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Protective effect of taurine, glutathione and trehalose on the liquid storage of ram semen
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Oxidative damage to sperm resulting from reactive oxygen species generated by the cellular components of semen during liquid storage is possibly one of the main causes for the decline in motility and fertility during storage-the other detrimental cause is low temperature on the destabilisation of sperm membrane structure. The aim of this study was to determine the effects of the addition of the anti-oxidants taurine and glutathione (GSH), and the membrane structure stabiliser, trehalose, on sperm viability during low temperature liquid storage. A total number of 36 ejaculates were collected using the artificial vagina from four Chios rams and nine replicates of the ejaculates were diluted with a Tris-based extender containing additives as the control. The sperm motility, percentage abnormal sperm, plasma membrane intact sperm and the hypo-osmotic swelling test (HOST) were determined during storage of semen at 5 °C for a period of 0, 6, 24 and 30 h of liquid storage, respectively. Trehalose at a level of 50 mM provided the best maintenance of motility at 6 and 30 h (P < 0.05), and gave the highest percentage (69.0 ± 2.0% and 64.6 ± 1.8%, respectively) of viable sperm at 24 and 30 h (P < 0.01). Trehalose treatment at a concentration of 50 mM also resulted in the highest percentage of membrane-intact sperm (53.7 ± 2.9%) after performing HOST at 30 h. The anti-oxidant treatments GSH 5-10 mM and taurine at 50 mM provided a significant improvement in sperm survival during the 6 h of liquid storage at 5 °C (P < 0.05). In conclusion, many aspects of sperm protection, e.g. sperm motility, viability and membrane stabilisation of the sperm cells during relative low temperature storage, are the key factors determining the preservation of sperm function. Future efforts toward improving function of ram sperm kept in low temperature storage should concentrate on anti-oxidant additives. The results of this study provide a new approach to the preservation of sperm from rams of the Chios and related breeds, and so contribute to the improvement of these breeds for the world sheep industry. © 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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Effect of glutamine and sugars after bull spermatozoa cryopreservation
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The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of the addition of different sugars (raffinose, sucrose, and trehalose) on bull spermatozoa cryopreserved in a commercial extender (Optidyl) supplemented with glutamine on semen parameters, fertilizing ability and superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity. Nine ejaculates for each bull were used in the study. Semen was frozen in five different extenders: raffinose 25 mM plus glutamine 3 mM (RGO), sucrose 25 mM plus glutamine 3 mM (SGO), trehalose 25 mM plus glutamine 3 mM (TGO), glutamine 3 mM (GO) and control (O). Insemination doses were processed so that each 0.25 mL straw contained 15 x 10 6 sperm. Groups of GO and RGO resulted in the higher rates of subjective (54.0 1.7% and 64.0 1.1%; P < 0.01) and CASA motilities (53.0 2.7% and 61.0 4.4%; P < 0.001), respectively compared to the other groups. The supplementation of additives did not provide an effect on the level of post-thaw sperm CASA progressive motilities, the sperm motion characteristics and pregnancy rates. GO and RGO provided the better protective effect for sperm acrosome (4.0 0.5% and 12.0 0.6%) and total abnormalities (5.0 0.3% and 13.0 0.7%; P < 0.001), respectively. At the HOST values, the additives did not give to result the protective effect in comparison to Optydil extender without additives (P > 0.05). For pregnancy rates, there were no significant differences among the groups. The supplementation of additives did not provide any significant difference on the level of SOD activity (P > 0.05). It can be also thought that these sugars might have worked with glutamine in a synergy. Thereby, sugars such as raffinose and sucrose with glutamine in freezing extender may be recommended to facilitate bull semen freezability. © 2011 Elsevier Inc.
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Aydin Adnan Menderes University
Aydin, Turkey
Erciyes Üniversitesi
Kayseri, Turkey
Selçuk Üniversitesi
Selçuklu, Turkey
T.C. Tarim ve Köyişleri Bakanliği
Antakya, Turkey