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Analysis of differential proteins between non-capacitated and capacitated boar sperm and verification of the effect of phosphofructokinase on capacitation. Theriogenology 2023; 199:19-29. [PMID: 36682265 DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2022.12.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2021] [Revised: 12/26/2022] [Accepted: 12/27/2022] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The objective of this study was to analyze the differences in the proteins in non-capacitated and capacitated boar sperm and to identify the functions of the differential proteins and key capacitation proteins of boar sperm before and after capacitation. Transwell chambers were used to separate capacitated sperm proteins using a unique polycarbonate membrane. Meanwhile, isotopic tags for relative and absolute quantification combined with LC‒MS/MS analysis were used for quantitative determination of differential proteins. Through the comparative analysis of different databases, 475 different proteins were identified in non-capacitated sperm and capacitated sperm, of which 303 were significantly upregulated and 172 were significantly downregulated. These differentially-expressed proteins are mainly involved in redox processes, cell biosynthesis processes and cell aromatic compound metabolism biological processes. They also participate in the signaling pathways of phosphorylation, ketone synthesis and degradation, most of which interact to varying degrees. Among these differentially-expressed proteins, phosphofructokinase attracted our attention as a potential capacitated protein. We further verified that phosphofructokinase can promote boar sperm capacitation by immunoblotting.
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The characteristics of proteome and metabolome associated with contrasting sperm motility in goat seminal plasma. Sci Rep 2021; 11:15562. [PMID: 34330982 PMCID: PMC8324791 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-95138-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2021] [Accepted: 07/21/2021] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Sperm motility is an index tightly associated with male fertility. A close relationship between seminal plasma and sperm motility has been confirmed. This study was to assess the protein and metabolite profiles of seminal plasma obtained from adult goats with high or low sperm motility using the proteomic and metabolomic strategies. In total, 2098 proteins were found. 449 differentially abundant proteins (DAPs) were identified, and 175 DAPs were enriched in the high motility group. The obtained DAPs primarily exist in cytoplasma and extra-cellular portion. The Gene Ontology enrichment analysis demonstrated the main functional roles of these DAPs in regulating biological process, metabolic process of organic substances, cellular-metabolic process, primary-metabolic process, metabolic process of nitrogen compounds, etc. Additionally, the Kyoto-Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) analysis revealed that these DAPs were primarily involved in phosphatidylinositol signaling system, salivary secretion, proteasome, apoptosis, mitophagy-animal, etc. Aided by the parallel reaction monitoring technology, the abundance changing pattern of 19 selected DAPs was consistent with that of the corresponding proteins obtained by TMT. A total of 4603 metabolites were identified in seminal plasma. 1857 differential metabolites were found between the high motility group and the low motility group, and 999 metabolites were up-regulated in the high motility group. The KEGG analysis demonstrated the primary involvement of the differential metabolites in metabolic and synthetic activities. In conclusion, we first established the proteome and metabolome databank of goat seminal plasma, detecting some proteins and metabolites which may affect sperm motility. This study will be valuable for understanding mechanisms leading to poor sperm motility.
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Özbek M, Hitit M, Kaya A, Jousan FD, Memili E. Sperm Functional Genome Associated With Bull Fertility. Front Vet Sci 2021; 8:610888. [PMID: 34250055 PMCID: PMC8262648 DOI: 10.3389/fvets.2021.610888] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2020] [Accepted: 05/05/2021] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Bull fertility is an important economic trait in sustainable cattle production, as infertile or subfertile bulls give rise to large economic losses. Current methods to assess bull fertility are tedious and not totally accurate. The massive collection of functional data analyses, including genomics, proteomics, metabolomics, transcriptomics, and epigenomics, helps researchers generate extensive knowledge to better understand the unraveling physiological mechanisms underlying subpar male fertility. This review focuses on the sperm phenomes of the functional genome and epigenome that are associated with bull fertility. Findings from multiple sources were integrated to generate new knowledge that is transferable to applied andrology. Diverse methods encompassing analyses of molecular and cellular dynamics in the fertility-associated molecules and conventional sperm parameters can be considered an effective approach to determine bull fertility for efficient and sustainable cattle production. In addition to gene expression information, we also provide methodological information, which is important for the rigor and reliability of the studies. Fertility is a complex trait influenced by several factors and has low heritability, although heritability of scrotal circumference is high and that it is a known fertility maker. There is a need for new knowledge on the expression levels and functions of sperm RNA, proteins, and metabolites. The new knowledge can shed light on additional fertility markers that can be used in combination with scrotal circumference to predict the fertility of breeding bulls. This review provides a comprehensive review of sperm functional characteristics or phenotypes associated with bull fertility.
