期刊
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
卷 23, 期 6, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ijms23062903
关键词
Iberian ibex; mouflon; aquaglyceroporins; melatonin; sperm cryoresistance; thyroxine
资金
- MCINN/AEI/FEDER
- EU [AGL2017-85753-R, PID2020-113288RB-I00]
- Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities [PRX19/00149]
- Swedish Research Council FORMAS, Stockholm, Sweden [2017-00946, 2019-00288]
This study identified the presence of AQPs in frozen-thawed sperm of wild ruminants and investigated the influence of the interaction between photoperiod and thyroxine on AQP expression and testosterone secretion. The results showed that thyroxine and melatonin treatments can significantly alter sperm viability and the distribution of AQPs. Furthermore, the study suggested that the impact of photoperiod/melatonin on AQP expression might be indirectly exerted through changes in testosterone concentration.
This work identified the presence of AQPs in frozen-thawed sperm of wild ruminants and assessed the influence of the interaction between photoperiod and thyroxine on AQP expression, and on testosterone secretion. Thyroxine and melatonin were administered to ibexes. In a second experiment, performed in mouflons, circulating thyroxine was reduced via treatment with propylthiouracil (PTU), and an artificial long day (LD) photoperiod established. In the ibexes, the melatonin treatment increased the blood plasma testosterone concentration, reduced the cryoresistance ratio (CR) for sperm viability and the presence of an intact acrosome, and increased the percentage of sperm with AQP7 in the acrosome and of AQP3 and AQP10 in the midpiece. In the mouflons, neither the PTU treatment, the LD, nor the combination of both affected the CR of any sperm variable. The percentage of sperm with AQP3 increased in the post-acrosome region but decreased in the tail in the LD+PTU group. The percentage of sperm with AQP10 in the principal piece and endpiece was lower in the PTU+LD group than in the control and LD groups. The influence of photoperiod/melatonin on AQP expression might be indirectly exerted through changes in the testosterone concentration, and thus ultimately affect sperm cryoresistance.
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