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REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY
Volume 12, Issue 3, Pages 271-276Publisher
INST ANIMAL REPRODUCTION FOOD RESEARCH
DOI: 10.1016/j.repbio.2012.10.001
Keywords
Glutathione; Cryopreservation; DNA integrity; In vivo fertility; Buffalo spermatozoa
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- Higher Education Commission of Pakistan
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In this study we evaluated the effects of semen extender supplementation with different concentrations of glutathione (GSH) on buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) bull sperm motility, plasma membrane integrity, viability and DNA integrity as well as in vivo fertility. Semen from three Nili-Ravi buffalo bulls was collected, and qualified semen ejaculates (n = 18) were split into five aliquots for dilution (37 degrees C; 50 x 10(6) spermatozoa ml(-1)) with experimental tris-citric acid extender containing 0, 0.5, 1.0, 1.5 or 2.0 mM GSH. Extended semen was cooled to 4 degrees C, equilibrated and filled in French straws. The straws were kept on liquid nitrogen vapors (5 cm above the LN2 level) for 10 min and plunged in liquid nitrogen for storage. Sperm motility (%), plasma membrane integrity (%), viability (%) and DNA integrity (%) were assessed at 0, 2 and 4 h post-thawing (37 degrees C). Extender supplementation with GSH (0.5, 1.0, 1.5 and 2.0 mM) increased sperm motility, plasma membrane integrity and viability in a dose dependent manner. Sperm DNA integrity was higher (p < 0.05) in all experimental extenders containing GSH when compared to the control extender (0 mM GSH). The in vivo fertility rate of cryopreserved buffalo bull (n = 2) spermatozoa was higher (p < 0.05) in extender containing 2.0 mM GSH compared to that of control. In summary, tris-citric acid extender supplemented with glutathione improved the freezability of buffalo bull spermatozoa in a dose dependant manner. Moreover, the addition of 2.0 mM GSH to the extender enhanced the in vivo fertility of buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) bull spermatozoa. (C) 2012 Published by Elsevier Urban & Partner Sp. z o.o. on behalf of Society for Biology of Reproduction & the Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research of Polish Academy of Sciences in Olsztyn.
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