Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
2075206 Animal Reproduction Science 2007 14 Pages PDF
Abstract
To find out which proteins positively affected the sperm viability (defined as sperm motility which could be activated) spermatozoa were incubated in sperm motility inhibiting saline solution containing different seminal plasma protein fractions. Sperm motility which could be activated after an incubation period of 48 h was highest in those fractions which shared the 54, 47, and the 16 kDa protein. When spermatozoa were incubated in untreated seminal plasma sperm viability was still higher than in the seminal plasma protein fractions indicating that other components of the seminal plasma positively affected sperm viability, too. The possible influence of seminal plasma proteins on sperm physiology is discussed.
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