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Vol. 14 No. 1 (2024)

Published: June 30, 2024

Pages: 78-85

Research Article

The Effect of Smoking on the Apoptotic Marker (Caspase-3) of Human Sperm

Mohanad Mohammed 1 Muayad Saribet Rehab Al-Maliki
1High Institute of Infertility Diagnosis and Assisted Reproductive Technologies, Al Nahrain University, Baghdad, Iraq.
History
  • Received: February 7, 2024
  • Accepted: April 30, 2024
  • Available Online: June 8, 2024
DOI

https://doi.org/10.28969/IJEIR.v14.i1.r7.24

Abstract

The ability of human sperm to fertilize can be compromised both in vivo and in vitro by the toxins found in cigarette smoke, which can lower sperm mitochondrial activity and harm chromatin structure. The aim is to study the effect of smoking on the apoptotic marker (caspase-3) of human sperm. A cross-sectional study of 80 semen samples of sub-fertile men, were divided into smokers (35 patients) and non-smokers (45 patients). All the semen samples after seminal fluid analysis underwent HOST test and grading (A-G) according to the WHO 2021 criteria then the slides were smeared and stained with an immunocytochemistry kit for Caspase-3 apoptotic marker. There was no significant effect of smoking in the concentration of caspase-3 expression, in spite of the high presentation of both grades A and G in the smoker group ( p = 0.57, 0.56 respectively). Smoking has a negative impact on the DNA integrity of sperm as it increases the apoptotic marker within the smoker group.

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