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Ability of the ISAS3Fun Method to Detect Sperm Acrosome Integrity and Its Potential to Discriminate between High and Low Field Fertility Bulls.
Yániz, Jesús L; Palacín, Inmaculada; Silvestre, Miguel A; Hidalgo, Carlos Olegario; Tamargo, Carolina; Santolaria, Pilar.
Afiliación
  • Yániz JL; BIOFITER Research Group, Institute of Environmental Sciences (IUCA), University of Zaragoza, 22071 Huesca, Spain.
  • Palacín I; BIOFITER Research Group, Institute of Environmental Sciences (IUCA), University of Zaragoza, 22071 Huesca, Spain.
  • Silvestre MA; Departamento de Biología Celular, Biología Funcional y Antropología Física, Universidad de Valencia, 46100 Burjassot, Spain.
  • Hidalgo CO; Animal Genetics and Reproduction Area, Regional Agrifood Research and Development Service (SERIDA), 33394 Gijón, Spain.
  • Tamargo C; Animal Genetics and Reproduction Area, Regional Agrifood Research and Development Service (SERIDA), 33394 Gijón, Spain.
  • Santolaria P; BIOFITER Research Group, Institute of Environmental Sciences (IUCA), University of Zaragoza, 22071 Huesca, Spain.
Biology (Basel) ; 10(11)2021 Nov 04.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34827128
The objective of the present study was to investigate whether fertility differences in bulls are reflected in variations of sperm quality when analysing only one ejaculate per male. Two experiments were performed. In the first experiment, frozen semen samples from 20 adult bulls were tested; 10 bulls had high field fertility and 10 bulls had low field fertility. Analyses of sperm motility, membrane integrity, and membrane-acrosome integrity with the ISAS3Fun method were performed. Sperm morphometry of the fluorescence sperm subpopulations obtained with the ISAS3Fun method was also analysed. Significant differences between high- and low-fertility groups were only found with the ISAS3Fun technique, specifically in sperm acrosome integrity, the proportion of spermatozoa with an intact acrosome and damaged membrane, and in sperm head width of spermatozoa with intact structures. Discriminant analyses allowed us to correctly classify 90% of sperm samples in their fertility group using sperm quality parameters. Given that only the results obtained with the ISAS3Fun technique were related to bull fertility, we performed a second experiment aimed to validate the efficacy of this technique to detect the acrosomal integrity of bull spermatozoa, comparing them with the conventional FITC-PNA/propidium iodide (PNA/PI) combination under capacitating conditions. The results indicated that the ISAS3Fun combination provided an accurate assessment of both viability and acrosomal integrity for ejaculated spermatozoa, while the PNA/PI combination underestimated the extension of acrosomal damage due to false negatives. It was concluded that the simultaneous assessment of sperm plasma membranes and acrosome integrity with the ISAS3Fun method is precise and seems to have a greater potential to discriminate between high- and low-fertility bulls than more conventional in vitro sperm quality tests.
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Tipo de estudio: Prognostic_studies Idioma: En Revista: Biology (Basel) Año: 2021 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: España Pais de publicación: Suiza

Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Tipo de estudio: Prognostic_studies Idioma: En Revista: Biology (Basel) Año: 2021 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: España Pais de publicación: Suiza