Influence of Environmental Temperature and Hormonal Stimulation on the In Vitro Sperm Maturation in Sterlet Acipenser ruthenus in Advance of the Spawning Season

Autor: Viktoriya Dzyuba, Jacky Cosson, Maria Papadaki, Constantinos C. Mylonas, Christoph Steinbach, Marek Rodina, Vladimira Tučkova, Otomar Linhart, William L. Shelton, David Gela, Sergii Boryshpolets, Borys Dzyuba
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Animals, Vol 11, Iss 5, p 1417 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2076-2615
DOI: 10.3390/ani11051417
Popis: Sturgeon sperm maturation occurs outside the testes during the transit of testicular spermatozoa (TS) through the kidneys and the Wolffian ducts. A method of in vitro TS maturation in sterlet Acipenser ruthenus was used to investigate the effects of temperature and hormonal stimulation of spermiation on the ability of TS to complete this process. Spermatozoa motility parameters after in vitro maturation of testicular sperm, concentrations of sex steroid hormones and testis morphology were studied in three groups of sterlet: (1) after overwintering in ponds (OW), (2) adapted to spawning temperature (ST), and (3) adapted to spawning temperature with hormonal induction of spermiation (ST-HI). Blood plasma concentrations of testosterone, 11-ketotestosterone and 17,20β-dihydroxy-pregnenolone increased significantly after hormonal induction of spermiation (group ST-HI). In all groups, TS were not motile. After in vitro sperm maturation, motility was up to 60% only in group ST-HI. The data suggest that the ability of TS to be matured in vitro was not related to the environmental temperature, while hormonal stimulation of spermiation during the spawning season was an absolute requirement for optimal in vitro maturation.
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