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Cryotolerance of stallion spermatozoa relies on aquaglyceroporins rather than orthodox aquaporins
Delgado-Bermúdez, Ariadna. (Universitat de Girona. Departament de Biologia)
Noto, Federico (Universitat de Girona. Departament de Biologia)
Bonilla Correal, Sebastian (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Medicina i Cirurgia Animals)
Garcia-Bonavila, Estela (Universitat de Girona. Departament de Biologia)
Catalán, Jaime (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Medicina i Cirurgia Animals)
Papas, Marion (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Medicina i Cirurgia Animals)
Bonet, Sergi (Universitat de Girona. Departament de Biologia)
Miró, Jordi (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Medicina i Cirurgia Animals)
Yeste Oliveras, Marc (Universitat de Girona. Departament de Biologia)

Date: 2019
Abstract: Aquaporins (AQPs), a family of ubiquitous water channels divided into orthodox AQPs, aquaglyceroporins (GLPs), and superAQPs, are present in stallion spermatozoa. The aim of this study was to elucidate the functional relevance of each group of AQPs during stallion sperm cryopreservation through the use of three different inhibitors: acetazolamide (AC), phloretin (PHL) and propanediol (PDO). Sperm quality and function parameters were evaluated in the presence or absence of each inhibitor in fresh and frozen-thawed samples. In the presence of AC, different parameters were altered (p < 0. 05), but not in a concentration-or time-depending manner. PHL was found to decrease sperm motility, viability, acrosome integrity, and the percentages of spermatozoa with low membrane lipid disorder, high mitochondrial membrane potential (MMP) and high intracellular levels of calcium and superoxides (p < 0. 05). Finally, the sperm motility, viability, acrosome integrity, the percentages of spermatozoa with low membrane lipid disorder, high MMP and high intracellular calcium levels were higher (p < 0. 05) in PDO treatments than in the control. The sperm response to AC, PHL and PDO indicates that GLPs, rather than orthodox AQPs, play a crucial role during stallion sperm cryopreservation. Furthermore, post-thaw sperm quality was higher in PDO treatments than in the control, suggesting that this molecule is a potential permeable cryoprotectant.
Grants: Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca 2017-SGR-1229
Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad AGL2017-88329-R
Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad PRE2018-083488
Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad RYC-2014-15581
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Language: Anglès
Document: Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Subject: Acetazolamide ; Aquaporins ; Phloretin ; Propanediol ; Sperm ; Stallion
Published in: Biology, Vol. 8 Núm. 4 (december 2019) , p. 85, ISSN 2079-7737

DOI: 10.3390/biology8040085
PMID: 31726707


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