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- Memmet Özbek
- Department of Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University, Burdur, Turkey
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- Department of Genetics, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kastamonu University, Kastamonu, Turkey
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- Department of Artificial Insemination and Reproduction, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Selcuk University, Konya, Turkey
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- Department of Animal and Dairy Sciences, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS, United States
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- Department of Animal and Dairy Sciences, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS, United States
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Zhang YT, Liu Y, Liang HL, Xu QQ, Liu ZH, Weng XG. Metabolomic differences of seminal plasma between boars with high and low average conception rates after artificial insemination. Reprod Domest Anim 2020; 56:161-171. [PMID: 33176019 DOI: 10.1111/rda.13861] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2020] [Accepted: 11/06/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Seminal plasma is a complex biological fluid containing many metabolites including amino acids, fructose, carbohydrates and lipids Metabolites play important roles in multiple biological processes, but details and significance of the seminal plasma metabolome related to boar fertility are unknown. The aim of the present study was to compare the comprehensive metabolome of seminal plasma from boars with different conception rate after artificial insemination and to identify the potential biomarkers. Semen samples were collected from boars which divided into two groups according to the conception rates in the offspring. Seminal plasma metabolites were isolated, purified, and then subjected to Ultra-high Performance Liquid Chromatography-Quadrupole Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry (UHPLC-qTOF-MS) procession. A total of 576 (Positive ion mode) and 377 (Negative ion mode) metabolites were identified in seminal plasma. Metabolites were identified and categorized according to their major chemical classes, including carboxylic acids and derivatives, organooxygen compounds, amino acids, peptides, and alogues, fatty amides, fatty acyls, benzene and substituted derivatives, purine nucleotides, pyrimidine nucleotides, glycosyl compounds, fatty acids and conjugates. The results showed that 4-Aminobenzoate, Pro-Asn, Ile-Tyr, Homoveratric acid and D-Biotin were higher in semen of boar with higher conception rate (HG) versus lower conception rate (LG) (p < .05), whereas L-Serine, Butoxyacetic acid, S-Methyl-5'-thioadenosine, Capsaicin and 1-O-(cis-9-Octadecenyl)-2-O-acetyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (PAF) were lower in HG than in LG (p < .05). These metabolites may be considered as candidate biomarkers for different fertility in boars.
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- Yu-Ting Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Animal Cellular and Genetics Engineering of Heilongjiang Province, College of Life Science, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Cellular and Genetics Engineering of Heilongjiang Province, College of Life Science, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Cellular and Genetics Engineering of Heilongjiang Province, College of Life Science, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Cellular and Genetics Engineering of Heilongjiang Province, College of Life Science, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Cellular and Genetics Engineering of Heilongjiang Province, College of Life Science, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Cellular and Genetics Engineering of Heilongjiang Province, College of Life Science, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, China
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Parrilla I, Martinez EA, Gil MA, Cuello C, Roca J, Rodriguez-Martinez H, Martinez CA. Boar seminal plasma: current insights on its potential role for assisted reproductive technologies in swine. Anim Reprod 2020; 17:e20200022. [PMID: 33029213 PMCID: PMC7534575 DOI: 10.1590/1984-3143-ar2020-0022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Seminal plasma (SP) supports not only sperm function but also the ability of spermatozoa to withstand biotechnological procedures as artificial insemination, freezing or sex sorting. Moreover, evidence has been provided that SP contains identifiable molecules which can act as fertility biomarkers, and even improve the output of assisted reproductive technologies by acting as modulators of endometrial and embryonic changes of gene expression, thus affecting embryo development and fertility beyond the sperm horizon. In this overview, we discuss current knowledge of the composition of SP, mainly proteins and cytokines, and their influence on semen basic procedures, such as liquid storage or cryopreservation. The role of SP as modulator of endometrial and embryonic molecular changes that lead to successful pregnancy will also be discussed.
