High levels of cathepsins B, L and S in human seminal plasma and their association with prostasomes

Andrologia
S InayatLena Carlsson

Abstract

Semen is a heterogenous and complex fluid with different functions, some of them well known, others still obscure. The aim of this study was to investigate the presence of cathepsins B, S and L in human seminal plasma and their possible associations with other semen variables. Cathepsin B, L and S concentrations were measured in seminal plasma from 99 men utilising commercial ELISA kits. Seminal plasma cathepsin B was approximately 70 times higher, while the cathepsin L values were approximately 500 times higher and the cathepsin S values approximately 40 times higher in seminal plasma than in a group of serum samples. The study shows that seminal plasma contains high levels of cathepsins B, L and S. All three cathepsins were also bound to the surface of prostasomes.

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