ASSOCIAÇÃO ENTRE A PRESENÇA DE UM FATOR DE 38 kDa NO PLASMA SEMINAL E A INIBIÇÃO DA MOTILIDADE ESPERMÁTICA NO JUNDIÁ Rhamdia quelen

Autor: João Carlos Deschamps, Cristian Kaefer, Paulo Varoni Cavalcanti, Marta G. Amaral, Thomaz Lucia, Tiago Collares, Vinicius Farias Campos, Fabiana Kömmling Seixas
Rok vydání: 2010
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Zdroj: Ciência Animal Brasileira. 11
ISSN: 1809-6891
1518-2797
DOI: 10.5216/cab.v11i2.3781
Popis: Protein factors have been identified in the seminal plasma of fish and mammal species and, in some situations, associated to sperm quality indicators. However, for jundia fish (Rhamdia quelen), such factors and those potential associations remain unknown. In the present study, we aimed to identify some protein factors present in the seminal plasma of jundia fish and to evaluate their association to sperm motility. SDS-PAGE was used to identify 14 bands, with molecular weight ranging from 217.1 to 7.1 kDa. Sperm motility was evaluated for 21 males. Four protein bands (81.5; 60.4; 33.6; and 25.5 kDa) were present in all seminal plasma samples. One protein band with molecular weight of 38.3 kDa was associated to reduced sperm motility of jundia (P Keywords: protein, Rhamdia quelen, SDS-PAGE, seminal plasma, sperm motility.
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