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22 p, 3.0 MB |
Impact of Seminal Plasma Antioxidants on DNA Fragmentation and Lipid Peroxidation of Frozen-Thawed Horse Sperm
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Catalán, Jaime (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Medicina i Cirurgia Animals) ;
Yánez-Ortiz, Iván (Universidad Internacional de Ecuador) ;
Torres-Garrido, Marc (Universitat de Girona. Departament de Biologia) ;
Ribas-Maynou, Jordi (Universitat de Girona. Departament de Biologia) ;
Llavanera, Marc (Universitat de Girona. Departament de Biologia) ;
Barranco, Isabel (Universidad de Murcia. Departamento de Cirugía y Medicina Animal) ;
Yeste Oliveras, Marc (Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats) ;
Miró, Jordi (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Medicina i Cirurgia Animals)
Cryopreservation is a stressful process for sperm, as it is associated with an increased production of reactive oxygen species (ROS). Elevated ROS levels, which create an imbalance with antioxidant capacity, may result in membrane lipid peroxidation (LPO), protein damage and DNA fragmentation. [...]
2024 - 10.3390/antiox13030322
Antioxidants, Vol. 13 (march 2024)
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ProAKAP4 as a motility long-lasting marker in Catalan donkey spermatozoa
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Dordas-Perpinyà, Marta (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Medicina i Cirurgia Animals) ;
Sergeant, Nicolas (University of Lille) ;
Yánez-Ortiz, Iván (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Medicina i Cirurgia Animals) ;
Mevel, Vincent (Nantes Veterinary college) ;
Catalán, Jaime (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Medicina i Cirurgia Animals) ;
Bruyas, Jean-François (Nantes Veterinary college) ;
Briand-Amirat, Lamia (Nantes Veterinary college) ;
Miró, Jordi (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Medicina i Cirurgia Animals)
ProAKAP4 is identified within the flagellum of spermatozoa in various mammalian species, serving as a structural protein associated with motility parameters. This investigation focuses on the presence of proAKAP4 in donkey sperm, elucidating its localization, molecular characteristics, and its correlation with motility descriptors and mitochondrial membrane potential. [...]
2024 - 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2024.107427
Animal reproduction science, Febrer 2024
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Metabolic profiling of preovulatory follicular fluid in jennies
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Catalán, Jaime (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Medicina i Cirurgia Animals) ;
Yánez-Ortiz, Iván (Universitat de Girona. Departament de Biologia) ;
Mateo-Otero, Yentel (Universitat de Girona. Departament de Biologia) ;
Bragulat, A.F. (National University of Río Cuarto. Equine Production Laboratory) ;
Nolis Fañanas, Pau (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Servei de Ressonància Magnètica Nuclear) ;
Carluccio, Augusto (Faculty of Veterinary Medicine. University of Teramo) ;
Yeste Oliveras, Marc (Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats) ;
Miró, Jordi (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Medicina i Cirurgia Animals) ;
Martínez-Rodero, Iris (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Medicina i Cirurgia Animals)
Follicular fluid is formed from the transudation of theca and granulosa cells in the growing follicular antrum. Its main function is to provide an optimal intrafollicular microenvironment to modulate oocyte maturation. [...]
2022 - 10.1016/j.rvsc.2022.10.026
Research in veterinary science, Vol. 153 (31 2022) , p. 127-136
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11 p, 1.6 MB |
ProAKAP4 Concentration Is Related to Sperm Motility and Motile Sperm Subpopulations in Frozen-Thawed Horse Semen
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Dordas-Perpinyà, Marta (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Medicina i Cirurgia Animals) ;
Yánez-Ortiz, Iván (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Medicina i Cirurgia Animals) ;
Sergeant, N. (SPQI S.A.S) ;
Mevel, V. (Nantes-Atlantic College of Veterinary Medicine) ;
Bruyas, Jean-François (Nantes-Atlantic College of Veterinary Medicine) ;
Catalán, Jaime (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Medicina i Cirurgia Animals) ;
Delehedde, Maryse (SPQI S.A.S) ;
Briand-Amirat, Lamia (Nantes-Atlantic College of Veterinary Medicine) ;
Miró, Jordi (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Medicina i Cirurgia Animals)
ProAKAP4 is the precursor of AKAP4 (A-kinase Anchor protein 4), the main structural protein of the fibrous sheath of sperm. The amount of proAKAP4 reflects the ability of spermatozoa to maintain the flagellum activity and functionality up to the site of fertilization and is positively correlated with progressive motility in several mammalian species. [...]
