ACTA VETERINARIA ET ZOOTECHNICA SINICA ›› 2015, Vol. 46 ›› Issue (8): 1341-1347.doi: 10.11843/j.issn.0366-6964.2015.08.009

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Preliminary Studies on Apoptosis and Apoptotic Pathways of Frozen Boar Spermatozoa

WANG Xin1,2,3,DAI Jian-jun1,2* ,WU Cai-feng1,2,ZHANG Shu-shan1,2,WU Yun-long1,2,3,ZHANG De-fu1,2*   

  1. (1.College of Fisheries and Life Science,Shanghai Ocean University,Shanghai 201306,China;2.Institute of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine,Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences,Shanghai 201106, China;3.Division of Animal Genetic Engineering,Shanghai Municipal Key Laboratory of Agri-genetics and Breeding,Shanghai 201106,China)
  • Received:2015-01-05 Online:2015-08-23 Published:2015-08-23

Abstract:

In order to investigate the effects of cryopreservation on boar spermatozoa apoptosis and apoptotic pathway,the flow cytometry was used to detect the apoptosis state and ROS level of boar frozen spermatozoa.ATP content was measured by luminometer,and the mRNA expression level of genes involved in different apoptotic pathways were measured by real-time quantitative RT-PCR method.The results showed that the motility,normal acrosome rate and plasma membrane integrity rate of sperm after freezing were decreased greatly (P<0.05).The TUNEL-positive spermatozoa rate (80.4%) from freezing group were much higher than that of fresh group (9.7%) (P<0.05).The percentage of ROS-positive spermatozoa in freezing group (58.2%) was also obviously higher than that of fresh group (P<0.05).The cryopreservation caused a significant decrease of ATP concentration in freezing group (0.247 μmol•L-1) comparing with fresh group (0.926 μmol•L-1) (P<0.05).qRT-PCR results showed that the relative expression level from promoting apoptosis genes (TNF-αFasCaspaseP53 and Bax) were up-regulated,and in which the expression of FasP53,TNF-αCaspase-8 and Caspase-9 increased greatly after cryopreservation (P<0.05).The relative expression level from inhibiting apoptosis genes (BCL-2,BIRC-5,MnSODCuZnSOD and SURVIVN) were down-regulated,and in which the expression of BIRC-5,MnSOD and SURVIVN decreased greatly (P<0.05).The results indicated that cryopreservation could lead to boar spermatozoa apoptosis.Not only extrinsic death receptor but also intrinsic mitochondrial signaling pathway might play key roles in mediating spermatozoa apoptosis after cryopreservation.

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