Mitochondrial DNA mutations and male infertility |
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Authors: | Kumar D Prabhu Sangeetha N |
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Institution: | Department of Chemical Engineering, Kongu Engineering College, Nanjanapuram, Erode - 638 107, Tamilnadu, India. |
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Abstract: | Infertility can be defined as difficulty in conceiving a child after 1 year of unprotected intercourse. Infertility can arise either because of the male factor or female factor or both. According to the current estimates, 15% of couples attempting their first pregnancy could not succeed. Infertility is either primary or secondary. Mitochondria have profound effect on all biochemical pathways, including the one that drivessperm motility. Sperm motility is heavily dependent on the ATP generated by oxidative phosphorylation in the mitochondrial sheath. In this review, the very positive role of mitochondrial genome's association with infertility is discussed. |
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Keywords: | Infertility mitogenome mitochondria sperm motility |
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