Effect of lactoferrin on murine embryo development created from lipopolysaccharide-treated sperm

The effect of lactoferrin (LF) on embryo development was investigated by using lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-treated mouse sperm. For the development rate of the 2-cell stage embryo, the embryo derived from LPS- and LF-treated sperm showed similar survival rate to the control embryo. On day 12 after the embryo transfer into the recipient, the frequent abnormality was observed in the embryo derived from LPS-treated sperm, and the abnormality was tended to be inhibited in the embryo derived from LPS- and LF-treated sperm. These results imply that LF treatment on sperm contaminated with bacteria may facilitate the embryo development, which contribute to the improvement of infertility.     

嗜水气单胞菌双组分系统FlrBC的功能探究

为明确双组分系统FlrBC在嗜水气单胞菌极生鞭毛合成、生物被膜形成及致病机制中的作用,通过同源重组法,以嗜水气单胞菌ZYAH72为野生菌株构建双组分系统FlrBC缺失株ΔflrB和ΔflrC,比较不同菌株鞭毛合成及游动性、生物被膜形成、胞外多糖分泌、细胞黏附以及抗全血杀伤能力差异。结果显示:与野生株相比,ΔflrB和ΔflrC仍能形成极生鞭毛,细菌游动能力无显著差异;而结晶紫染色发现ΔflrB和ΔflrC相较于野生株的生物被膜形成能力分别下降了27.2%和22.3%;刚果红检测结果显示,与野生株相比,ΔflrB和ΔflrC的胞外多糖分泌分别下降了18.4%和14.2%;实时荧光定量PCR的结果显示,flrB和flrC的缺失不同程度抑制了鞭毛合成、生物被膜相关通路基因的表达;与草鱼肾细胞共孵育后,ΔflrB和ΔflrC的细胞黏附率与野生株相比分别下降了23.2%和18.2%;全血杀伤实验结果显示,ΔflrB和ΔflrC抗全血杀伤能力均显著减弱。以上结果表明,双组分系统FlrBC不是嗜水气单胞菌极生鞭毛形成所必需,但在细菌鞭毛形成组装和生物被膜形成中发挥调控作用,并且影响嗜水气单胞菌致病性...     

The Ionic and Osmotic Factors Controlling Motility of Fish Spermatozoa

This review presents actual knowledge about energetic, ionic, osmotic and gaseous control of fish sperm motility and its duration. Right after they are activated, fish spermatozoa of most species swim for a short period of time, in the range of one to several minutes. What determines the activation process? Is it due to the new ionic, gaseous and/or osmotic environment? Why is the duration of motility so short? Is it resulting from a fast exhaustion of energy stores (ATP, ADP, AMP, PCr) combined with the above-mentioned ionic/osmotic stress leading to morphological alterations? The motility criteria (flagellar beat frequency, head displacement velocity, flagellar waves morphology, etc.) used to characterize fish sperm movement and sperm flagella will be described. Most parameters change very rapidly during the brief motility period of fish sperm. Then will be considered the main environmental factors, ionic and/or osmotic signals, responsible of the activation of fish sperm motility. Then the metabolic compounds involved in cell energetics will be considered as their concentrations also rapidly change during the motility phase. An additional feature will then be discussed concerning the mechanisms by which fish sperm cell can be revived for a second motility round at the end of the first motility period. A model is proposed to explain how external osmolarity can control internal ionic composition, the latter being the key factor controlling flagellar activity.     

家禽种质资源保存研究

动物品种资源的保存正受到世界各国的高度重视,由于鸟类生殖系统的特殊性,目前还无法冷冻保存其受精卵。饲养和周期性地继代繁殖活体仍是家禽种质资源保存最可靠的方案,但很难被经济承受力所接受。冷冻保存的研究主要集中在精液,但效率不高,而且只能保存雄性资源。冷冻保存多能细胞是一种正在研究的能弥补目前鸟类种质资源保存缺陷的一种很有潜力的方法。     

In vitro effects of Musa x paradisiaca extracts on four developmental stages of Haemonchus contortus

This study was carried out to evaluate the in vitro effect of Musa x paradisiaca stem and leaf against the parasitic nematode of small ruminants Haemonchus contortus. Three extracts (aqueous, methanolic and/or dichloromethane) of Musa x paradisiaca stem and leaf were tested in vitro on four developmental stages of H. contortus using egg hatch assay (EHA), larval development assay (LDA), L3 migration inhibition assay (LMI) and adult worm motility assay (AWM). The highly significant (P < 0.0001) ability to stop larval development (inhibition >67% for each extract) and the negative effect of the dichloromethane extract of leaf on adult worm motility (43% of inhibition of motility after 24 h of incubation) compared to the negative controls, suggest anthelmintic properties of Musa x paradisiaca stem and leaf against H. contortus. The active principles responsible for the activity could be secondary metabolites such as terpenoid and flavonoid compounds present in the leaf and stem of the plant.     

