Characteristics and zona binding ability of FRESH and cooled domestic cat epididymal spermatozoa.

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K L Goodrowe,M Hay,

Maintenance of genetic diversity within endangered species is important for ensuring healthy populations. Because unexpected deaths can occur, it would be advantageous to salvage gametes to effect posthumous participation in species reproduction. Using the domestic cat as a model for nondomestic felids, this investigation was undertaken to determine epididymal sperm cell characteristics, capacitation timing and the effects of storage temperature on fertilizing ability. In Study 1, the timing of capacitation was evaluated by examining zona attachment of spermatozoa to in vitro matured oocytes at 30-min intervals for 5 h. In Study 2, the ability of freshly collected (FRESH) and overnight cooled (COOL) epididymal spermatozoa to undergo capacitation and nuclear decondensation was evaluated using the zona attachment and zona-free hamster ova penetration assays. From Study 1, mean characteristics (n=29) for epididymal sperm cell motility and progressive status were 51.9% and 3.1+/-0.1, respectively, with a concentration of 80.3 x 10(6) spermatozoa/ml and 51% morphologically normal cells. Zona attachment (n >/= 25 ova/time interval) by sperm cells occurred at each time interval, but both the mean number of attached sperm cells/zona and the percentage of zonae with attached spermatozoa reached maximum values at 240 min (12.0+/-2.1 and 89.7%, respectively; P<0.05). In Study 2, overnight cooling did not affect progressive status of motility (3.3+/-0.1) or the percentage of morphologically normal spermatozoa (53.2+/-4.4) compared with that of FRESH (2.9+/-0.1, 50.7+/-3.2%) samples; however, motility was 14% lower (P<0.05) in the COOL vs FRESH group. Hamster ova penetration and the mean number of sperm cells attached/zona were greater in the COOL (28%, 18.6+/-5.7) than in the FRESH (5%, 7.4+/-2.0) group (P<0.05). However, it is speculated that the increased sperm-zonae interaction may have been the result of acrosomal damage. Nevertheless, these data demonstrate that domestic cat epididymal sperm cells have the ability to capacitate and undergo the first stages of fertilization.

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Journal: Theriogenology

VOLUME: 40

Page Numbers: 967-75

Journal Abbreviation: Theriogenology

ISSN: 0093-691X

DAY: 26

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YEAR: 1993

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