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The cytogenetic effects of (-)-epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) on mouse spermatozoa were studied in vitro using an intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) technique. Spermatozoa were collected by the swim-up method and treated with EGCG at 1 microM and 10 microM. When motile, EGCG-treated spermatozoa were injected into oocytes, structural chromosome aberrations (SCAs) at the first cleavage metaphase did not increase significantly. However, a majority of immotile spermatozoa treated with 10 microM EGCG had the following abnormalities: pronuclear arrest (11% of activated oocytes), degenerated sperm chromatin (chromosome) mass (30% of activated oocytes) and occurrence of structural chromosome aberrations (57% of analyzed metaphases). The incidence of these abnormalities suggests that immotile spermatozoa were susceptible to EGCG, and that the damage of sperm chromatin was accelerated in immotile spermatozoa by 10 microM EGCG treatment.
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