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COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY B-BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
Volume 137, Issue 2, Pages 265-277Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2003.12.001
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boar spermatozoa; human spermatozoa; MALDI-TOF MS; phospholipids; plasmalogens; thin layer chromatography; P-31 NMR spectroscopy
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Alterations in the phospholipid (PL) composition of spermatozoal membranes occur during the fertilization process. Furthermore, membrane lipid composition is of high interest with respect to cryopreservation. The PL and fatty acid compositions of human and boar spermatozoa are compared by using matrix-assisted laser desorption and ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) in combination with thin-layer chromatography and P-31 NMR spectroscopy. The extreme sensitivity of alkenyl-linked PL against acid treatment was used to estimate the-plasmalogen content of spermatozoa. Compared with humans, boar spermatozoa are characterized by a lower variability of their PL and fatty acid composition. Additionally, boar spermatozoa contain much higher moieties of alkyl-linked compounds, e.g. 1-palmityl-2-docosapentaenoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine and 1-palmityl-2-docosahexaenoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine as well as the corresponding phosphatidylethanolamine (PE), while human spermatozoa are characterized by high contents of diacyl-PL, e.g. 1-palmitoyl-2-docosahexaenoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine and 1-palmitoyl-2-docosahexaenoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphoethanolaniine. A considerable plasmalogen moiety, for instance 1-palmitenyl-2-docosahexaenoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine is a typical feature of both, human and boar spermatozoa. It will be shown that these differences in PL composition can be very rapidly and conveniently assessed by MALDI-TOF MS in combination with TLC and also by P-31 NMR. (C) 2004 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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