2022 - 10.3390/ani12233417
Animals, Vol. 12 Núm. 23 (december 2022) , p. 3417
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Extracellular Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) Production in Fresh Donkey Sperm Exposed to Reductive Stress, Oxidative Stress and NETosis
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Yánez-Ortiz, Iván (Universitat de Girona. Departament de Biologia) ;
Catalán, Jaime (Universitat de Girona. Departament de Biologia) ;
Mateo-Otero, Yentel (Universitat de Girona. Departament de Biologia) ;
Dordas-Perpinyà, Marta (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Medicina i Cirurgia Animals) ;
Gacem, Sabrina (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Medicina i Cirurgia Animals) ;
Yeste, Natalia (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Bioquímica i de Biologia Molecular) ;
Bassols Teixidó, Anna Maria (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Bioquímica i de Biologia Molecular) ;
Yeste Oliveras, Marc (Universitat de Girona. Departament de Biologia) ;
Miró, Jordi (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Medicina i Cirurgia Animals)
Jenny shows a large endometrial reaction after semen influx to the uterus with a large amount of polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMN) migrating into the uterine lumen. PMN act as a sperm selection mechanism through phagocytosis and NETosis (DNA extrudes and, together with proteins, trap spermatozoa). [...]
2021 - 10.3390/antiox10091367
Antioxidants, Vol. 10 (august 2021)
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Seminal Plasma Antioxidants Are Related to Sperm Cryotolerance in the Horse
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Catalán, Jaime (University of Teramo. Faculty of Veterinary Medicine) ;
Yánez-Ortiz, Iván (Universitat de Girona. Departament de Biologia) ;
Tvarijonaviciute, Asta (Universidad de Murcia. Laboratorio Interdisciplinario de Análisis Clínicos Interlab) ;
González-Aróstegui, Luis Guillermo (Universidad de Murcia. Laboratorio Interdisciplinario de Análisis Clínicos Interlab) ;
Rubio, Camila Peres (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Ciència Animal i dels Aliments) ;
Barranco, Isabel (University of Bologna. Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences) ;
Yeste Oliveras, Marc (Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats) ;
Miró, Jordi (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Medicina i Cirurgia Animals)
The objective of this study was to determine the relationship of enzymatic (superoxide dismutase, SOD; glutathione peroxidase, GPX; catalase, CAT; and paraoxonase type 1, PON1) and non-enzymatic antioxidants (measured in terms of: Trolox equivalent antioxidant capacity, TEAC; cupric-reducing antioxidant capacity, CUPRAC; and ferric-reducing ability of plasma, FRAP), as well as the oxidative stress index (OSI) in seminal plasma (SP) with the resilience of horse sperm to freeze-thawing. [...]
2022 - 10.3390/antiox11071279
Antioxidants, Vol. 11 (june 2022)
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ProAKAP4 Semen Concentrations as a Valuable Marker Protein of Post-Thawed Semen Quality and Bull Fertility : a Retrospective Study
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Dordas-Perpinyà, Marta (Nantes-Atlantic College of Veterinary Medicine) ;
Sergeant, Nicolas (University Lille. LilNCog-Lille Neuroscience & Cognition) ;
Ruelle, Isabelle (Nantes-Atlantic College of Veterinary Medicine) ;
Bruyas, Jean-François (Nantes-Atlantic College of Veterinary Medicine) ;
Charreaux, Frédéric (EVOLUTION XY) ;
Michaud, Sandrine (Nantes-Atlantic College of Veterinary Medicine) ;
Carracedo, Sara (SPQI) ;
Catalán, Jaime (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Medicina i Cirurgia Animals) ;
Miró, Jordi (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Medicina i Cirurgia Animals) ;
Delehedde, Maryse (SPQI) ;
Briand-Amirat, Lamia (Nantes-Atlantic College of Veterinary Medicine)
Functional sperm quality markers to predict bull fertility have been actively investigated. Among them, proAKAP4, which is the precursor of AKAP4, the main structural protein in the fibrous sheath of spermatozoa; appears to be promising, especially since spermatozoa lacking AKAP4 expression were shown to be immotile, abnormal, and infertile. [...]
