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ArticleCells2021

Carboxylated Poly-l-Lysine as a Macromolecular Cryoprotective Agent Enables the Development of Defined and Xeno-Free Human Sperm Cryopreservation Reagents.

Hiroki Takeuchi, Mikiko Nishioka, Tadashi Maezawa, Yuko Kitano, Kento Terada-Yoshikawa, Ryota Tachibana, Manabu Kato, Suong-Hyu Hyon, Yuki Gen, Kayo Tanaka and 4 more

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Article in Cells, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 27% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Hiroki TakeuchiDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu 514-8507, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-5994-7416
Mikiko NishiokaDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu 514-8507, Japan.
Tadashi MaezawaCenter of Advanced Reproductive Medicine, Mie University Hospital, Tsu 514-8507, Japan.
Yuko KitanoCenter of Advanced Reproductive Medicine, Mie University Hospital, Tsu 514-8507, Japan.
Kento Terada-YoshikawaDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu 514-8507, Japan.
Ryota TachibanaDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu 514-8507, Japan.
Manabu KatoCenter of Advanced Reproductive Medicine, Mie University Hospital, Tsu 514-8507, Japan.
Suong-Hyu HyonBMG Inc., Kyoto 601-8023, Japan.
Yuki GenBioVerde Inc., Kyoto 601-8023, Japan.
Kayo TanakaDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu 514-8507, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-8373-1567
Kuniaki ToriyabeDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu 514-8507, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-9372-1808
Masafumi NiiDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu 514-8507, Japan.
Eiji KondoDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu 514-8507, Japan.
Tomoaki IkedaDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu 514-8507, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-1489-4810
Mie University · JPMie University Hospital · JPBMG (Japan) · JP

Funding

KAKENHI 20K18164
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In human sperm cryopreservation, test yolk buffer and human serum albumin have been used as permeating macromolecular-weight cryoprotectants. In clinical reproductive medicine, human serum albumin is frequently used because of low risks of zoonoses and allergic reactions. However, the risk of allogeneic infectious diseases exists, and the supply may be unstable because human serum albumin is derived from human blood. Therefore, the development of xeno-free human sperm cryopreservative reagents that could overcome the aforementioned problems is warranted. We succeeded in developing a new xeno-free and defined sperm cryopreservation reagent containing glycerol, carboxylated poly-l-lysine, and raffinose. The cryopreservation reagent was not significantly different in terms of sperm motility, viability, and DNA fragmentation and was comparable in performance to a commercial cryopreservation reagent containing human serum albumin. Moreover, the addition of saccharides was essential for its long-term storage. These results may help elucidate the unknown function of macromolecular-weight permeating cryoprotective agents.

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CryopreservationCryoprotective AgentsGlycerolHumansMalePolylysineRaffinoseSpecimen HandlingSpermatozoaCryoprotective AgentsGlycerolPolylysineRaffinosecryopreservation reagentlow-molecular-weight cryoprotective agentsmacromolecular-weight cryoprotective agentssaccharidesxeno-free and defined

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PMID34201225
PMCPMC8227581
OpenAlexW3168765604

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