As raças autóctones portuguesas de equinos estão representadas pelos Puro Sangue Lusitano (PSL), Garrano e Sorraia, sendo o PSL a que assume maior expressão. O Sorraia corresponde a um tipo equino com elevados níveis de consanguinidade que se encontra classificado como mantido de forma crítica. Para PSL e Sorraia, falta definir o padrão espermático e a capacidade dos seus espermatozóides (SPZ) suportarem as tec...
O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar o efeito do piruvato e trolox (forma solúvel da vitamina E) sobre a qualidade espermática pós-descongelamento. Assim, com o intuito de proteger as células espermáticas dos efeitos deletérios da criopreservação,foram considerados os seguintes tratamentos: T1 (Controle)= INRA82-HEPES sem antioxidantes; T2= INRA82-HEPES + 2mM de piruvato e T3= INRA82-HEPES + 120mM de trolox. A...
The Puro Sangue Lusitano (PSL) is the major national breed of horse in Portugal, but no studies exist on its seminal characteristics, or on the possibility of conserving semen for future use. The aim of this study was to evaluate semen parameters, fertility and the aptness to semen preservation in Lusitano Stallions. In order to compare characteristics defined by a single or by multiple semen collections per st...
The goal of this work was to correlate oxidative stress caused by reactive oxygen species (ROS) and DNA damage with classic semen parameters in spermatozoa and seminal plasma of fertile and subfertile stallions. Oxidation was measured in both lipids and proteins, using the thiobarbituric acid reactive species (TBARS) assay and the DNPH carbonyl groups assay, respectively. Sperm DNA damage was monitored using th...
Proteins implicated in the "SNARE hypothesis" for membrane fusion have been characterized in the acrosome of several mammalian species, and a functional role for these proteins during the acrosome reaction has been proposed. We have investigated the presence of SNAREs in equine sperm, using semen samples obtained from stallions with varying fertility. Immunocytochemical analysis revealed that members of differe...
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