The acrosomic reaction in stallion spermatozoa: inductive effect of the mare preovulatory follicular fluid.
Biocell
; 25(2): 115-20, 2001 Aug.
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in English
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| ID: bin-39438
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ABSTRACT
In the female genital tract, spermatozoa must undergo capacitation and acrosome reaction prior to fertilization. A number of factors may induce physiological acrosome reaction assayed in vitro. The aims of this study are to determine the inductive effect of the preovulatory follicular fluid on the sperm acrosomal status in the equine, once some characteristics of the follicular fluid during folliculogenesis had been evaluated. The spermatozoa were obtained from cauda epididymes of adult stallion. Follicular fluid was taken from mare ovarian follicles classified according to their diameter. In these fluids, total protein, progesterone, estradiol and osmolarity were determined. Afterwards, the effect of preovulatory follicular fluid (50
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BINACIS
Language:
English
Journal:
Biocell
Year:
2001
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Article