肌肽,棉酚对绵羊精子呼吸的影响

肌肽可刺激绵羊精子呼吸增强,尤以４ｍＭ／ｍｌ肌肽浓度效果最为显著,肌肽浓度继续增大,呼吸呈下降趋势,高浓度棉酚抑制绵羊精子呼吸,低浓度则刺激精子呼吸增强。加入２－ＤＯＧ（２－脱氧葡萄糖）后精子呼吸强度普遍提高,高浓度棉酚处理精子组织吸强度也有提高,但未精子活力得到改善。     

肌肽对绵羊精子无氧酵解的影响

在无氧条件下,绵羊精子通过酵解途径获得能量,代谢结果产生大量乳酸,本实验通过测定精子悬液中果糖摄取以及乳酸生成量,研究肌肽、棉酚对绵羊精子酵解途径的影响,结果表明：４ｍＭ肌肽对绵羊精子酵解有显著增强作用,并能刺激精子对果糖的摄取。１２μＭ棉酚对绵羊精子无明显抑制,棉酚能部分抑制肌肽对精子的酵解作用。     

棉酚对鼠类生精细胞LDH-X活性的影响

本文测定了连续饲喂棉酚达6周的大鼠和小鼠的生精细胞的LDH-X活性。结果表明,棉酚能够明显地抑制大鼠成熟精子的LDH-X活性;而对睾丸LDH-X活性的抑制,与对照相比,无显著性差异。在小鼠中,未发现棉酚对成熟精子及睾丸生精细胞中的LDH-X活性产生具统计学意义的抑制作用。本文结合精子发生过程及LDH-X的特殊功能,对棉酚抗生育作用的可能机理进行了讨论。     

棉酚抗生育作用的研究 Ⅰ.附睾结扎的实验分析

为了分析棉酚影响大白鼠精子的作用部位,在灌服棉酚后不同时间作一侧或两侧附睾结扎手术。第Ⅰ组,结扎了19只用药21天的大白鼠的输出管、附睾中段和输精管;第Ⅱ组,在12只用药14天的大白鼠做了同样的手术;第Ⅲ组,结扎了10只用药12天、停药7天的大白鼠附睾中段和输精管;第Ⅳ组是施行类似手术的正常大白鼠,分别作为用药组的对照。各组均在手术后第7天检查分隔在附睾不同部位的精子的活动能力。结果发现:在Ⅰ、Ⅱ、Ⅲ组中,附睾中段结扎部位上的精子都死亡;在第Ⅱ组中,8例结扎侧的附睾尾部和输精管里留有很多活动的精子,这种情况在第Ⅰ组中也有少数几例;在第Ⅲ组,附睾头段的精子能够活动但有较多的畸形;对照组的大白鼠附睾中段结扎部位上虽有少数死精子,但大部分精子运动良好,附睾尾部精子保持正常运动和头-头型凝集现象。这一结果表明,棉酚抗生育的作用部位不在附睾而是在睾丸内。对于棉酚影响精子发生后期的可能性进行了讨论。     

棉酚对海胆精子鞭毛轴丝及力蛋白(Dynein)ATP酶的抑制作用

本工作观测了不同浓度棉酚(10—80μmol/L)对海胆精子鞭毛轴丝及力蛋白ATP酶的影响,发现棉酚对之具有剂量依赖方式的抑制作用。 实验对比了几种ATP酶抑制剂对轴丝ATP酶的作用,结果表明它们之间差别很大。使酶活力下降一半所需的各种抑制剂浓度分别为:钒酸钠17μmol/L;棉酚36μmol/L;槲皮酮450μmol/L,DCCD[双环已基碳化二亚胺(Dicyclohexylcarbodiimide)]1,600μmol/L;乌本苷>2,000μmol/L。 本文对棉酚的杀精机理,抑制强度及其控制生育的意义进行了讨论。     

棉酚甲酸对金鱼精子质膜的影响

利用冷冻断裂-蚀刻制样技术,在超微结构水平上研究了棉酚甲酸对金鱼精子质膜内蛋白颗粒排列图式(包括晶格区)的影响.结果表明,棉酚甲酸能够使金鱼精子质膜内蛋白颗粒分布不匀:或者颗粒聚集成团,或者质膜内出现无颗粒区域;并且还能使质膜内特定部位晶格区的颗粒排列发生混乱.这些变化表明棉酚甲酸能使精子质膜的有序性降低,也即增加了质膜的流动性.     

