PMID- 27321406 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20170405 LR - 20170405 IS - 1439-0531 (Electronic) IS - 0936-6768 (Linking) VI - 51 IP - 4 DP - 2016 Aug TI - Comparison of DNA Fragmentation Assay in Frozen-Thawed Cat Epididymal Sperm. PG - 618-22 LID - 10.1111/rda.12710 [doi] AB - DNA fragmentation of frozen-thawed feline epididymal sperm from corpus and cauda regions was evaluated by three different techniques. The DNA fragmentation index (DFI) was compared between techniques: the sperm chromatin structural assay (SCSA((R)) ), acridine orange staining techniques (AOT) and the sperm chromatin dispersion (SCD). There were significant differences in DFI among the techniques (p < 0.05) with no correlations. Only DFI values obtained from SCD revealed a significantly higher DFI in corpus compared with cauda spermatozoa (p < 0.05). The discrepancy between techniques might be due to the sensitivity of each technique, differences in severity of DNA damaged that can be detected. The difference in DFI between epididymal regions from SCD technique might indicate different maturational stages of spermatozoa, with less chromatin condensation of spermatozoa in corpus compared with cauda epididymis. CI - (c) 2016 Blackwell Verlag GmbH. FAU - Kunkitti, P AU - Kunkitti P AD - Division of Reproduction, Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden. AD - Department of Surgery and Theriogenology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand. FAU - Sjodahl, A AU - Sjodahl A AD - Division of Reproduction, Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden. FAU - Bergqvist, A-S AU - Bergqvist AS AD - Division of Reproduction, Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden. FAU - Johannisson, A AU - Johannisson A AD - Division of Reproduction, Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden. FAU - Axner, E AU - Axner E AD - Division of Reproduction, Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20160620 PL - Germany TA - Reprod Domest Anim JT - Reproduction in domestic animals = Zuchthygiene JID - 9015668 SB - IM MH - Animals MH - *Cats MH - Cryopreservation/*veterinary MH - *DNA Fragmentation MH - Epididymis/*cytology MH - Freezing MH - Male MH - Semen Preservation/*veterinary MH - Spermatozoa/*physiology EDAT- 2016/06/21 06:00 MHDA- 2017/04/06 06:00 CRDT- 2016/06/21 06:00 PHST- 2015/12/11 00:00 [received] PHST- 2016/04/25 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2016/06/21 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2016/06/21 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2017/04/06 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1111/rda.12710 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Reprod Domest Anim. 2016 Aug;51(4):618-22. doi: 10.1111/rda.12710. Epub 2016 Jun 20.