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- Inmaculada Parrilla
- Departmento de Medicina y Cirugía Animal, Facultad de Veterinaria, Campus de de Excelencia International "Campus Mare Nostrum", Universidad de Murcia, Murcia, Spain.,Instituto Murciano de Investigación Biosanitaria, Campus de Ciencias de la Salud, Murcia, Spain
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- Departmento de Medicina y Cirugía Animal, Facultad de Veterinaria, Campus de de Excelencia International "Campus Mare Nostrum", Universidad de Murcia, Murcia, Spain.,Instituto Murciano de Investigación Biosanitaria, Campus de Ciencias de la Salud, Murcia, Spain
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- Departmento de Medicina y Cirugía Animal, Facultad de Veterinaria, Campus de de Excelencia International "Campus Mare Nostrum", Universidad de Murcia, Murcia, Spain.,Instituto Murciano de Investigación Biosanitaria, Campus de Ciencias de la Salud, Murcia, Spain
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- Departmento de Medicina y Cirugía Animal, Facultad de Veterinaria, Campus de de Excelencia International "Campus Mare Nostrum", Universidad de Murcia, Murcia, Spain.,Instituto Murciano de Investigación Biosanitaria, Campus de Ciencias de la Salud, Murcia, Spain
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- Departmento de Medicina y Cirugía Animal, Facultad de Veterinaria, Campus de de Excelencia International "Campus Mare Nostrum", Universidad de Murcia, Murcia, Spain.,Instituto Murciano de Investigación Biosanitaria, Campus de Ciencias de la Salud, Murcia, Spain
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- Department of Biomedical & Clinical Sciences, BKH/Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
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- Department of Biomedical & Clinical Sciences, BKH/Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
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Velho ALC, Menezes E, Dinh T, Kaya A, Topper E, Moura AA, Memili E. Metabolomic markers of fertility in bull seminal plasma. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0195279. [PMID: 29634739 PMCID: PMC5892889 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0195279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2017] [Accepted: 03/19/2018] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Metabolites play essential roles in biological systems, but detailed identities and significance of the seminal plasma metabolome related to bull fertility are still unknown. The objectives of this study were to determine the comprehensive metabolome of seminal plasma from Holstein bulls and to ascertain the potential of metabolites as biomarkers of bull fertility. The seminal plasma metabolome from 16 Holstein bulls with two fertility rates were determined by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). Multivariate and univariate analyses of the data were performed, and the pathways associated with the seminal plasma metabolome were identified using bioinformatics approaches. Sixty-three metabolites were identified in the seminal plasma of all bulls. Fructose was the most abundant metabolite in the seminal fluid, followed for citric acid, lactic acid, urea and phosphoric acid. Androstenedione, 4-ketoglucose, D-xylofuranose, 2-oxoglutaric acid and erythronic acid represented the least predominant metabolites. Partial-Least Squares Discriminant Analysis (PLSDA) revealed a distinct separation between high and low fertility bulls. The metabolites with the greatest Variable Importance in Projection score (VIP > 2) were 2-oxoglutaric acid and fructose. Heat-map analysis, based on VIP score, and univariate analysis indicated that 2-oxoglutaric acid was less (P = 0.02); whereas fructose was greater (P = 0.02) in high fertility than in low fertility bulls. The current study is the first to describe the metabolome of bull seminal plasma using GC-MS and presented metabolites such as 2-oxoglutaric acid and fructose as potential biomarkers of bull fertility.
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- Ana Luiza Cazaux Velho
- Department of Animal and Dairy Sciences, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, United States of America
- Department of Animal Sciences, Federal University of Ceara, Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil
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- Department of Animal and Dairy Sciences, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, United States of America
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- Department of Animal and Dairy Sciences, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, United States of America
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- Alta Genetic Inc., Watertown, WI, United States of America
- Department of Reproduction and Artificial Insemination, Selcuk University, Konya, Turkey
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- Alta Genetic Inc., Watertown, WI, United States of America
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- Department of Animal Sciences, Federal University of Ceara, Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil
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- Department of Animal and Dairy Sciences, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, United States of America
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Paventi G, Lessard C, Bailey JL, Passarella S. In boar sperm capacitation L-lactate and succinate, but not pyruvate and citrate, contribute to the mitochondrial membrane potential increase as monitored via safranine O fluorescence. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2015; 462:257-62. [PMID: 25956060 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2015.04.128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2015] [Accepted: 04/26/2015] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Having ascertained using JC-1 as a probe that, in distinction with the controls, during capacitation boar sperm maintains high mitochondrial membrane potential (ΔΨ), to gain some insight into the role of mitochondria in capacitation, we monitored ΔΨ generation due to externally added metabolites either in hypotonically-treated spermatozoa (HTS) or in intact cells by using safranine O as a probe. During capacitation, the addition to HTS of L-lactate and succinate but not those of pyruvate, citrate and ascorbate + TMPD resulted in increase of ΔΨ generation. Accordingly, the addition of L-lactate and succinate, but not that of citrate, to intact sperm resulted in ΔΨ generation increased in capacitation.
