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| Author(s): |
Priscilla Nascimento Guasti
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| Document type: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Press: | Botucatu. 2015-12-10. |
| Institution: | Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp). Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia. Botucatu |
| Defense date: | 2014-08-29 |
| Advisor: | Frederico Ozanam Papa |
| Abstract | |
The aim of this study was to investigate the seminal parameters, the expression of proteins in seminal plasma (SP) and plasma membrane (PM) correlating them with the fertility of Quarter Horses stallions (Experiment I); and characterize the proteome of SP and PM sperm by 2D electrophoresis and mass spectrometry (Experiment II). In Experiment I, three ejaculates from 10 fertile stallions and nine subfertile stallions were evaluated for kinetic parameters, plasma membrane integrity and acrosome and sperm chromatin. Proteins extracted from the SP and MP were submitted to 2D electrophoresis coupled to mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF/TOF) and shotgun analysis (LC-ESIQTOF). Positive association of fertility with MT, MP, LIN and RAP was observed. A differential spot (28 kDa, pI 5.6) of SP showed higher expression in subfertile stallions. No difference in protein expression in PM among stallions was observed. In the shotgun analysis, 53 unique proteins in the SP of fertile stallions, as SPATA21, and 103 in subfertile stallions, as clusterin, were identified. In PM, 269 proteins were identified in animals with high fertility as SP-1, SMOK and PLC, and 167 unique proteins in subfertile stallions. In Experiment II, the SP and the extract of PM showed a predominance of polypeptides with molecular mass < 35 kDa. Ribosomal proteins were detected in both samples. Shotgun analysis identified 66 proteins in SP and 291 in the extract of PM; involved in the reproductive process such as kallikrein, SP-1, SP-2, Fn-2 and Fn-3, SPATA. In conclusion, the study of stallions with distinct conception rates allowed the identification of unique proteins of SP and PM and kinetic parameters related to fertility which may serve as basis for determination of fertility biomarkers in stallions. A number of PM proteins may originate from the SP and be related to sperm functionality and interaction between gametes. Although, the use of modern proteomic approach allowed the ... (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 11/09949-8 - Evaluation of seminal plasma proteins and its correlation with fertility of stallions |
| Grantee: | Priscilla Nascimento Guasti |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate |