Freezability markers for boar sperm: new proteomic approaches

Sperm cryopreservation is currently the most suitable technique to store boar sperm samples for a long period of time. However, not all boar ejaculations present the same freezability, this allows the classification of boars and their ejaculations into good (GFE) and poor (PFE) freezability boars/ej...

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Autor: Vilagran Martí, Ingrid
Tipo de documento: tese
Estado:Versão publicada
Data de publicação:2016
País:España
Recursos:CBUC, CESCA
Repositório:TDR. Tesis Doctorales en Red
OAI Identifier:oai:www.tdx.cat:10803/403431
Acesso em linha:http://hdl.handle.net/10803/403431
Access Level:Acceso aberto
Palavra-chave:Boar sperm
Esperma de porc
Esperma de verraco
Seminal plasma
Plasma seminal
Cryopreservation
Criopreservació
Criopreservación
Proteomics
Proteòmica
Proteómica
Freezability markers
Marcadors de congelabilitat
Marcadores de congelabilidad
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Resumo:Sperm cryopreservation is currently the most suitable technique to store boar sperm samples for a long period of time. However, not all boar ejaculations present the same freezability, this allows the classification of boars and their ejaculations into good (GFE) and poor (PFE) freezability boars/ejaculates. In this context, the present Thesis aims to gain new insights into the evaluation and prediction of sperm freezability, thereby preventing PFE cryopreservation. Through Western blot it was determined whether small heat shock protein 10 (ODF1/HSPB10) and voltage-dependent anion channel 2 (VDAC2) were reliable freezability markers. Furthermore the sperm and seminal plasma proteome of GFE and PFE were compared through two-dimensional difference gel electrophoresis (2D-DIGE), seeking potential markers for boar sperm freezability. The main conclusion of this Dissertation is that VDAC2, ACRBP and TPI in fresh sperm and FN1 in fresh seminal plasma may be used to predict the sperm resilience to withstand cryopreservation procedures