The effects of cryoprotectants on sperm motility of the Chinese pearl oyster, Pinctada fucata martensii.

Autor: Zheng X; State Key Laboratory of Marine Resource Utilization in South China Sea, Hainan University, 58 Renmin Avenue, Haikou, Hainan 570228, PR China; Ocean College, Hainan University, 58 Renmin Avenue, Haikou 570228, Hainan, PR China., Gu Z; State Key Laboratory of Marine Resource Utilization in South China Sea, Hainan University, 58 Renmin Avenue, Haikou, Hainan 570228, PR China; Ocean College, Hainan University, 58 Renmin Avenue, Haikou 570228, Hainan, PR China., Huang Z; Ocean College, Hainan University, 58 Renmin Avenue, Haikou 570228, Hainan, PR China., Ding H; Ocean College, Hainan University, 58 Renmin Avenue, Haikou 570228, Hainan, PR China., Vasquez HE; State Key Laboratory of Marine Resource Utilization in South China Sea, Hainan University, 58 Renmin Avenue, Haikou, Hainan 570228, PR China; Ocean College, Hainan University, 58 Renmin Avenue, Haikou 570228, Hainan, PR China., Liu Y; Ocean College, Hainan University, 58 Renmin Avenue, Haikou 570228, Hainan, PR China., Shi Y; Ocean College, Hainan University, 58 Renmin Avenue, Haikou 570228, Hainan, PR China. Electronic address: stone70@126.com., Wang A; State Key Laboratory of Marine Resource Utilization in South China Sea, Hainan University, 58 Renmin Avenue, Haikou, Hainan 570228, PR China. Electronic address: aimwang@163.com.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Cryobiology [Cryobiology] 2018 Jun; Vol. 82, pp. 64-69. Date of Electronic Publication: 2018 Apr 17.
DOI: 10.1016/j.cryobiol.2018.04.007
Abstrakt: Cryopreservation has been widely employed to preserve genetic material of aquatic animals. Although of common use in bivalves, resulting effects due to the toxicity of the cryoprotectants dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), propanediol (PG), methanol (MET) and ethylene glycol (EG), upon sperm motility in the Chinese pearl oyster, Pinctada fucata martensii, has remained undocumented. This study endeavors to identify the least toxic among the effective cryoprotectant agents by observing and comparing their toxic effects on sperm motility under varying concentrations and duration of exposure. Sperm samples were exposed during controlled experiments, for 1, 3, 6, 9, 12 and 15 min durations, to each of the listed cryoprotectants at 5, 10, 15, and 20% (volume:volume) concentrations. Sperm motility was observed to diminish when exposed to all cryoprotectant solutions, and observations demonstrated that toxicity increased relative to both concentration and equilibration time. After 6 min of exposure to the cryoprotectants, sperm motility was seen to have diminished significantly in DMSO at just 5% concentration, and in MET, PG and EG at 10% concentrations, respectively (the values of the lowest observed effect concentrations). The relationship between the quantity of immotile sperm and the cryoprotectant concentration was described using the logarithmic regression equation. MET exhibited the lowest effective concentration required to inhibit sperm motility by 50% (EC 50 ), followed by EG, PG and DMSO, in order. Therefore, MET proved most toxic under the test conditions for sperm of P. fucata martensii, whereas DMSO, PG and EG were observed as comparatively safer, suggesting that DMSO, PG and EG warrant further study in the application of cryopreservation of Chinese P. fucata martensii sperm.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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