貉受精的细胞学和X射线微区分析研究

应用电子显微镜和Ｘ射线微分析技术，对貉受精过程和受精卵膜元素研究的结果表明，貉卵子的卵丘细胞具有吞噬和过滤功能；卵丘细胞间的精子顶体尚未发生囊泡化，而附着于透明带的精子发生了顶体反应，并以８０°角穿入透明带，在其穿入的前方打开一个通道，最后穿过。穿过透明带的精子以赤道段或顶体后区同卵膜融合，并激发皮质颗粒释放，接着穿入卵内，最终发育成雌、雄原核。原核期受精卵质膜上具有高含量的钙，并呈集团分布，它在皮质颗粒胞吐释放中起着重要作用。     

High or Low Body Fat Deposition in the Presence of a Normal Oral Sugar Test is Not Associated With Postthaw Semen Parameters in Stallions

This study compared the postthaw semen parameters of stallions with high and low body condition score (BCS) and evaluated associations between body morphometric parameters and postthaw semen parameters. Twenty stallions were split into Low BCS (BCS<7, n = 11) and High BCS (BCS ≥7, n = 9) groups, and underwent a complete morphometric analysis (e.g., neck scores and circumference, crest neck height, body weight, and height), and subcutaneous body fat thickness (SFT) at the tail head, withers, shoulders, and retroperitoneal space. A fasted oral sugar test (OST) was conducted on all stallions. One ejaculate from each stallion was frozen with a commercial egg yolk-based extender. Postthaw sperm motility parameters, plasma membrane integrity, mitochondrial membrane potential, hydrogen peroxide and intracellular superoxide production, and lipid peroxidation were analyzed for all stallions. The circumference at 25% and 50% of the neck’s length were larger for High-BCS stallions (P < .05). There were no differences between groups for the neck crest height (P > .05). Stallions with High BCS had greater SFT at the tail head than stallions with Low BCS (P < .05); however, there were no differences between groups in the SFT at the shoulders and withers (P > .05). All stallions had resting blood glucose below the cutoff for equine metabolic syndrome. There were no differences between groups for resting glucose concentrations or for a peak at 30 or 60 minutes after initiation of the OST (P > .05). There were no differences in sperm parameters between groups (P > .05). Collectively, the findings of the present study suggest that High BCS or Low BCS in the presence of normal OST do not explain post-thaw semen parameters.     

牛冷冻精液质量评估研究进展

人工授精(AI)是第一代动物繁殖生物技术,最近几十年以来,研究人员已经探索出了许多评估冷冻-解冻后精液品质的新技术。由于精子质膜在低渗条件下的功能状态、离子分布及浓度和各种细胞器的功能都与冷冻解冻后精子的存活能力相关,冻精质量的评定也从最初的形态和主观活率分析,发展到更精确的染色质、质膜完整性及分解代谢活性的分子变化分析。但是,在实际应用当中,许多方法花费很大,况且单个的评估参数都与动物精子实际的受精力相关性不强。因此,要提高牛冻精质量的预言强度,应该将这些独立的参数结合起来,利用多元回归分析,建立一套更完美更精确的评估体系。     

Trehalose in glycerol-free freezing extender enhances post-thaw survival of boar spermatozoa

Cryopreservation of boar semen is still considered suboptimal due to lower fertility as compared with fresh samples when glycerol, a permeating cryoprotectant, is used. Trehalose is a non-permeable cryoprotectant and nonreducing disaccharide known to stabilize proteins and biologic membranes. The aim of this study was to evaluate the cryosurvival and in vitro penetrability of boar spermatozoa when glycerol was replaced with trehalose in a freezing extender. Ejaculated Berkshire semen samples were diluted in egg yolk-based freezing extender containing glycerol (100 mM) or trehalose (0, 50, 100, 150, 200 and 250 mM) and cryopreserved using a straw freezing procedure. Thawed samples were analyzed for motility, viability, mitochondrial membrane potential (MMP), and acrosome integrity. In experiment 2, penetrability of spermatozoa cryopreserved with 100 mM glycerol or trehalose was examined. Replacement of cryoprotectant glycerol (100 mM) with trehalose had no effect on sperm viability, but replacing it with 100 mM trehalose improved motility, MMP and acrosome integrity significantly. Sperm motility and MMP were considerably higher in 100 mM trehalose, whereas the acrosome integrity was substantially higher in 100–250 mM trehalose. The in vitro penetration rate was also significantly higher in spermatozoa cryopreserved with trehalose (61.3%) than in those cryopreserved with glycerol (43.6%). In conclusion, 100 mM non-permeable trehalose can be used to replace glycerol, a permeating cryoprotectant, for maintenance of better post-thaw quality of boar spermatozoa.     

