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端粒是真核生物染色体末端的多功能特异性DNA-蛋白结构，覆盖在染色体末端，保护基因组的稳定性。端粒在减数分裂过程中起到了十分重要的作用，协助染色体配对、联会、同源重组和分离。精子中的端粒可能在精子的受精能力和胚胎发育中起到重要作用。近年来，端粒与生殖的相关性研究成为一个新的热点，但精子端粒与男性不育间的相关性并不明确。本文采用实时荧光定量PCR方法检测中国特发性男性不育人群(126例)和正常可育男性人群(138例)的精子相对端粒长度，结果发现，特发性男性不育病例的精子平均相对端粒长度(2.894±0.115)低于正常对照组(4.016±0.603)，差异具有统计学意义(P=5.097×10?5)；并且精子相对端粒长度与精子密度、精子总数和精子活力都有显著的相关性：精子数量较多和/或精子活力较高，精子相对端粒长度较长。研究结果提示，在中国人群中，精子端粒长度与特发性男性不育具有相关性，精子的端粒长度可能影响精子发生和精子的功能，精子端粒的缩短导致精子数目及活力的降低从而导致男性不育。
단립시진핵생물염색체말단적다공능특이성DNA-단백결구，복개재염색체말단，보호기인조적은정성。단립재감수분렬과정중기도료십분중요적작용，협조염색체배대、련회、동원중조화분리。정자중적단립가능재정자적수정능력화배태발육중기도중요작용。근년래，단립여생식적상관성연구성위일개신적열점，단정자단립여남성불육간적상관성병불명학。본문채용실시형광정량PCR방법검측중국특발성남성불육인군(126례)화정상가육남성인군(138례)적정자상대단립장도，결과발현，특발성남성불육병례적정자평균상대단립장도(2.894±0.115)저우정상대조조(4.016±0.603)，차이구유통계학의의(P=5.097×10?5)；병차정자상대단립장도여정자밀도、정자총수화정자활력도유현저적상관성：정자수량교다화/혹정자활력교고，정자상대단립장도교장。연구결과제시，재중국인군중，정자단립장도여특발성남성불육구유상관성，정자적단립장도가능영향정자발생화정자적공능，정자단립적축단도치정자수목급활력적강저종이도치남성불육。
Telomeres are evolutionary conserved, multifunctional DNA-protein complexes located at the ends of eukaryotic chromosomes. Telomeres maintain chromosome stability and genome integrity and also play an important role in meiosis which aid in synapsis, homologous recombination, and segregation. Sperm telomere has been reported to play an important role in fertilization and embryo development. Nowadays, the association between telomere and reproduction is one of the major areas of interest, however whether sperm telomere associated with male infertility is not clear. In this study, in order to find out the association between Chinese idiopathic infertility and sperm telomere length, we analyzed the difference of sperm telomere length between idiopathic infertile men and normal fertile men, as well as the correlations between sperm telomere length and human semen characteristics. We analyzed 126 Chinese idiopathic infertile men and 138 normal fertile men for sperm telomere length by using quantitative PCR. We found that the relative sperm mean telomere length of infertile men was significantly shorter than that of fertile men (2.894±0.115vs. 4.016±0.603,P=5.097×10?5). Both sperm count and semen progressive motility are related with telomere length. Our results suggest that sperm telomere length is associated with idiopathic male infertility of China and we proposed the possibility that shorter telomeres in sperm chromosome will reduce spermatogenesis and sperm functions, which finally affected the fertility of male.