論文

査読有り 国際誌
2018年4月11日

Effects of surrounding fluid on motility of hyperactivated bovine sperm

Journal of Biomechanics
  • Toru Hyakutake
  • ,
  • Kotaro Mori
  • ,
  • Koichi Sato

71
11
開始ページ
183
終了ページ
189
記述言語
英語
掲載種別
研究論文(学術雑誌)
DOI
10.1016/j.jbiomech.2018.02.009
出版者・発行元
Elsevier Ltd

Mammalian spermatozoa in organisms with internal fertilization are required to swim in the cervical and oviductal mucus, whose rheological properties differ substantially from those of water. Moreover, on the way to the oviduct, a change in sperm motility called hyperactivation may occur. In the present study, we focused on the motion characteristics of hyperactivated bovine sperm and investigated the effect of the surrounding fluid on motility. We prepared two kinds of polyacrylamide with high-viscosity non-Newtonian fluid properties, similar to the actual cervical and oviductal mucus. Using semen from Japanese cattle, we evaluated curvilinear velocity (VCL), straight-line velocity (VSL), and average path velocity (VAP). Additionally, we estimated linearity (LIN), straightness (STR), and wobble (WOB) as sperm motility parameters for several surrounding fluids. We successfully induced hyperactivation of bovine sperm in high-viscosity non-Newtonian fluid. Hyperactivation resulted in an increase in VCL and a decrease in VSL. In the high-viscosity non-Newtonian fluid, the hyperactivated sperm moved in a zig-zag pattern with regularity, different from the movement observed in a diluted solution. The increase in WOB in the non-Newtonian fluid suggests that hyperactivated sperm efficiently progress along the groove that exists on the oviductal mucus wall. These results improve our understanding of the motility of bovine sperm when they undergo hyperactivation in the actual cervical and oviductal mucus.

リンク情報
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2018.02.009
PubMed
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29459071
ID情報
  • DOI : 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2018.02.009
  • ISSN : 1873-2380
  • ISSN : 0021-9290
  • PubMed ID : 29459071
  • SCOPUS ID : 85042003218

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