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Kumar P, Mehta JS, Ravi SK, Dedar RK, Purohit GN, Legha RA, Tripathi BN, Talluri TR. Cholesterol Loaded Cyclodextrin Supplementation Enhances the Cholesterol-to-Phospholipid Ratio and Diminishes Oxidative Stress in Jack Spermatozoa During Cryopreservation. J Equine Vet Sci 2020; 94:103237. [PMID: 33077064 DOI: 10.1016/j.jevs.2020.103237] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2020] [Revised: 08/24/2020] [Accepted: 08/24/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The present study was conducted with the hypothesis that addition of cholesterol to the extender would stabilize the sperm membranes by increasing the cholesterol-to-phospholipid (C:P) ratio and would result in an improved post-thaw semen quality and reduce oxidative stress in the jack (Martina franca) semen. Forty-eight ejaculates from six jacks were collected and analyzed for the present study. The freshly collected semen sample of each jack stallion was divided into five equal fractions after addition of the primary extender without cholesterol-loaded cyclodextrin (CLC) (C) and with 1, 1.5, 2, and 3 mg/mL CLC to obtain 120 × 106 sperm/mL spermatozoa concentration. The semen was cryopreserved using customized freezing protocols. Evaluation of seminal parameters, the C:P ratio, and the oxidative status of jack spermatozoa was analyzed at all stages of cryopreservation. The oxidative status in the jack semen was evaluated by measuring malondialdehyde, glutathione and total antioxidant capacity levels. The results indicated that the mean percent values for various seminal quality parameters and the oxidative parameters were found to be significantly higher (P < .05) in CLC-treated groups with the highest values for 2 mg of CLC/120 × 106 spermatozoa. In conclusion, the present study revealed that the supplementation of CLC before cryopreservation has significantly reduced the oxidative stress and also increased the C:P ratio during semen cryopreservation process. Furthermore, a reduction in lipid peroxidation levels, reduced damage to the sperm plasma and acrosome membranes and improvement in the post-thaw sperm integrity as well as stability were recorded.
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- Pramod Kumar
- Department of Veterinary Gynaecology and Obstetrics, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, RAJUVAS, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India
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- Department of Veterinary Gynaecology and Obstetrics, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, RAJUVAS, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India
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- Animal Science Division, ICAR- Central Island Agricultural Research Institute, Port Blair, India
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- Equine Production Campus, ICAR-National Research Centre on Equines, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India
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- Department of Veterinary Gynaecology and Obstetrics, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, RAJUVAS, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India
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- Equine Production Campus, ICAR-National Research Centre on Equines, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India
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- Equine Production Campus, ICAR-National Research Centre on Equines, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India.
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Kumar P, Kumar R, Mehta JS, Chaudhary AK, Ravi SK, Chandra Mehta S, Ansari MM, Legha RA, Tripathi BN, Talluri TR. Ameliorative Effect of Ascorbic Acid and Glutathione in Combating the Cryoinjuries During Cryopreservation of Exotic Jack Semen. J Equine Vet Sci 2019; 81:102796. [PMID: 31668302 DOI: 10.1016/j.jevs.2019.102796] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2019] [Revised: 07/25/2019] [Accepted: 09/05/2019] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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The present study was designed to study the adverse effects of cryopreservation and evaluation of the cryoprotective effect of reduced glutathione (GSH) and ascorbic acid (AA) supplementation on exotic jack semen in combination or alone. For this, 24 semen samples from four adult and fertile jacks were collected via artificial vagina using an estrus jenny as dummy. After semen collection, the semen was evaluated for various qualitative and quantitative parameters in fresh, cooled, and frozen-thawed semen. The semen pellet was extended with the freezing extender containing either AA (0.9 g/L), GSH (2.5 mM), or combination of both (AA 0.9 g/L + GSH 2.5 mM), and another aliquot was kept as control without adding the antioxidants. The jack semen underwent cryodamage, which was evident by the observation of significant (P < .05) decline in the seminal quantitative parameters at various stages of cryopreservation process. Prefreeze and postthaw semen evaluation revealed that the values of plasma membrane, acrosome integrity, and chromatin integrity were found to be significantly higher (P < .01) in the group of samples supplemented with the combination (0.9 g/L AA +2.5 mM GSH) than AA- and GSH-alone or control groups. Supplementation of antioxidants to the freezing extender improved jack prefreeze and postthaw semen quality with the superiority of GSH over AA alone. From the present study, it was inferred that, exotic jack spermatozoa are susceptible to injuries because of cryopreservation, but these cryo-induced damage can be ameliorated significantly (P < .05) with the use of antioxidants and contribute to the improvement of semen cryopreservation procedures.
