Journal
ANDROLOGY
Volume 5, Issue 1, Pages 10-22Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/andr.12279
Keywords
cryoinjury; cryopreservation; LC-MS; MS; proteomics; spermatozoa
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- Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (Ministerio de Economia y Competividad
- fondosFEDER 'una manera de hacer Europa') [PI13/00699]
- Fundacion Salud [SERONO 13-015]
- [EU-FP7-PEOPLE-2011-ITN289880]
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Cryoinjury is a consequence of cryopreservation and may have a negative impact on sperm quality regarding motility, morphology, and viability. This study was designed to identify potential proteomic changes in human sperm cells throughout the cryopreservation process. Comparisons made within this study included the detection of the sperm proteomic changes induced by incubation of the sperm cells with a protein-free cryoprotectant (with and without CryoSperm), and the proteomic changes induced by freezing, thawing, and subsequent after-thawing incubation at two different temperatures (0 degrees C vs. 23 degrees C). Tandem Mass Tag (TMT) peptide labeling coupled with LC-MS/MS was used for protein quantification. LC-MS/MS resulted in the identification of 769 quantifiable proteins. The abundance of 105 proteins was altered upon CryoSperm incubation. Freezing and thawing also induced substantial protein changes. However, fewer changes were observed when semen was thawed and then maintained after-thawing at approximately 0 degrees C than when it was maintained after-thawing at 23 degrees C, with 60 and 99 differential proteins detected, respectively, as compared to unfrozen semen incubated in CryoSperm. Collectively, these differences indicate that substantial changes occur in the sperm proteome at every stage of the cryopreservation process which may ultimately impair the sperm fertilizing capability. This is the first study to compare protein levels in fresh and cryopreserved semen using the TMT technology coupled to LC-MS/MS.
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