Reactive oxygen species promote tyrosine phosphorylation and capacitation in equine spermatozoa

被引:98
作者
Baumber, J [1 ]
Sabeur, K [1 ]
Vo, A [1 ]
Ball, BA [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Calif Davis, Dept Populat Hlth & Reprod, Davis, CA 95616 USA
关键词
capacitation; acrosome reaction; reactive oxygen species; sperm; equine;
D O I
10.1016/S0093-691X(03)00144-4
中图分类号
Q [生物科学];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
The objective of this study was to examine the influence of reactive oxygen species (ROS) on equine sperm capacitation. Motile equine spermatozoa were separated on a discontinuous Percoll gradient, resuspended at 10 x 10(6) ml in Tyrode's medium supplemented with BSA (0.5%) and polyvinyl alcohol (0.5%) and incubated at 39 degreesC for 2 h with or without the xanthine (X; 0.1 mM)-xanthine oxidase (XO; 0.01 U/ml) system or NADPH (0.25 mM). The importance of hydrogen peroxide or superoxide for capacitation was determined by the addition of catalase (CAT; 150 U/ml) or superoxide dismutase (SOD; 150 U/ml), respectively. Following incubation, acrosomal exocytosis was induced by a 5 min incubation at 39 degreesC with progesterone (3.18 muM), and sperm viability and acrosomal integrity were then determined by staining with Hoechst 33258 and fluoroisothiocyanate-conjugated Pisum sativum agglutin. To examine tyrosine phosphorylation, treatments were subjected to sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylaminde gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) followed by Western blot analysis with the anti-phosphotyrosine antibody (alpha-PY; clone 4G10). Capacitation with the X-XO system or NADPH led to a significant (P < 0.0001) increase in live acrosome-reacted spermatozoa compared to controls. The addition of CAT or SOD prevented the increase in live acrosome-reacted spermatozoa associated with X-XO treatment. Incubation with the X-XO system was also associated with a significant (P < 0.005) increase in tyrosine phosphorylation when compared to controls, which could be prevented by the addition of CAT but not SOD. This study indicates that ROS can promote equine sperm capacitation and tyrosine phosphorylation, suggesting a physiological role for ROS generation by equine spermatozoa. (C) 2003 Elsevier Science Inc. All rights reserved.
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