TY - JOUR ID - 45565 TI - Effect of Zinc Supplementation on Urate Pathway Enzymes in Spermatozoa and Seminal Plasma of Iraqi Asthenozoospermic Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial JO - International Journal of Fertility and Sterility JA - IJFS LA - en SN - 2008-076X AU - Alsalman, Abdul Razzaq S. AU - Almashhedy, Lamia A. AU - Hadwan, Mahmoud H. AU - Alta'ee, Abdulsamie H. AD - College of Medicine, University of Babylon, Hilla, Iraq AD - Chemistry Department, College of Science, University of Babylon, Hilla, Iraq AD - College of Medicine, University of Babylon, Hilla, Iraq;College of Pharmacy, University of Babylon, Hilla, Iraq Y1 - 2020 PY - 2020 VL - 13 IS - 4 SP - 315 EP - 323 KW - Adenosine deaminase KW - 5' KW - nucleotidase KW - Uric acid KW - Xanthine oxidase KW - Zinc Supplementation DO - 10.22074/ijfs.2020.5760 N2 - Background Uric acid (UA) is crucial for sperm metabolism as it protects seminal plasma against oxidative dam- age. Zinc also plays a central role in sperm metabolism. The current study was designed to investigate the role of zinc supplementation on qualitative and quantitative properties of seminal fluid, in parallel with the UA level and urate pathway enzymes in the semen of patients with asthenozoospermia. Materials and Methods The study was designed as a randomized controlled trial of 60 asthenozoospermic subfertile men. The current study, which was conducted during one year, involved 60 fertile and 60 asthenozoospermic subfertile men belonging to Hilla City, Iraq. Semen samples were obtained from the participants before and after treatment with zinc supplements. The levels of UA, xanthine oxidase (XO), adenosine deaminase (ADA) and 5'-nucleotidase (5'-NU) activities were determined in spermatozoa and seminal plasma of both groups. Results UA levels (P=0.034) and 5'-NU activity (P=0.046) were significantly lower but ADA (P=0.05) and XO (P=0.015) activities were significantly higher in infertile men than in healthy men. Treatment with zinc sulfate induced an increase in UA (P=0.001) level and 5'-NU activity (P=0.001), but a decrease in ADA (P=0.016) and XO (P=0.05) activities. Conclusion Zinc supplementation restores UA levels and the activities of enzymes involved in the urate pathway (XO and ADA) in the seminal plasma and spermatozoa of patients with asthenozoospermia, to reference values. Sup- plementation of Zn compounds enhances the qualitative and quantitative properties of semen (Registration number: NCT03361618). UR - https://www.ijfs.ir/article_45565.html L1 - https://www.ijfs.ir/article_45565_fbfe6a9f727ec0e5d9c970e89b9c1eae.pdf ER -