甲酸棉酚对奶牛精子的泳动及活率的影响

近几年已广泛地应用准弹性光散射方法研究微生物的泳动,此法采用He-Ne激光器作为单色光源,当激光束被移动的微粒散射时产生多普勒频移,然后根据所得到的频率谱进行分析,可以得到有关微粒运动的信息,本工作即用此法研究甲酸棉酚对奶牛精子的泳动及其活率的影响, 甲酸棉酚是从棉子中提炼出来的一种口服避孕药。我们将甲酸棉酚直接与奶牛精子接触,再用准弹性光散射方法研究它对精子活力的影响,以便探讨甲酸棉酚作用于精子的机     

大鼠及羊精子在附睾成熟过程中ATP酶活力及其对棉酚敏感性的变化

大鼠及羊精子在附睾成熟过程中ATP酶活力发生明显下降,酶活力的变化形式存在着种间差异。大鼠附睾体及附睾尾精子的ATP酶相对活力分别为附睾头的55.7％及59.6％,而羊则为92.1％及59.8％。 大鼠及羊附睾各区域精子的ATP酶对棉酚抑制作用的敏感程度不同。在5μmol/L的低棉酚的浓度下,大鼠附睾头、体及尾部精子的ATP酶活力分别降至对照组的40.8％、62.7％及81.4％;当棉酚浓度增至40μmol/L时,羊附睾头、体、尾部精子的ATP酶活力才分别降至对照组的63.8％、83.7％及90.7％。作者提出如能使药物作用于附睾精子的敏感区域以干扰其成熟,可能是一条有发展前景的抗生育新途径。     

口服醋酸棉酚前后人精子体外受精能力及精核转变的细胞学观察

本文报道口服醋酸棉酚对人精子体外受精能力、原核及染色体形成的影响。结果表明,在口服醋酸棉酚前的9名男性精子对金黄地鼠卵的穿透率平均为62%。每日口服20mg醋酸棉酚15天后,精子对卵的穿透率下降至47%,30天后下降至24%,50天后下降至8%。即口服醋酸棉酚50天后达到了不再具有生殖能力的精子穿透率阈值(10%)以下。原核及染色体形成的观察表明,即使口服醋酸棉酚50天后,仍可见有完整原核的形成,并未见有明显的染色体畸变。综述上列结果,似乎表明口服醋酸棉酚虽可影响人精子对去除透明带金黄地鼠卵的穿透率,而进入卵内的精子仍可形成原核及染色体。因此,仅从成熟精子的生理功能而论,口服醋酸棉酚期间它似乎并不产生可察觉的致畸效应,这与醋酸棉酚对体细胞并无致畸作用的报道相一致。     

棉花籽抗生育的研究

分别以脱壳棉籽粉、粗制生棉油、棉籽粉抽提物和纯棉酚,喂成年雄性大白鼠4周,普遍发现在大白鼠的输精管和附睾尾部的精子死亡、精子数目减少并出现畸形;部分大白鼠的睾丸曲精细管呈局部退化,精子发生受到抑制。有不少例子,特别是粗制生棉油灌胃2个月的大白鼠出现附睾炎症(囊肿样结节),在贮有死亡精子的附睾管中吞噬细胞十分活跃。此外,棉籽粉和棉酚对大白鼠显然具有毒性,因棉籽粉或棉酚引起中毒的一般症状表现为食欲减退,生长减慢或停滞,当给以大剂量时可使大白鼠死亡。棉籽粉抽提物不含棉酚的部分,没有抗生育效应也无明显毒性。当停喂棉籽粉、粗制生棉油或棉酚3周后,在大白鼠的输精管里又出现活动的精子。1个月之后,精子的活力正常,合笼的结果和精液检查的结果一致,停药不到1个月,只有少数雄鼠有交配行为,雌鼠不受胎或受胎率很低。停药1个月,有交配行为的雄鼠增加,生殖能力部分恢复。1个月以上,多数雄鼠的生殖能力复原。根据观察可以得出如下结论,棉酚是棉籽或棉籽油中唯一的抗生育有效成分,同时也是一种对动物有毒性的物质。棉酚的毒性和使用的剂量有关。小剂量棉酚不会引起严重的影响但具有抗生育效果。对棉酚抗生育的作用环节、引起精子死亡的原因和毒理以及因食用粗制生棉油导致男性不育症等方面进行了初步讨论。     

