Origin of Maltase and Variations in Infertile Men
- 1 January 1978
- journal article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Archives of Andrology
- Vol. 1 (1), 61-68
- https://doi.org/10.3109/01485017808988319
Abstract
A specific assay based on the spectrophotometric determination of the release of p-nitro-phenol from p-nitrophenol-α-D-glucopyranoside by maltase has been used to measure the activity of the enzyme in seminal plasma and in homogenates of accessory reproductive organs. Specific activity of seminal plasma maltase was 467 μU/mg of proteins in 68 fertile men, decreased significantly in varicocele (296 μU/mg), in azoospermia (246 μU/mg) and in vasectomized patients (62 μU/mg). Application of ion exchange chromatography on DEAE-Sephadex A-50 columns led to the demonstration that maltase activity of seminal plasma and of cytosols from normal reproductive organs was recovered in three different fractions. Maltase activity is thus frequently decreased in infertility.Keywords
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