PP1和PP2对鸡传染性喉气管炎病毒感染影响的研究

为研究化学小分子SRC抑制剂PP1和PP2对鸡传染性喉气管炎病毒(ILTV)感染宿主细胞的影响,本研究将ILTV接种鸡细胞系LMH作为研究模型,检测了PP1和PP2对ILTV感染各阶段的作用。结晶紫染色结果显示,ILTV感染细胞中,与DMSO处理组相比,PP1和PP2处理组的细胞死亡均明显增多,表明PP1和PP2促进了ILTV感染介导的宿主细胞死亡;高内涵细胞筛选检测分析结果显示,在病毒感染24h时,PP1和PP2处理组EGFP荧光面积显著大于对照组(p<0.05),表明PP1和PP2可以促进ILTV的扩散,并且该现象不受ILTV中和抗体的影响,提示PP1和PP2可以促进ILTV的细胞-细胞间扩散;病毒特异性qPCR检测显示,PP1和PP2处理组的病毒基因组拷贝数与DMSO对照组相比无显著差异,PP1和PP2处理组之间的病毒基因组拷贝数也无显著差异(p>0.05),PP1和PP2对病毒复制无显著影响。为了进一步确定PP1和PP2促进ILTV细胞-细胞间扩散的具体作用方式,本研究利用多种颜色及理化性质不同的染料对LMH细胞膜、细胞质以及ILTV囊膜分别进行染色检测,结果显示PP1和PP2能够促进ILTV进入细胞,但对ILTV吸附细胞和细胞间胞质直接联系无显著影响。本研究初步确定了PP1和PP2影响ILTV感染的具体作用方式,为对其进一步分子机制研究奠定了基础。     

牛冷冻精液稀释液中草药配方的初步研究

通过比较以淫羊藿为主要成分的单方及复方中草药提取液对牛冷冻精液解冻后精子活率、畸形率、顶体完整率及低温保存时间的影响，以期开发牛冷冻精液中式稀释液。将三种不同配方的淫羊藿提取液分别以6．25％、12．5％、25．0％、50．0％的体积分数添加于稀释液中，制作牛颗粒冻精，利用干解冻法（40～42℃）解冻后分别检查精子活率、畸形率和顶体完整率，评定其品质。结果表明：配方三取得了较佳的冷冻效果。其提取液添加12．5％时精子冻后活率平均达到0．56，极显著高于其他各组（P〈0．01）：精子顶体完整率最高达到76．80％。畸形率仅14．61％，低温保存时间长迭138h。配方三最有利于生产牛冷冻精液。     

The Use of Sex-Sorted Stallion Semen in Embryo Transfer Programs

Sorting stallion semen into two separate populations of enriched X- or Y-bearing sperm can be done successfully. For this, stallion semen can be shipped to a sorting facility, but the mare must be in close to the sorting laboratory. Fertility rates when using 20-40 million sperm are an acceptable 60% per insemination. The procedure can be implemented in embryo transfer programs, with no deleterious effect on the pregnancy rate or embryonic death.     

Effects of acrosomal conditions of frozen-thawed spermatozoa on the results of artificial insemination in Japanese Black cattle

The purposes of this study were to examine the relationship between male artificial insemination (AI) fertility and sperm acrosomal conditions assessed by new and conventional staining techniques and to identify possible reproductive dysfunctions causing low conception rates in AI using frozen-thawed spermatozoa with poor acrosomal conditions in Japanese Black bulls. We investigated individual differences among bulls in the results concerning (1) acrosomal conditions of frozen-thawed spermatozoa as assessed by not merely peanut agglutinin-lectin staining (a conventional staining technique) but also immunostaining of acrosomal tyrosine-phosphorylated proteins (a new staining technique), (2) routine AI using frozen-thawed spermatozoa as assessed by pregnancy diagnosis, (3) in vivo fertilization of frozen-thawed spermatozoa and early development of fertilized eggs as assessed by superovulation/AI-embryo collection tests and (4) in vitro fertilization of frozen-thawed spermatozoa with oocytes. The percentages of frozen-thawed spermatozoa with normal acrosomal conditions assessed by the abovementioned staining techniques were significantly correlated with the conception rates of routine AI, rates of transferable embryos in superovulation/AI-embryo collection tests and in vitro fertilization rates. These results are consistent with new suggestions that the distribution of acrosomal tyrosine-phosphorylated proteins as well as the acrosomal morphology of frozen-thawed spermatozoa are AI fertility-associated markers that are valid for the prediction of AI results and that low conception rates in AI using frozen-thawed spermatozoa with poor acrosomal conditions result from reproductive dysfunctions in the processes between sperm insemination into females and early embryo development, probably failed fertilization of frozen-thawed spermatozoa with oocytes.