Molecular mechanisms of gossypol action on sperm motility

1. Gossypol acetic acid inhibits collective motility of ejaculated ram spermatozoa. 2. Oxygen consumption was stimulated at low gossypol concentrations and inhibited as the concentrations are increased. 3. Gossypol inhibits respiration of permeabilized spermatozoa supported by durohydroquinome, which indicates a direct inhibition of mitochondrial electron transport chain. 4. The rapid reduction of mitochondrial dependent motility, high uncoupling effect and almost complete inhibition of mitochondrial calcium accumulation, indicate that gossypol inhibits motility in a mechanism by which mitochondrial uncoupling is involved.     

Gossypol isomers bind specifically to blood plasma proteins and spermatozoa of rainbow trout fed diets containing cottonseed meal

We investigated the role of gossypol isomers binding to blood plasma, seminal plasma and spermatozoa to elucidate gossypol anti-fertility action in the teleost fish, rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). Growth and hematological indicators of males were depressed when fish meal protein in diets was completely replaced with cottonseed meal. The cottonseed meal contained equal proportions of (-) (47.8+/-1.6%) and (+) gossypol isomers. Concentrations of spermatozoa were decreased with increasing proportions of gossypol in diets (from 0.22% to 0.95%); however, sperm motility and fertilizing ability were not affected. In contrast to mammals, steroid hormone concentrations were not suppressed in fish given diets with gradual increase of gossypol level. Gossypol concentrations were 100-fold higher in blood plasma than in seminal plasma, confirming a barrier in gossypol transfer between the general circulation and the testis. Spermatozoa accumulated predominantly (+) enantiomer (65-75%) with decreasing proportions as dietary gossypol concentrations increased. Spermatozoa bound most of the gossypol contained in the semen; however, this did not result in impairment of the sperm motility apparatus. Teleost fish sperm rely on ATP stores that accumulate during maturation as a source of energy during activation. In addition, the duration of sperm movement is short in these fish. As such, we hypothesize that the major action of gossypol on mammalian sperm, which is uncoupling of oxidative phosphorylation, does not impair the energy supply required for flagellar beating in fish spermatozoa.     

The motility of ram and bull spermatozoa in dilute suspension

1. Ram and bull spermatozoa suspended in a glucose-sodium chloride solution rapidly lose motility at relatively high dilutions. The substitution of chloride-free diluents does not alter the phenomenon. 2. The rapid immobilization of ram and bull spermatozoa due to high dilution may be partially prevented by the addition of supernatants of either ram or bull semen, although motility is not maintained at the same level as in a more concentrated specimen. Various other substances which also partially protect spermatozoa are egg albumin, plasma albumin, plasma gamma globulin, starch, and glycogen. 3. Washing ram spermatozoa six times greatly reduces motility. This is not restored by the addition of ram seminal plasma which, however, reverses the concurrent head agglutination. 4. Washing ram and bull spermatozoa four times results in considerable loss of motility and head agglutination both of which may be reversed by the addition of seminal plasma. 5. Potassium chloride at 0.005 M concentration partially restores the motility of four times washed ram spermatozoa at 24 degrees C. or 37 degrees C. but not that of similarly treated bull spermatozoa.     

The maintenance of motility and the surface properties of epididymal spermatozoa from bull, rabbit and ram in homologous seminal and epididymal plasma.

Epididymal spermatozoa from bull, rabbit and ram were incubated in homologous epididymal plasma or seminal plasma in a buffered saline-based medium with or without serum albumin. The spermatozoa were either diluted directly into the medium or were washed first. No effect of washing was observed on the subsequent reaction of the cells to the different media. A considerable proportion of the populations of epididymal spermatozoa survived (i.e. continued to exhibit motility) for up to 22 h at 30 degrees C in the simple saline-based medium. Initially epididymal plasma had a slight stimulatory effect on sperm motility in ram and bull but it had no effect on sperm survival in any of the 3 species. Seminal plasma stimulated motility markedly in ram initially, but in all 3 species seminal plasma was detrimental to survival: in ram even a 15-min exposure to the fluid reduced survival. Serum albumin also stimulated motility; it delayed, but did not prevent, the detrimental effect of seminal plasma, although it had no effect itself on survival. The effects of epididymal plasma, seminal plasma and serum albumin on surface properties of epididymal spermatozoa, i.e. agglutination, sticking-to-glass and eosinophilia, were also noted. These varied between species and there was no correlation between these effects and the effects on motility and survival.     

