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  • Title: Acrosome staining and motility characteristics of sterlet spermatozoa after cryopreservation with use of methanol and DMSO.
    Author: Psenicka M, Dietrich GJ, Wojtczak M, Nynca J, Rodina M, Linhart O, Cosson J, Ciereszko A.
    Journal: Cryobiology; 2008 Jun; 56(3):251-3. PubMed ID: 18466892.
    Abstract:
    In this study we describe acrosome staining and motility characteristics of fresh and cryopreserved sterlet (Acipenser ruthenus L.) spermatozoa using soybean trypsin inhibitor-Alexa conjugate fluorescent staining and computer-aided sperm analysis (CASA), respectively. Methanol or dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO) were used as cryoprotectants. After cryopreservation a decline in sperm motility characteristics occurred, but no differential effect between cryoprotectant was observed. Cryopreservation caused a significant increase in the percentage of spermatozoa with acrosome stained by SBTI-Alexa for samples cryopreserved using DMSO compared to methanol. These data suggest that the low usefulness of DMSO for cryopreservation of sturgeon spermatozoa is related to its harmful specific effect towards the acrosome, probably by causing its precocious triggering, much before any egg contact.
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