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- Prashant Kumar
- Equine Production Campus, ICAR-National Research Centre on Equines, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India
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- Equine Production Campus, ICAR-National Research Centre on Equines, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India
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- Equine Production Campus, ICAR-National Research Centre on Equines, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India
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- Equine Production Campus, ICAR-National Research Centre on Equines, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India
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- Equine Production Campus, ICAR-National Research Centre on Equines, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India
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- Equine Production Campus, ICAR-National Research Centre on Equines, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India
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- Equine Production Campus, ICAR-National Research Centre on Equines, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India
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- Equine Production Campus, ICAR-National Research Centre on Equines, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India
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- Equine Production Campus, ICAR-National Research Centre on Equines, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India
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- Equine Production Campus, ICAR-National Research Centre on Equines, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India.
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Cyclodextrin-membrane interaction in drug delivery and membrane structure maintenance. Int J Pharm 2019; 564:59-76. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2019.03.063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2018] [Revised: 03/28/2019] [Accepted: 03/29/2019] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Demyda-Peyrás S, Bottrel M, Acha D, Ortiz I, Hidalgo M, Carrasco J, Gómez-Arrones V, Gósalvez J, Dorado J. Effect of cooling rate on sperm quality of cryopreserved Andalusian donkey spermatozoa. Anim Reprod Sci 2018; 193:201-208. [DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2018.04.069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2018] [Revised: 04/06/2018] [Accepted: 04/13/2018] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Acha D, Hidalgo M, Ortiz I, Gálvez MJ, Carrasco JJ, Gómez-Arrones V, Dorado J. Freezability of Andalusian donkey (Equus asinus) spermatozoa: effect of extenders and permeating cryoprotectants. Reprod Fertil Dev 2018; 28:1990-1998. [PMID: 26129907 DOI: 10.1071/rd14449] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2014] [Accepted: 06/04/2015] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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The aim of this study was to compare the effect of two semen extenders and four permeating cryoprotectants on post-thaw sperm quality of Andalusian donkeys. First, 32 ejaculates were pooled, split and frozen in either Gent B or INRA 96 with egg yolk and glycerol. Second, 12 pooled semen samples were simultaneously frozen in Gent B (glycerol) or Gent A containing ethylene glycol (EG; 1 or 1.5%) or dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO; 1.5 or 2%). Finally, nine pooled samples were simultaneously cryopreserved in Gent A containing 1% EG (as control), dimethylformamide (DMFA; 1 or 2.5%) or a combination of 1% EG and 1.5% DMFA. Gent B yielded a higher (P<0.01) post-thaw sperm motility than modified INRA96. EG 1% increased the sperm membrane integrity (P<0.001), whereas DMSO affected sperm motility and membrane integrity (P<0.001). DMFA 2.5% yielded higher (P<0.001) values for sperm motility and membrane integrity. We concluded that Gent B improves in vitro post-thaw sperm quality of donkey spermatozoa, but the replacement of glycerol with 1% EG or 2.5% DMFA increased sperm protection against cryodamage. The use of DMSO for freezing donkey semen was unsuccessful and a toxic effect is suspected. These extenders should be included in the pre-freeze test for each donkey.