Relationship of Sperm Quality to Fertility after 4 Days of Cooled Storage of Equine Semen

This study evaluated measures of sperm quality in relation to fertility achieved with fresh semen or semen cooled and stored. Semen from 1 stallion was collected and processed to provide 3 treatments: group 1 received fresh semen; group 2 received cooled semen containing 50% seminal plasma (SP) stored for 4 days; and group 3 received cooled semen containing 50% SP stored for 1 day, then centrifuged and resuspended in fresh extender containing 10% SP on days 1 to 3. Inseminates were evaluated for sperm motion characteristics and the percentage of sperm with intact membranes (SMI). Mares (n = 34) in estrus were treated with an ovulation-inducing drug and inseminated with 100 million membrane-intact sperm on the following day. Pregnancy status was determined via transrectal ultrasonography 2 weeks after ovulation. The mean percentage of SMI was higher in group 1 (81%, initial) than in group 2 (74%, day 4) or group 3 (74%, day 4) (P < .05). The median percentages of total sperm motility differed among the groups (77%, 5%, 59% for groups 1, 2, and 3 respectively; P < .05). Median values for the percentages of progressively motile sperm and curvilinear velocity for group 1 (55%, 216 μm/s) and 3 (37%, 186 μm/s) were higher than for group 2 (1%, 73 μm/s) (P < .05). Pregnancy rates did not differ among groups (5 of 11, 45% in group 1; 5 of 11, 45% in group 2; and 7 of 12, 58%, in group 3; P = .77). These data suggest that, at least for this stallion, sperm membrane integrity may be a more valuable means of assessing potential fertility of cooled-stored semen than sperm motion characteristics.     

大西洋牙鲆冷冻精子×褐牙鲆卵杂交胚胎的发育及胚后发育

利用大西洋牙鲆冷冻精子与褐牙鲆卵授精，培育出了生长健康的杂交鱼苗。并对杂交后代的胚胎发育、胚后发育和不同温度下的生长特征进行了研究。利用OLIMPUS显微镜连续观察和描述了冷冻精子受精杂交胚胎的发育，在水温15～17.1 ℃，其受精卵经过卵裂、囊胚、原肠胚、胚孔封闭、肌节胚、尾芽胚、心跳胚、出膜胚等时期的发育，经历65 h 57 min完成胚胎发育进入胚后发育，发现胚胎搐动15 min后心脏开始跳动。利用OLIMPUS解剖镜每天观察和记录一次鱼苗的生长形态，并测定其体全长；将杂交鱼苗的胚后发育划分为卵黄囊吸收期（出膜后1～6 d）、变态前期（出膜后7～25 d）、变态期（出膜后25～30 d）和变态后生长期（出膜30 d以后）4个时期。对16～17 ℃、18～19 ℃、20 ℃和22～23 ℃4个温度环境下胚胎发育的研究结果显示，杂交胚胎宜于在16～20 ℃的水温下发育，鱼苗在22～24 ℃孵化出膜后2～3 d大量死亡。对18～19 ℃、20 ℃、22 ℃、和24 ℃ 4个温度下稚鱼的生长研究结果显示，变态期稚鱼在22～24 ℃水温下饲养时变态和生长速度较18～19 ℃快。     

离子浓度和一氧化氮供体对池塘养殖鳗鲡精子活力的影响

鳗鲡是世界性的优质养殖鱼类,20世纪80年代以来养鳗业迅速发展,已成为水产产业化程度最高的养殖品种之一,但养殖所需的苗种完全靠天然捕捞。早在1934年Boucher等[1]就用孕妇尿促使雄性欧洲鳗(A.anguilla)精巢成熟,Yamamoto和Yamauch于1974年对日本鳗鲡进行人工催熟获得精子[2],但多年来鳗鲡精子质量和数量一直在波动(数量JOURNALOFFISHERIESOFCHINA　　　　　　　　　　　Vol.27,No.4　为0.1～0.4g,运动精子为20%～50%)[3,4],因此,如何稳定和提高精子的质量和数量的研究是非常必要的。绝大多数鱼类的受精过程是在体外条件下进…     

Artificial induction of maturation and fertilization in the Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica

Repeated injections of salmon pituitary extract (20 mg per fish per week) induced vitellogenesis in feminized, cultivated Japanese eels (Anguilla japonica). Oocytes were attained at the migratory nucleus stage after 11 or 12 injections. Addition of 17,20-dihydroxy-4-pregnen-3-one (DHP) into the incubation medium induced germinal vesicle breakdown (GVBD) in the oocytes at the migratory nucleus stage. An injection of DHP (2 µg g^-1 BW), given 24h after an injection of salmon pituitary extract (20 mg fish^-1), succeeded in inducing maturation and ovulation in females which contained occytes at the migratory nucleus stage. Most fish ovulated 15–18h following the DHP injection. Eggs that were ovulated within 15h after the DHP injection showed high fertility and hatchability, but eggs ovulated 18 or 21h after the DHP injection, showed considerably lower fertility and hatchability. A delay between ovulation and stripping of the eggs rapidly decreased both the fertility and hatchability within 6–9h after ovulation, indicating that artificial fertilization must be carried out immediately after ovulation. Repeated injections of human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) at a concentration of 1 IU g^-1 BW week^-1 induced spermatogenesis, spermiation, and the acquisition of potential for sperm motility in cultivated males. Most males spermiated after the fifth or sixth injection of hCG, and the milt weight gradually increased and remained constant (1–2 g) from the 11th to 31th injection. Sperm motility peaked 24h after each weekly injection, and decreased from the 3^rd day after the injection. Potassium ions are an essential constituent for the maintenance of motility in the eel spermatozoa. Artificial seminal plasma containing 15.2 mM KCl is applicable as a milt diluent. Using these techniques developed for female and male eels, we have succeeded in obtaining many fertilized eggs from cultivated eels.