Heterologous in vitro fertility evaluation of cryopreserved Iberian red deer epididymal spermatozoa with zona-intact sheep oocytes and its relationship with the characteristics of thawed spermatozoa

Autor: Soler, A.J., Poulin, Noëlle, Fernandez-Santos, M.R., Cognie, Yves, Esteso, M.C., Garde, J.J., Mermillod, Pascal
Přispěvatelé: Physiologie de la reproduction et des comportements [Nouzilly] (PRC), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Institut Français du Cheval et de l'Equitation [Saumur]-Université de Tours (UT)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Instituto de Investigación en Recursos Cinegéticos (IREC), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Institut Français du Cheval et de l'Equitation [Saumur]-Université de Tours-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2008
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Zdroj: Reproduction in Domestic Animals
Reproduction in Domestic Animals, Wiley, 2008, 43 (3), pp.293-298. ⟨10.1111/j.1439-0531.2007.00893.x⟩
ISSN: 0936-6768
1439-0531
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0531.2007.00893.x⟩
Popis: International audience; A heterologous in vitro system, using zona-intact sheep oocytes, was used to evaluate the relationship between sperm factors of Iberian red deer thawed epididymal sperm and the percentage of cleaved oocytes. Epididymal spermatozoa were recovered from six males, diluted with freezing extender and cryopreserved. After thawing sperm motility (SM) and acrosome and membrane integrities were evaluated. Again, these parameters were assessed after incubation in freezing extender at 37 degrees C for 2 h. After cryopreservation the values for SM and acrosome and membrane integrities were high (similar to 80, 80 and 70% respectively). However, these values significantly decreased after incubation (similar to 59, 62 and 47% respectively). Red deer thawed epididymal sperm fertilized zona-intact sheep oocytes, although the percentage of cleaved oocytes was low (similar to 22%). No relationship was found between sperm parameters assessed after thawing and the percentage of cleaved oocytes. Likewise, any sperm parameter evaluated after incubation was assessed in relation to the percentage of cleaved oocytes. However, acrosome and membrane integrities were near to significance (p = 0.06 and p = 0.09 respectively). Then, we conducted a reduced model with these two variables and both were related to the percentage of cleaved oocytes (p = 0.02 and p = 0.04 respectively). Thus, acrosome and membrane integrities were related to the percentage of cleaved oocytes negatively and positively respectively. It was concluded that the classical parameters assessed in deer thawed sperm samples can be good predictors of the ability to fertilize zona-intact sheep oocytes.
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