Generation of reactive oxygen species by equine neutrophils and their effect on motility of equine spermatozoa
Generation of reactive oxygen species by equine neutrophils and their effect on motility of equine spermatozoa
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DOI:
10.1016/s0093-691x(01)00710-5
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发表时间:
2002-02-01
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2.8
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Ball, BA
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Baumber, J;Vo, A;Ball, BA
Contaminating leukocytes in the ejaculate are an important source of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in human semen. When present in sufficient numbers. they can have a detrimental influence on sperm function in humans. Unfortunately, there is little published information regarding the importance of leukocytes in stallion semen. The objectives of this study were to determine the production of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) by activated equine neutrophils and to examine the effect of this ROS production on equine sperm motility in vitro, Motile equine spermatozoa (two ejaculates each from four stallions) and peripheral blood neutrophils were isolated on discontinuous Percoll gradients, washed and resuspended in a modified Tyrode's medium. Spermatozoa (25 x 10(6)/ml) were incubated for 30 min at 38 degreesC with neutrophils (0,0.5 x 10(6).1 x 10(6), 5 x 10(6) and 10 x 10(6)/ml) activated by either the protein kinase C agonist, 12-myristate, 13-acetate phorbol ester (PMA; 100 nM) or the leukocyte chemotactic peptide, formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine (FMLP; 0.1 mM). Sperm motility was determined by computer-assisted semen analysis (CASA) at time 0 min (T0) and time 30 min (T30), and H2O2 was measured at T30 with the Amplex Red(TM) assay kit. At T30, there was a significant (P < 0.01) increase in H2O2, with the addition of 5 x 10 and 10 x 10(6) neutrophils/ml activated by FMLP (0.76 +/- 0.3 and 0.99 +/- 0.4 mu M, respectively, versus 0.0024 +/- 0.002 mu M in sperm alone), and this increase was associated with a significant (P < 0.001) decrease in total motility (52 +/- 5.1 and 48 +/- 6.0%, respectively, versus 80 +/- 4.7% in sperm alone). At T30, there was also a significant (P < 0.001) increase in H2O2 with the addition of 5 x 10(6) and 10 x 10(6) neutrophils/ml activated by PMA (1.88 +/- 0.2 and 2.07 +/- 0.3 mu M. respectively, versus 0,0009 +/- 0.0006 mu M in sperm alone). The results of this study demonstrate that 5 x 106 activated neutrophils/ml are sufficient to impair equine sperm motility in vitro. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science Inc. All rights reserved.