MOLECULAR REPRODUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT 74:214–222 (2007) Proteins of the Accessory Sex Glands Associated With the Oocyte-Penetrating Capacity of Cauda Epididymal Sperm From Holstein Bulls of Documented Fertility

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  • ARLINDO A. MOURA
  • DAVID A. CHAPMAN
  • GARY J. KILLIAN
چکیده

We previously reported that accessory sex gland fluid (AGF) from high fertility (HF) bulls influenced the oocyte-penetrating capacity of cauda epididymal sperm from low fertility (LF) bulls, based on in vitro fertilization (IVF) assays. The present study determined if AGF proteins were associated with these effects. Nineteen IVF assays with 12 bulls were grouped as follows. Group I (n1⁄48): assays where sperm from LF bulls exposed to AGF from HF bulls had greater oocyte penetration than exposed to homologous AGF. Group II (n1⁄47): sperm from LF bulls to AGF from HF bulls versus homologous AGF showed no significant differences. Group III (n1⁄44): sperm from LF bulls treated with homologous AGF had greater fertility than sperm treated with AGF from HF bulls. Sire fertility was based on nonreturn rates (NNR) and AGF collected by artificial vagina from bulls with cannulated vasa deferentia. Two-dimensional SDS–PAGE maps of AGF were analyzed by PDQuest and proteins identified by tandem mass spectrometry and Western blots. Differences in spot intensity between AGF of HF and LF bulls were compared across groups of IVF assays (P<0.05). The expression of BSP A1/A2 and A3, BSP 30 kDa, clusterin, albumin, phospholipase A2 (PLA2), and osteopontin was greater in the AGF of HF bulls in Group I as compared to Groups II and III. Conversely, there was less nucleobindin in the AGF of HF bulls in Group I than in Groups II and III. This is the first report of nucleobindin (58 kDa/pI 5.6) in male reproductive fluids, using both immunoblots and mass spectrometry. Thus, the effect of AGF from HF bulls on epididymal sperm is likely the result of specific proteins expressed in the AGF. Mol. Reprod. Dev. 74: 214– 222, 2007. 2006 Wiley-Liss, Inc.

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تاریخ انتشار 2006