Iy. Sakharov et al., SPERM ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME-ACTIVITY IN CHERNOBYL VICTIMS ANDPATIENTS WITH CHRONIC PROSTATITIS, Andrologia, 28(5), 1996, pp. 259-260
The method for determination of angiotensin-converting enzyme activity
in human spermatozoa and seminal plasma was developed. The number of
total and active-motile spermatozoa was shown to be lower in Chernobyl
victims than in healthy donors. The specific activity of angiotensin-
converting enzyme in spermatozoa from Chernobyl victims was 12 times h
igher than that in donors. Similar results, although to a lesser exten
t, were observed in patients with chronic prostatitis. In contrast, th
e enzyme activity in blood serum and seminal plasma was identical for
all subjects investigated.