RESUMO O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar a qualidade in vitro do sêmen criopreservado de cães naturalmente infectados por Leishmania sp. Foram coletadas amostras de sêmen de 12 cães, sendo seis positivos (GI) e seis negativos (GII) para leishmaniose visceral (LV), semanalmente, totalizando quatro coletas por animal. O sêmen criopreservado foi avaliado pelo teste de termorresistência rápida (TTR), nos tempos zero, 30 e 60 minutos, pela análise computadorizada (CASA) e por meio de sondas fluorescentes; esta última técnica com o intuito de avaliar a integridade das membranas espermáticas. Houve diferença estatística pela técnica de TTR no parâmetro motilidade progressiva, no tempo 0min (68,33% GI e 72,50% GII), e no vigor espermático (2,67 GI e 3,0 GII), no tempo 30min. Quanto ao CASA, houve diferença estatística apenas na motilidade total (27,50% GI e 57,08% GII), embora os demais parâmetros seminais tenham apresentado valores relativos diminuídos nos cães do GI. Nas análises com sondas fluorescentes, foram observadas diferenças estatísticas entre os grupos quanto à integridade das membranas plasmática e acrossomal e ao potencial mitocondrial das células espermáticas. Concluiu-se que a LV pode comprometer a qualidade do sêmen criopreservado de cães parasitados.
Seminal plasma contains serine proteases and serine protease inhibitor, which are involved in mammalian fertilization, and the inhibitors can be applied to prevent cold-induced sperm capacitation. The effects of different concentrations of two serine protease inhibitors were analyzed, Plasminogen activator inhibitor 1 - PAI-1 (70ƞg, 140ƞg and 210 ƞg) and Antipain (10µg, 50µg and 100µg) as supplementation to bovine semen cryopreservation extender. The effects of the inhibitors on the sperm parameters (sperm kinetics - CASA, acrosome integrity, plasma membrane integrity, mitochondrial membrane potential, sperm defects and acrosome reaction rate) were evaluated in the post-thaw semen. Cryopreservation of sperm with Antipain decreased post-thaw kinetic parameters of MP, VSL, LIN, SRT and the percentage of hyper-activated sperm while PAI-1 (210 ƞg) decreased VSL and LIN. Antipain and PAI-1 had no effect on the integrity parameters of the plasma membrane, mitochondrial membrane potential and sperm defects. Sperm cryopreserved in the presence of Antipain and PAI-1 (70 and 140 ƞg) preserved acrosome integrity, as they were able to complete the in vitro acrosome reaction. In conclusion, the serine protease inhibitors, Antipain and PAI-1 (70 and 140ƞg) are able to preserve the acrosome integrity of cryopreserved bovine sperm.
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