Study on the relationship between oligoasthenospermia and accessory genital glands markers

Abstract

Objectives: To verify the effect of the accessory genital gland on male fertility. Methods: The relevant seminal parameters of 32 normal donors and 35 patients with oligoasthenospermia were measured by analyses of semen routine, sperm morphology and accessory genital glands markers. Results: The percentage of normal spermatozoa, the function of sperm penetration through cervical mucus and the enzyme activity of neutral α-1, 4-glucosidase significantly declined as compared with the control. There was a significant negative relationship between the semen volume and the sperm motility for the oligoasthenospermia (r=−0.415, P < 0.05) and a significant positive relationship between the sperm count and the sperm morphology (r= 0.393, P < 0.05). Conclusion: Abnormal function of epididymis exists in oligoasthenospermia. Sperm function for oligoasthenospermia declines with an increase in the percentage of the abnormal sperm. The poorer the spermatogenesis function of the testis, the higher the percentage of the abnormal sperm.