2022 - 10.3390/vetsci9050224
Veterinary Sciences, Vol. 9 Núm. 5 (2022) , p. 224
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Simple Tube Centrifugation Method for Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP) Preparation in Catalonian Donkeys as a Treatment of Endometritis-Endometrosis
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Fantini, Priscila (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Medicina i Cirurgia Animals) ;
Jiménez, Román (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Medicina i Cirurgia Animals) ;
Vilés, Karina (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Medicina i Cirurgia Animals) ;
Iborra Obiols, Antoni (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Servei de Cultius Cel·lulars, Producció d'Anticossos i Citometria) ;
Silveira Palhares, Maristela (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Departmento de Clínica e Cirurgia Veterinárias) ;
Catalán, Jaime (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Medicina i Cirurgia Animals) ;
Prades, Marta (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Medicina i Cirurgia Animals) ;
Miró, Jordi (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Medicina i Cirurgia Animals)
The aim of this study was to standardize a simple, manual platelet-rich plasma (PRP) protocol in Catalonian donkeys using single-spin tube centrifugation as a treatment for jenny endometritis. The objective was to obtain a blood product with a moderate concentration of platelets (2 or 3 times baseline physiologic values) and a low WBC (White Blood Cells) concentration. [...]
2021 - 10.3390/ani11102918
Animals, Vol. 11 Núm. 10 (2021) , p. 2918
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Impact of Seminal Plasma Antioxidants on Donkey Sperm Cryotolerance
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Catalán, Jaime (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Medicina i Cirurgia Animals) ;
Yánez-Ortiz, Iván (Universitat de Girona. Departament de Biologia) ;
Tvarijonaviciute, Asta (Universidad de Murcia. Laboratorio Interdisciplinario de Análisis Clínicos Interlab) ;
González-Aróstegui, Luis Guillermo (Universidad de Murcia. Laboratorio Interdisciplinario de Análisis Clínicos Interlab) ;
Rubio, Camila Peres (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Ciència Animal i dels Aliments) ;
Yeste Oliveras, Marc (Universitat de Girona. Departament de Biologia) ;
Miró, Jordi (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Medicina i Cirurgia Animals) ;
Barranco, Isabel (University of Bologna. Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences)
This study investigated whether the activities of the antioxidant components of donkey seminal plasma (SP)-both enzymatic (superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase-like (CAT), glutathione peroxidase-like (GPX), and paraoxonase type 1 (PON1)) and non-enzymatic (measured in terms of total thiol, copper-reducing antioxidant capacity (CUPRAC), ferric-reducing ability of plasma (FRAP), and Trolox equivalent antioxidant capacity (TEAC))-and oxidative stress index (OSI) are related to sperm cryotolerance. [...]
2022 - 10.3390/antiox11020417
Antioxidants, Vol. 11 (february 2022)
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Addition of reduced glutathione (GSH) to freezing medium reduces intracellular ROS levels in donkey sperm
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Yánez-Ortiz, Iván (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Medicina i Cirurgia Animals) ;
Catalán, Jaime (Universitat de Girona. Departament de Biologia) ;
Delgado-Bermúdez, Ariadna (Universitat de Girona. Departament de Biologia) ;
Carluccio, Augusto (University of Teramo. Faculty of Veterinary Medicine) ;
Miró, Jordi (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Medicina i Cirurgia Animals) ;
Yeste Oliveras, Marc (Universitat de Girona. Departament de Biologia)
In donkeys, the use of frozen-thawed sperm for artificial insemination (AI) leads to low fertility rates. Furthermore, donkey sperm produce a large amount of reactive oxygen species (ROS), and post-AI inflammation induces the formation of neutrophil extracellular traps (NETosis), which further generates many more ROS. [...]
2021 - 10.3390/vetsci8120302
Veterinary Sciences, Vol. 8 Núm. 12 (december 2021) , p. 302
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