Gossypol-induced inhibition of guinea pig sperm capacitation in vitro

The effect of gossypol acetate at various concentrations (10(-6) to 10(-4) M) on guinea pig sperm forward progressive movement, capacitation, and the acrosome reaction was explored in vitro. We found that 10(-4) M gossypol completely abolished the forward progressive motility of the sperm, and that this inhibition of motility was proportional to the concentration of gossypol used. Also, a dose-dependent decrease in acrosome reactions occurred with concentrations of the agent as low as 5.0 X 10(-6) M. However, we observed that such prevention of the acrosome reaction apparently happens at the capacitation stage rather than during the acrosome reaction itself. Inhibition of capacitation by gossypol was reversible--once the spermatozoa were capacitated in gossypol-free medium, the compound did not block the reaction.     

Reduction of seminal plasma concentration can decrease detrimental effects of seminal plasma on chilled ram spermatozoa

This study was conducted to investigate the effect of different levels of seminal plasma (SP) and cold-shock on ram spermatozoa during 36 h storage at 5°C. In both ejaculated spermatozoa coated with egg yolk (second ejaculate; coated spermatozoa) and epididymal spermatozoa, samples were treated with 0, 50 and 100% seminal plasma. Different levels of seminal plasma were added on the basis of ram spermatocrit (32%). Then half of aliquots were suddenly put on ice water (cold-shock) and other half were gradually (0.25°C/min) chilled (non- cold shock). Sperm motility, viability and functional membrane integrity were determined in both aliquots at 0, 12, 24 and 36 h storage at 5°C. Under non- cold shock and cold-shock conditions, coated spermatozoa treated with 0% SP showed the highest motility compared to ejaculated spermatozoa (first ejaculate; uncoated spermatozoa) after 12, 24 and 36 h of storage at 5°C (P<0.05). Under non- cold shock and cold-shock conditions, viability and functional membrane integrity was higher in the coated spermatozoa treated with 0% SP than in the uncoated spermatozoa during 36 h storage (P<0.05). There was no significant difference between coated spermatozoa treated with 0 and 50% SP in the percentage of motility and viability after 24 and 36 h of storage (P>0.05). Under non- cold shock and cold-shock conditions, the percentage of motility of epididymal spermatozoa treated with 0% SP was significantly (P<0.05) higher than those treated with 100% SP after 36 h of storage at 5°C. In conclusion, removal of seminal plasma and/or reduction (up to 50%) of its concentration can decrease detrimental effects of seminal plasma on chilled ram spermatozoa.     

Relation between the oxidation state of nicotinamide–adenine dinucleotide and the metabolism of spermatozoa

1. The existing procedures for extraction of oxidized and reduced nicotinamide coenzymes were adapted to spermatozoa to overcome the coenzyme-degrading activity of seminal plasma. 2. The content of total NAD(+) and NADH was determined in the spermatozoa of ram, bull, boar, stallion and cock. NADP(+) and NADPH were not detected in ram spermatozoa. 3. The oxidation state of sperm NAD depended on the seminal plasma, the removal of which produced a change in the percentage oxidation state of the coenzyme, 100x[NAD(+)/(NAD(+)+NADH)], without altering the total content of NAD(+)+NADH. 4. In suspensions of washed ram spermatozoa, incubated anaerobically at 25 degrees C, the percentage oxidation state of NAD declined with increasing spermatozoa concentration. 5. When ram or boar spermatozoa that had been previously washed and resuspended in Ringer phosphate medium, were incubated anaerobically at 25 degrees C with various substances, pronounced effects on the percentage oxidation state of NAD could be observed with l-lactate, pyruvate, oxaloacetate, dihydroxyacetone, formaldehyde and glyceraldehyde; sorbitol and acetoacetate acted only on ram spermatozoa; fructose, glucose, mannose and acetaldehyde acted predominantly on boar spermatozoa. Formaldehyde lowered the (NAD(+)+NADH) content of ram spermatozoa, but none of the other substances had a comparable effect. 6. The percentage oxidation state of sperm NAD was not influenced by exogenous cysteine, cystine, ergothioneine or ascorbate. 7. A highly active sorbitol dehydrogenase could be prepared from ram, but not from boar, spermatozoa. 8. Sorbitol, acetoacetate and 3-hydroxybutyrate effectively supported the respiration of ram, but not boar, spermatozoa. 9. ;Cold shock', resulting from sudden cooling of spermatozoa, abolished motility completely and irreversibly but produced only a slow and partial decrease in the total NAD content. Slight over-heating, sufficient to produce loss of motility, had no adverse effect on the total NAD content. 10. Storage of ram sperm at 14 degrees C produced only a small decrease of NAD after 2 days, but subsequently the loss became greater.     

