PMID- 20113445 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20110602 LR - 20101122 IS - 1439-0531 (Electronic) IS - 0936-6768 (Linking) VI - 45 IP - 6 DP - 2010 Dec TI - Comparison of the TBARS assay and BODIPY C11 probes for assessing lipid peroxidation in red deer spermatozoa. PG - e360-8 LID - 10.1111/j.1439-0531.2009.01578.x [doi] AB - Several methods are used to measure lipid peroxidation (LPO) in spermatozoa. The objective of this study was comparing the thiobarbituric acid reactive species (TBARS) method and the BODIPY 581/591 C(11) (B581) and BODIPY 665/676 C(11) (B665) fluorescent probes to measure induced peroxidative damage in thawed epididymal spermatozoa from Iberian red deer. Samples from three males were thawed, pooled, diluted in PBS, incubated at room temperature and assessed at 0, 3, 6 and 24 h under different experimental conditions: Control, hydrogen peroxide (H(2)O(2) ) 0.1 mM or 1 mM, or tert-butyl hydroperoxide (TBH) 0.1 mM or 1 mM. LPO was assessed by the TBARS assay [malondialdehyde (MDA) detection] and by the fluorescence probes B581 and B665 (microplate fluorimeter and flow cytometry). Increasing MDA levels were only detectable at 1 mM of TBH or H(2)O(2). Both fluorescence probes, measured with fluorometer, detected significant increases of LPO with time in all treatments, except Control. Flow cytometry allowed for higher sensitivity, with both probes showing a significant linear relationship of increasing LPO with time for all oxidizing treatments (p < 0.001). All methods showed a good agreement, except TBARS, and flow cytometry showed the highest repeatability. Our results show that both B581 and B665 might be used for LPO analysis in Iberian red deer epididymal spermatozoa, together with fluorometry or flow cytometry. Yet, the TBARS method offered comparatively limited sensitivity, and further research must determine the source of that limitation. CI - (c) 2010 Blackwell Verlag GmbH. FAU - Dominguez-Rebolledo, A E AU - Dominguez-Rebolledo AE AD - Biology of Reproduction Group, National Wildlife Research Institute (IREC) (UCLM-CSIC-JCCM), Albacete, Spain. FAU - Martinez-Pastor, F AU - Martinez-Pastor F FAU - Fernandez-Santos, M R AU - Fernandez-Santos MR FAU - del Olmo, E AU - del Olmo E FAU - Bisbal, A AU - Bisbal A FAU - Ros-Santaella, J L AU - Ros-Santaella JL FAU - Garde, J J AU - Garde JJ LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - Germany TA - Reprod Domest Anim JT - Reproduction in domestic animals = Zuchthygiene JID - 9015668 RN - 0 (4,4-difluoro-4-bora-3a,4a-diaza-s-indacene) RN - 0 (Boron Compounds) RN - 0 (Thiobarbituric Acid Reactive Substances) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Boron Compounds/*chemistry MH - Cryopreservation/veterinary MH - *Deer MH - Lipid Peroxidation/*physiology MH - Male MH - Oxidative Stress MH - Reproducibility of Results MH - Semen Preservation/methods/veterinary MH - Sensitivity and Specificity MH - Spermatozoa/*physiology MH - Thiobarbituric Acid Reactive Substances/*metabolism EDAT- 2010/02/02 06:00 MHDA- 2011/06/03 06:00 CRDT- 2010/02/02 06:00 PHST- 2010/02/02 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2010/02/02 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2011/06/03 06:00 [medline] AID - RDA1578 [pii] AID - 10.1111/j.1439-0531.2009.01578.x [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Reprod Domest Anim. 2010 Dec;45(6):e360-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1439-0531.2009.01578.x.