Efeito do laser diodo sobre as características de motilidade, de integridade das membranas plasmática e acrossomal e de potencial de membrana mitocondial de espermatozóides criopreservados de eqüinos / Effect of diode laser on motility, plasma and acrosomal membrane integrity, and mitochondrial membrane potential of cryopreserved stallion spermatozoa

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2008

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Sperm motility depends on energy consumption. In some species sperm mitochondria play an important role in the production of energy for tail activity. Low-level laser irradiation increases this production as a modulation tool. The objective of this study was to analyze the effect of a continuous 650 nm wavelength diode laser irradiation, with dose 6 J/cm2 for 120s, in the motility, plasma and acrosomal membrane integrity and mitochondrial membrane potential in fresh and frozen equine spermatozoa. Five ejaculates were obtained from five stallions (n=25). Semen was packaged into 0.5mL straws with 200x106 cells/mL in a Botu-CrioTM (Biotech-Botucatu-Ltda/ME, Botucatu, Brazil) and frozen by automated technique using a programmed machine (TK3000®, TK Tecnologia em Congelação-Ltda, Uberaba, Brazil). Fresh samples were divided in two groups: spermatozoa treated with laser and without laser (non treated spermatozoa), and frozen samples in three groups: spermatozoa treated with laser before freezing; spermatozoa treated with laser after thawing and without laser (cryopreserved spermatozoa). Cryopreserved samples were analyzed immediately after thawing (time 0) and two hours after thawing (time 2). Motility was evaluated by computer assisted sperm analysis (CASA, Ivos-Ultimate of Hamilton Thorne Biosciences), plasma and acrosomal membrane integrity and mitochondrial membrane potential were evaluated by flow cytometry (FACSaria-Beckton-Dickeson, San Jose, USA). The data were analyzed by the SAS program, at a 5% level. Beat cross frequency (BCF) test was higher (p<0.05) for fresh semen group treated with laser (34.8 ± 0.7%) as compared to non treated group (without Laser - 33.4 ± 0.8%). At time zero, mitochondrial membrane potential was lower in laser treatment before freezing group (40.7 ± 1.5%); compared to without laser treatment group (cryopreserved spermatozoa - 47.4 ± 2.4%) (P<0.05). Two hours after thawing, plasma and acrosomal integrity was higher (P<0.05) in the group were spermatozoa were treated with laser before freezing (8.3 ± 0.7%) compared with the group without laser treatment (cryopreserved spermatozoa) (6.2 ± 0.6%). The group treated with laser after thawing didn´t show any difference (P>0.05) compared to the others groups at this period. However, at time 0 percentage of progressive motility was lower (2.0 ± 0.3%) (P<0.05) than groups treated with laser before freezing (6.5 ± 1.3%) and cryopreserved without laser (5.5 ± 1.1%). These results indicated that the irradiation of 650 nm wavelength diode laser improves beat cross frequency in the fresh semen and support a long term (2 hours) protection to plasma and acrosomal membrane of equine spermatozoa. Based on the results of frozen semen, the best moment for laser application is before cryopreservation protocol. New studies with different diode laser wavelength, different power and energy doses should be driven in order to improve stallion semen cryopreservation.

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criopreservação do sêmen flow cytometry low level laser sperm viability laser de baixa intensidade stallion citometria de fluxo viabilidade espermática garanhão semen cryopreservation

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