Abstract
A test for human sperm binding to the zona pellucida (ZP) was developed using oocytes which failed to fertilize in vitro. Heterospermic insemination with equal numbers of test and fertile donor sperm differentially labeled with fluorescein isothiocyanate or tetra-methylrhodamine B isothiocyanate controlled for variability in ZP-sperm binding capacity. The number of sperm bound to the ZP was independent of previous sperm binding in in vitro fertilization (IVF), preservation of the ZP in salt solution, and fluorochrome labeling but increased linearly with time and sperm concentration. Sperm from men who had one or more failed attempts at IVF with no or few oocytes fertilized usually displayed very low ZP binding ratios of test to normal sperm. This test may predict the ability of sperm to fertilize human oocytes in vitro and should be useful in studies of human gamete interaction.
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