability of the blood-testis barrier. This finding calls for a close attention to the reproductive system condition. Elevated ASABs levels were observed on the backgrounds of undetectable (0 nmol/l) and abnormal (>0.653 nmol/l) dopamine values, whereas decreased ASABs concentrations were found with dopamine at reference levels. Based on these results of the investigation we assume a dose-dependent dopamine effect on ASABs and propose a hypothesis that control of dopamine in blood could prevent autoimmune sterility.