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- D Acha
- Veterinary Reproduction Group, Department of Animal Medicine and Surgery, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cordoba, Campus de Rabanales (Edif. Hospital Clínico Veterinario), Ctra. Madrid-Cádiz, km 396, 14071 Córdoba, Spain
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- Veterinary Reproduction Group, Department of Animal Medicine and Surgery, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cordoba, Campus de Rabanales (Edif. Hospital Clínico Veterinario), Ctra. Madrid-Cádiz, km 396, 14071 Córdoba, Spain
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- Veterinary Reproduction Group, Department of Animal Medicine and Surgery, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cordoba, Campus de Rabanales (Edif. Hospital Clínico Veterinario), Ctra. Madrid-Cádiz, km 396, 14071 Córdoba, Spain
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- Veterinary Reproduction Group, Department of Animal Medicine and Surgery, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cordoba, Campus de Rabanales (Edif. Hospital Clínico Veterinario), Ctra. Madrid-Cádiz, km 396, 14071 Córdoba, Spain
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- Equine Reproduction Center, Centro de Selección y Reproducción Animal, (CENSYRA-Extremadura Government), Camino Santa Engracia, S/N (Estación Pecuaria), 06007 Badajoz, Spain
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- Equine Reproduction Center, Centro de Selección y Reproducción Animal, (CENSYRA-Extremadura Government), Camino Santa Engracia, S/N (Estación Pecuaria), 06007 Badajoz, Spain
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- Veterinary Reproduction Group, Department of Animal Medicine and Surgery, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cordoba, Campus de Rabanales (Edif. Hospital Clínico Veterinario), Ctra. Madrid-Cádiz, km 396, 14071 Córdoba, Spain
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Benhenia K, Lamara A, Fatmi S, Iguer-Ouada M. Effect of cyclodextrins, cholesterol and vitamin E and their complexation on cryopreserved epididymal ram semen. Small Rumin Res 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.smallrumres.2016.06.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Blommaert D, Franck T, Donnay I, Lejeune JP, Detilleux J, Serteyn D. Substitution of egg yolk by a cyclodextrin-cholesterol complex allows a reduction of the glycerol concentration into the freezing medium of equine sperm. Cryobiology 2015; 72:27-32. [PMID: 26687387 DOI: 10.1016/j.cryobiol.2015.11.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2015] [Revised: 10/08/2015] [Accepted: 11/27/2015] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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The aim of this work was to completely replace the egg yolk a classical diluent for freezing equine semen by a cyclodextrin-cholesterol complex. At the same time, the reduction in the glycerol content used for cryopreservation and the incubation time between sperm and the freezing media were evaluated. Horse ejaculates were frozen with four different freezing extenders: a frozen reference medium (IF) containing egg yolk and 2.5% glycerol and media without egg yolk but supplemented with 1.5 mg 2-hydroxypropyl-beta-cyclodextrin cholesterol (HPβCD-C) complex and containing either 1% (G1), 2% (G2) or 3% glycerol (G3). Three incubation times (90, 120 and 180 min) at 4 °C between the fresh semen and the different media were tested before freezing. Viability and motility analyses were performed with computer assisted semen analysis (CASA). Results showed that the freezing media containing the HPβCD-C complex with 1%, 2% and 3% glycerol significantly improve the 3 in vitro parameters of post thawing semen quality (viability, progressive and total mobilities) compared to IF. The best improvement of the parameters was obtained with G1 medium and the longest contact time. The substitution of egg yolk by HPβCD-C complex allows the decrease of protein charge of the medium while favouring the cholesterol supply to membrane spermatozoa offering it a better resistance to osmotic imbalance and a better tolerance to the glycerol toxicity. Our results highlight that the egg yolk of an extender for the freezing of horse semen can be completely substituted by HPβCD-C complex.
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- Center for Oxygen Research and Development (CORD), University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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- Institut des Sciences de la Vie, Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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- Department of Quantitative Genetics, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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- LINALUX-MLS, Centre Européen du Cheval, Vielsalm, Belgium; Center for Oxygen Research and Development (CORD), University of Liège, Liège, Belgium; Equine Clinic, Veterinary Medicine Faculty, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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Cholesterol addition aids the cryopreservation of dromedary camel (Camelus dromedarius) spermatozoa. Theriogenology 2015; 83:168-74. [DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2014.09.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2014] [Revised: 09/03/2014] [Accepted: 09/08/2014] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Murphy C, English A, Holden S, Fair S. Cholesterol-loaded-cyclodextrins improve the post-thaw quality of stallion sperm. Anim Reprod Sci 2014; 145:123-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2014.01.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2013] [Revised: 01/20/2014] [Accepted: 01/24/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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