Effects of gossypol on the motility of mammalian sperm

The effects of the male contraceptive gossypol on the motility of mammalian spermatozoa are reviewed. The role of sperm motility in the processes of fertilization and the effect of the drug on these processes determine its effectiveness as a contraceptive. The promising male contraceptive potential of gossypol is discussed in the context of the serious adverse effects of the agent.     

The influence of antioxidant, cholesterol and seminal plasma on the in vitro quality of sorted and non-sorted ram spermatozoa

In an effort to improve the number of functional spermatozoa following sex-sorting and cryopreservation, the effects on in vitro sperm characteristics of the additives: (i) catalase (pre-sorting); (ii) cholesterol-loaded cyclodextrins (CLCs; pre-sorting); and (iii) seminal plasma (post-thawing) were investigated. For all experiments, spermatozoa (three males, n=3 ejaculates/male) were processed using a high speed flow cytometer before cryopreservation, thawing and incubation for 6h. Catalase had no effect (P>0.05) on post-thaw motility characteristics (as measured by CASA) of sex-sorted ram spermatozoa, but pre-sort addition of CLCs reduced (P<0.05) sperm quality after post-thaw incubation for 0 h (motility), 3h (motility, average path velocity, viability and acrosome integrity) and 6h (motility, average path and curvilinear velocity, straightness, linearity, viability and acrosome integrity). Seminal plasma had a differential effect (P<0.001) on sex-sorted and non-sorted spermatozoa. Post-thaw supplementation of increasing levels of seminal plasma caused all motility characteristics of sex-sorted, frozen-thawed spermatozoa to decline (P<0.05); conversely, non-sorted, frozen-thawed spermatozoa exhibited improvements (P<0.05) in motility, viability, acrosome integrity and mitochondrial respiration. In summary, incorporation of catalase, CLCs and seminal plasma into the sorting protocol failed to improve post-thaw sperm quality and, consequently efficiency of sex-sorting of ram spermatozoa. The paradoxical effect of seminal plasma supplementation on the in vitro characteristics of ram spermatozoa provides further evidence that sex-sorting by flow cytometry produces a selected population of cells with different functions compared with non-sorted spermatozoa.     

Reversibility of the reproductive toxicity of gossypol in peripubertal bulls

Gossypol has been shown to impair sperm production in male ruminants. The purpose of this study was to determine if the adverse effects of gossypol on spermatogenesis in peripubertal bulls were reversible. Twenty-eight crossbred Angus bulls were allocated into treated and control groups at 11 months of age. For 8 weeks, treated bulls were fed a ration containing 8 mg of free gossypol per kilogram of body weight per day while control bulls were fed a soybean meal ration free of gossypol. At 28-days intervals, scrotal circumference was measured and semen collected to assess sperm motility and morphology. Seven control and seven treated animals were castrated 56 days after the start of the experiment and the testes were examined histologically. The remaining bulls were fed a gossypol-free diet for 210 days prior to castration. There were significant increases in primary and secondary sperm abnormalities in treated bulls 28 and 56 days after gossypol feeding. The number of sperm with proximal droplets was significantly higher in gossypol-treated bulls, suggesting testicular degeneration. There was no significant effect on the sperm motility, scrotal circumference, or histopathological characteristics of the testes. Four weeks after the end of gossypol feeding, primary and secondary abnormalities were still increased in gossypol-treated bulls, however in subsequent collection periods the percentage of abnormalities were similar between groups. At 210 days, there was no treatment effect on scrotal circumference, and histological characteristics of the testes were not different between groups. The deleterious effects of gossypol on the morphological characteristics of spermatozoa were reversible. Gossypol (8 mg/kg per day for 56 days) increased sperm abnormalities but the effects were reversible.