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- Gianluca Paventi
- Dipartimento di Medicina e Scienze della Salute "V. Tiberio", Università del Molise, via de Sanctis, Campobasso, Italy
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- Centre de Recherche en Biologie de la Reproduction, Département des Sciences Animales, Université Laval, Québec, Canada
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- Centre de Recherche en Biologie de la Reproduction, Département des Sciences Animales, Université Laval, Québec, Canada.
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- Dipartimento di Medicina e Scienze della Salute "V. Tiberio", Università del Molise, via de Sanctis, Campobasso, Italy.
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Maher AD, Cloarec O, Patki P, Craggs M, Holmes E, Lindon JC, Nicholson JK. Dynamic biochemical information recovery in spontaneous human seminal fluid reactions via 1H NMR kinetic statistical total correlation spectroscopy. Anal Chem 2009; 81:288-95. [PMID: 19117456 DOI: 10.1021/ac801993m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Human seminal fluid (HSF) is a complex mixture of reacting glandular metabolite and protein secretions that provides critical support functions in fertilization. We have employed 600-MHz (1)H NMR spectroscopy to compare and contrast the temporal biochemical and biophysical changes in HSF from infertile men with spinal cord injury compared to age-matched controls. We have developed new approaches to data analysis and visualization to facilitate the interpretation of the results, including the first application of the recently published K-STOCSY concept to a biofluid, enhancing the extraction of information on biochemically related metabolites and assignment of resonances from the major seminal protein, semenogelin. Principal components analysis was also applied to evaluate the extent to which macromolecules influence the overall variation in the metabolic data set. The K-STOCSY concept was utilized further to determine the relationships between reaction rates and metabolite levels, revealing that choline, N-acetylglucosamine, and uridine are associated with higher peptidase activity. The novel approach adopted here has the potential to capture dynamic information in any complex mixture of reacting chemicals including other biofluids or cell extracts.
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- Anthony D Maher
- Department of Biomolecular Medicine, Division of Surgery, Oncology, Reproductive Biology and Anaesthetics (SORA), Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, South Kensington, SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom.
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Kamp G, Schmidt H, Stypa H, Feiden S, Mahling C, Wegener G. Regulatory properties of 6-phosphofructokinase and control of glycolysis in boar spermatozoa. Reproduction 2007; 133:29-40. [PMID: 17244730 DOI: 10.1530/rep-06-0082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Glycolysis is crucial for sperm functions (motility and fertilization), but how this pathway is regulated in spermatozoa is not clear. This prompted to study the location and the regulatory properties of 6-phosphofructokinase (PFK, EC 2.7.1.11), the most important element for control of glycolytic flux. Unlike some other glycolytic enzymes, PFK showed no tight binding to sperm structures. It could readily be extracted from ejaculated boar spermatozoa by sonication and was then chromatographically purified. At physiological pH, the enzyme was allosterically inhibited by near-physiological concentrations of its co-substrate ATP, which induced co-operativity, i.e. reduced the affinity for the substrate fructose 6-phosphate. Inhibition by ATP was reinforced by citrate and H+. Above pH 8, PFK lost all its regulatory properties and showed maximum activity. However, in the physiological pH range, PFK activity was very sensitive to small changes in effectors. At near-physiological substrate concentrations, PFK activity requires activators (de-inhibitors) of which the combination of AMP and fructose 2,6-bisphosphate (F2,6P2) was most efficient as a result of synergistic effects. The kinetics of PFK suggest AMP, F2,6P2, H+, and citrate as allosteric effectors controlling PFK activity in boar spermatozoa. Using immunogold labeling, PFK was localized in the mid-piece and principal piece of the flagellum as well as in the acrosomal area at the top of the head and in the cytoplasmic droplets released from the mid-piece after ejaculation.
