The effect of antioxidants on motility, viability, acrosome integrity and DNA integrity of frozen-thawed epididymal cat spermatozoa.
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Antioxidants partially ameliorated the negative effects of reactive oxygen species (ROS) produced during cryopreservation. The objective of the present study was to investigate the effect of cysteine and a water-soluble vitamin E analogue on the quality of frozen-thawed epididymal cat spermatozoa. Epididymal spermatozoa were collected from eight male cats and divided into three aliquots; these were resuspended with a tris egg yolk extender I (EE-I), or the same extender supplemented with 5mM dl-cysteine (EE-C) or with 5mM of a water-soluble vitamin E analogue (EE-Ve). Prior to the freezing step, sperm suspensions were added to the extender with Equex STM paste (EE-II). Sperm motility, progressive motility, membrane integrity, and acrosome status were evaluated at collection, after cooling, and at 0, 2, 4, and 6h post-thaw. Sperm DNA integrity was evaluated at 0 and 6h post-thaw. Relative to the control group, supplementation with vitamin E improved (P<0.05) post-thaw motility (69.4+/-5.6%), progressive motility (3.9+/-0.3), and membrane integrity (65.1+/-8.1%) immediately after thawing, whereas cysteine supplementation improved (P<0.05) post-thaw motility after 2h of incubation (53.8+/-12.2%) and DNA integrity after 6h (84.1+/-4.4%). However, neither antioxidant significantly increased the acrosome integrity of frozen-thawed spermatozoa. In conclusion, cysteine or vitamin E supplementation of tris egg yolk extender improved motility, progressive motility and integrity of the sperm membrane and DNA of frozen-thawed epididymal cat spermatozoa.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Theriogenology
دوره 70 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2008