A molecular approach on sperm changes during epididymal maturation, ejaculation and in vitro capacitation of boar spermatozoa
Mammalian spermatozoa acquire functionality during epididymal maturation and ability to penetrate and fertilize the oocyte during capacitation. Sperm quality results indicated that both epididymal maturation and ejaculation are key events for further capacitation, because only ejaculated spermatozoa...
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| Tipo de recurso: | tesis doctoral |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2012 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | CBUC, CESCA |
| Repositorio: | TDR. Tesis Doctorales en Red |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:www.tdx.cat:10803/84064 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/10803/84064 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Sus domesticus Mascle reproductor porcí Macho reproductor porcino Ejaculated sperm Esperma ejaculada Esperma eyaculada Epididymal maturation Maduració epididimària Maduración epididimària Fertilin Fertilina 57 636 |
| Sumario: | Mammalian spermatozoa acquire functionality during epididymal maturation and ability to penetrate and fertilize the oocyte during capacitation. Sperm quality results indicated that both epididymal maturation and ejaculation are key events for further capacitation, because only ejaculated spermatozoa are capable to undergo the set of changes leading to capacitation. Epididymal maturation is associated with a progressive loss of phosphotyrosine residues followed by a subtle increase after in vitro capacitation. Sperm glycocalix galactose, glucose/mannose and N-acetyl-D-glucosamine content increased distally in the epididymis. Fertilin analysis highlight that proteolytic processing occurrs mainly in testis for ADAM-1, and throughout epididymis for ADAM-2. Fertilin migrates from acrosomal region to acrosomal ridge during sperm transit from the distal corpus to the proximal cauda. All together we establish a basis for sperm assessment about the maturative status of the ejaculated sperm and, open new perspectives in the characterization of proteins markers of the sperm maturation and/or fertility. |
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