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- G Kamp
- Institut für Zoologie, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Becherweg 9-11, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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Schmidt H, Kamp G. Induced hyperactivity in boar spermatozoa and its evaluation by computer-assisted sperm analysis. Reproduction 2004; 128:171-9. [PMID: 15280556 DOI: 10.1530/rep.1.00153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Hyperactivity, a form of sperm motility characterized by vigorous flagellar movements, has been proposed as essential for fertilization in mammals. The objective of the present study was to establish a method for inducing hyperactivity in vitro in boar spermatozoa and to define threshold values to differentiate between hyperactive and non-hyperactive spermatozoa by computer-assisted sperm analysis (CASA) as a prerequisite for analyzing the energy metabolism during hyperactivity. In TALP-HEPES medium, non-frozen boar spermatozoa were stimulated to hyperactivity by 50 micromol l(-1) Ca2+ within 15 min at 37 degrees C if 5 micromol l(-1) of the Ca2+ ionophore A23187 was present. If 25% seminal plasma was present, boar spermatozoa required higher Ca2+ concentrations (about 700 micromol l(-1)) for hyperactivity. Under both conditions, immobilization and head-to-head agglutination were low so that hyperactive spermatozoa could be analyzed for at least 40 min. The transition from normal to hyperactive movement was characterized by an increase in flagellar beat angle from 49 degrees +/- 12 degrees to 200 degrees +/- 36 degrees (n = 32) and a decrease in flagellar curvature ratio from 0.89 +/- 0.04 to 0.47 +/- 0.11 (n = 32). For quantification of hyperactive boar sperm, kinematic parameters of hyperactive and non-hyperactive spermatozoa were measured by CASA and statistically evaluated (receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis). The threshold values of the following four parameters were well suited for differentiating between hyperactive and non-hyperactive boar spermatozoa (ROC curve analysis: > 50% specificity at 100% sensitivity). Hyperactive boar spermatozoa showed mean lateral head displacement > 3.5 microm, curvilinear velocity > 97 microm s(-1), linearity < 32% and wobble < 71%. According to this multiparametric definition, induction of hyperactivity increased significantly (P < 0.0001) the fraction of hyperactive spermatozoa in semen samples from 5.1 +/- 4.3% (n = 13) to 48.3 +/- 6.6% (n = 7) in the absence and to 44.2 +/- 7.6% (n = 10) in the presence of 25% seminal plasma, while the overall percentage of motile spermatozoa did not change significantly.
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- Harald Schmidt
- Institute of Zoology, Johannes Gutenberg University, 55099 Mainz, Germany
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Dreanno C, Seguin F, Cosson J, Suquet M, Billard R. 1H-NMR and (31)P-NMR analysis of energy metabolism of quiescent and motile turbot (Psetta maxima) spermatozoa. THE JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL ZOOLOGY 2000; 286:513-22. [PMID: 10684575 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-010x(20000401)286:5<513::aid-jez9>3.0.co;2-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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31P-NMR and (1)H-NMR were used to monitor changes of several compounds with high-energy bonds and metabolites prior to and after the initiation of motility of turbot spermatozoa (Psetta maxima). The obtained (31)P-NMR spectra revealed the presence of phosphomonoesters, phosphodiester, intracellular inorganic phosphate (Pi), phosphocreatine (PCr), and free nucleotide triphosphate. Following the activation of motility, the di- and tri-phosphate nucleotides, PCr, phosphomonoesters levels dropped while Pi levels increased. A significant increase of lactate was also seen at the end of the swimming phase. The compositions of seminal fluid and urine were also determined. Lipoproteins, formic acid, amino acid, and citric acid were detected in seminal fluid. Dimethyl amine, trimethylamine, and trimethylamine oxyde were found in urine. These data suggest that at least a part of the energy required during the swimming phase results from anaerobic fermentation and oxidative phosphorylation. J. Exp. Zool. 286:513-522, 2000.
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- C Dreanno
- Laboratoire de Physiologie des Poissons, IFREMER, BP 70, 29280 Plouzané, France
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Kalic M, Kamp G, Lauterwein J. Nuclear magnetic resonance studies of boar seminal plasma. Problems encountered in the identification of small molecules: hypotaurine and carnitine. NMR IN BIOMEDICINE 1997; 10:341-347. [PMID: 9471125 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1492(199710)10:7<341::aid-nbm464>3.0.co;2-m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Two major components in boar seminal plasma were assigned by 1H and 13C nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. The first, previously called substance X (see Ref. 1, Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1243, 101-109 (1995)), was identified with difficulty as hypotaurine. This pointed to general difficulties in the NMR assignments of small molecules in mixtures of substances, even at the highest magnetic fields. In contrast, the identification of the second component as carnitine was obtained in a straightforward manner by total correlation spectroscopy and proton-detected 13C chemical shift correlation methods (gradient-selected heteronuclear single quantum coherence and heteronuclear multiple bond correlation). Carnitine is known as a transporter of fatty acids through membranes. Both compounds were ultimately confirmed by addition of the authentic compounds.
