The Effect of Cholesterol Addition, Buffer, and pH on Equine Sperm Stored at 5 degrees C

Autor(es)

Crespilho, Andre M. ^[1] ; Spizziri, Beth E. ^[2] ; Meyers, Mindy ^[2] ; Graham, James K. ^[2]

Afiliação do(s) autor(es)

^[1] Santo Amaro Univ UNISA, BR-04829300 Sao Paulo - Brazil

^[2] Colorado State Univ, Anim Reprod & Biotechnol Lab, Ft Collins, CO 80523 - USA

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: Journal of Equine Veterinary Science; v. 33, n. 8, p. 663-666, AUG 2013.
• Citações Web of Science: 4

Resumo

Cooled stallion semen has a short viable life, which ranges with acceptable motility and viability from 24 up to 48 hours. The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of storage pH, the ability of three different zwitterionic buffers, and cholesterol-loaded cyclodextrins (CLC) to preserve the motility and integrity of stallion sperm cooled to 5 degrees C for 48 hours. Fourteen ejaculates were collected and split to receive CLC or not (control group). After incubation, each sample was split into six subsamples and diluted in KMT extender containing 4-(2-hydroxyethyl)piperazine-1-ethanesulfonic acid (HEPES). N,N-bis(2-hydroxyethyl)-2-aminoethanesulfonic acid (BES), or 2-(N-morpholino)ethanesulfonic acid (MES) buffers, and the final pH was adjusted to either 7.0 or 6.6, totalizing 12 experimental groups as a function of CLC, buffer, and pH variables (2 x 3 x 2 factorial). The motility parameters and integrity of plasma and acrosome membranes (live cell index) were determined using computer-automated semen analysis and epifluorescence microscopy at 3, 6, 24, and 48 hours of cooling period. According to results, pH was not a significant source of variation for motility and live sperm over different cooling periods. However, samples diluted in BES exhibited higher progressive motility within 3 hours and higher percentages of total motile cells after 48 hours of incubation at 5 degrees C (P < .05). After 24 hours of storage, CLC-treated sperm samples presented higher motility than control group (P < .05), and after 48 hours of incubation. CLC-treated sperm exhibited higher percentages of live, motile, and progressively motile sperms (P < .05). We inferred that equine semen diluted in KMT containing BES as buffer and CLC treatment improve the equine sperm survival during storage at 5 degrees C for 48 hours. (c) 2013 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. (AU)

• Processo FAPESP: 06/61153-5 - Estudo comparativo de diferentes metodologias de preservacao do semen bovino visando a utilizacao em programas de inseminacao artificial em tempo fixo (iatf).
• Beneficiário: André Maciel Crespilho
• Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Brasil - Doutorado