The ratio between carcinoma antigen-125 levels in the seminal plasma and serum may be a marker for fertilization in intracytoplasmic sperm injection

Eli Geva, Joseph B. Lessing, Jacob Arava, Shlomo Ballas, Liat Lerner-Geva, Ami Amit*, Mara Hareuveni

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Abstract

Objective: To assess the relationship between tumor marker carcinoma antigen-125 levels in seminal plasma and serum and fertilization rates in an IVF program, using intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI). Design: A prospective study. Setting: IVF Unit, Lis Maternity Hospital, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel. Patient(s): Twenty-five infertile patients with severe oligo-terato-asthenospermia syndrome and 25 fertile male donors. Intervention(s): None. Main Outcome Measure(s): Serum and seminal plasma carcinoma antigen-125 concentrations and fertilization rate per cycle. Result(s): In the infertile group, the seminal plasma carcinoma antigen-125 levels ranged from 22.0 to 1,284.0 U/mL (mean level ± SD, 229.9 ± 274.2 U/mL). In the normospermic fertile male donors, the seminal plasma carcinoma antigen-125 concentrations ranged from 12.2 to 336.7 U/mL (mean level ± SD, 110.1 ± 91.6 U/mL). This difference was statistically significant. The mean ± SD ratio between the seminal plasma/serum carcinoma antigen-125 levels differed significantly between the infertile group (47.9 ± 61.3) and the fertile male donors (5.7 ± 3.5). In the infertile group, the ratio between the seminal plasma/serum carcinoma antigen-125 levels was found to be negatively correlated with the oocyte fertilization rate. Conclusion(s): The ratio between carcinoma antigen-125 levels in the seminal plasma and serum may be an indirect marker for male infertility and fertilization rate in IVF treatment using ICSI.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1120-1124
Number of pages5
JournalFertility and Sterility
Volume68
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 1997

Keywords

  • Carcinoma antigen-125
  • Fertilization
  • ICSI
  • IVF
  • Seminal plasma

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