Capacitation-like membrane changes and prolonged viability in vitro of equine spermatozoa cultured with uterine tube epithelial cells
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Summary
Reliable capacitation of equine spermatozoa has been a major obstacle in the development of equine in vitro fertilization. Experiments were done to compare in vitro capacitation of equine spermatozoa by use of heparin/caffeine, calcium ionophore, uterine tube epithelial cell (utec)-conditioned medium, and direct culturing of spermatozoa with utec (coculturing). Capacitation-like changes, as determined by chlortetracycline membrane staining patterns, developed with utec-conditioned medium and coculturing, equivalent to that with calcium ionophore. Both of these treatments induced more (P. < 0.05) capacitation-like changes than did the control, a modified Tyrode’s medium. More (P < 0.05) spermatozoa were viable after 24 hours of utec coculturing than in the control incubation.
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