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- M Kalic
- Organisch-Chemisches Institut der Universität, Münster, Germany
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Kalic M, Büsselmann G, Lauterwein J, Kamp G. Phosphorous metabolites in boar spermatozoa. Identification of AMP by multinuclear magnetic resonance. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1997; 1320:208-16. [PMID: 9210287 DOI: 10.1016/s0005-2728(97)00024-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Boar spermatozoa revealed three prominent resonances in the 31P-NMR spectrum of intact cells. Two of these are known to be GPC and Pi, the third is a phosphomononoester (PME), the identification of which was carried out by proton-detected 2D 1H,31P and 1H,13C chemical shift correlation experiments with gradient selection. The PME was unambiguously assigned to adenosine 5'-monophosphate (AMP). The identification was confirmed by an AMP consuming enzymatic assay. Other physiologically relevant PME's, in particular inosine 5-monophosphate (IMP) and sugar phosphates, were excluded. The intensity of the 31P signal of AMP in boar sperm extract was much higher than those of ADP and ATP, and in intact cells only AMP but no ATP was visible.
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- M Kalic
- Organisch-Chemisches Institut der Universität, Münster, Germany
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Midelfart A, Dybdahl A, Gribbestad S. Detection of different metabolites in the rabbit lens by high resolution 1H NMR spectroscopy. Curr Eye Res 1996; 15:1175-81. [PMID: 9018432 DOI: 10.3109/02713689608995153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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PURPOSE To investigate the metabolic profile of the rabbit lens using high resolution 1H NMR spectroscopy including two-dimensional shift correlated (COSY) technique. METHODS Perchloric acid extracts of the rabbit lens were analysed with a Bruker AM-500 spectrometer and the metabolites were assigned in the spectra. Some of these were also quantified. RESULTS More than 20 metabolites were detected in the perchloric acid extract of a single lens, including amino acids, nucleotides and other related compounds. Of particular importance is the ability to detect and identify glutathione, myoinositol, scyllo-inositol and taurine. CONCLUSIONS The study demonstrated the potential of 1H NMR spectroscopy for monitoring the metabolic profile of the lens in normal and pathologic conditions.
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- A Midelfart
- Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Norwegian Institute of Technology, University of Trondheim, Norway
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Kamp G, Büsselmann G, Lauterwein J. Spermatozoa: models for studying regulatory aspects of energy metabolism. EXPERIENTIA 1996; 52:487-94. [PMID: 8641386 DOI: 10.1007/bf01919321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
Abstract
Spermatozoa are highly specialized cells, and they offer advantages for studying several basic aspects of metabolic control such as the role of adenosine triphosphate-(ATP)-homeostasis for cell function, the mechanisms of fatigue and metabolic depression, the metabolic channelling through the cytoplasm and the organization and regulation of glycolytic enzymes. Spermatozoa of four species with different reproductive modes are introduced and the first results are presented: Spermatozoa of the marine worm Arenicola marina are well adapted to external fertilization in sea water with fluctuating oxygen tension: they are motile for several hours in oxygen-free sea water, even when the ATP level is dramatically reduced. Anaerobic ATP production occurs by alanine, acetate and propionate fermentation probably by the same pathways known from somatic cells of this species. Under aerobic conditions the phosphagen system might function like a shuttle for energy-rich phosphate from mitochondria to the dynein-ATPases. Storage of turkey and carp spermatozoa for several hours without exogenous substrates and oxygen results in the degradation of phosphocreatine and ATP to inorganic phosphate and adenosine monophosphate (AMP), respectively. Despite low energy charges, stored spermatozoa of both species are capable of progressive movements. In carp spermatozoa fatigue of motility is not accompanied by the dramatic acidosis one discusses as an important effect in muscle fatigue. Energy metabolism of boar spermatozoa is typically based on glycolysis consuming extracellular carbohydrates and producing lactate and protons. The sperm seem to tolerate low intracellular pH (< 6.5). The lack of a phosphagen system (no energy shuttle from mitochondria to the distal dynein-ATPases) is probably compensated by a high glycolytic ATP-production in the mitochondria-free piece of the flagellum.
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Affiliation(s)
- G Kamp
- Institut für Zoophysiologie der Universität Münster, Germany
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