PMID- 31785643 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20200427 LR - 20200427 IS - 1873-2232 (Electronic) IS - 0378-4320 (Linking) VI - 211 DP - 2019 Dec TI - Sperm cellular and nuclear dynamics associated with bull fertility. PG - 106203 LID - S0378-4320(19)30493-2 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2019.106203 [doi] AB - The objective of this study was to ascertain cellular characteristics and the dynamics of the sperm chromatin proteins protamine 1 (PRM1) and protamine 2 (PRM2) in the sperm of Holstein bulls having a different fertility status. Important sperm variables were analyzed using computer-assisted sperm analysis (CASA). Sperm membrane, acrosome status, DNA integrity were also assessed using propidium iodide (PI), fluorescein isothiocyanate conjugated to Arachis hypogaea (FITC-PNA), and acridine orange (AO) followed by flow cytometry. In addition, abundances of PRM1 and PRM2 were analyzed using flow cytometry experiments. Differences in sperm decondensation capacity were assessed in bulls of varying fertility using a decondensation assay. As determined using CASA, average pathway velocity, amplitude of lateral head displacement and straightness were different (P < 0.05) for sperm from high and low fertility bulls. There, however, were no differences between the high and low fertility bulls for characteristics of sperm plasma membrane, acrosome, and DNA integrity (P > 0.05). Relative abundances of PRM1 and PRM2 in sperm from the high and low fertility bulls were inversely related (P < 0.0001). Percentages of decondensed sperm were different between high and low fertility bulls (P < 0.0001) and total numbers of decondensed sperm were greater in low fertility bulls than high fertility bulls (R(2) = 0.72). Results of the present study are significant because molecular and morphological phenotypes of sperm that were detected affect fertility in livestock species. CI - Copyright (c) 2019 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. FAU - Kutchy, Naseer A AU - Kutchy NA AD - Department of Animal and Dairy Sciences, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, USA. FAU - Menezes, Erika S B AU - Menezes ESB AD - Department of Animal and Dairy Sciences, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, USA. FAU - Ugur, Muhammet R AU - Ugur MR AD - Department of Animal and Dairy Sciences, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, USA. FAU - Ul Husna, Asma AU - Ul Husna A AD - Department of Animal and Dairy Sciences, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, USA; Department of Zoology, Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan. FAU - ElDebaky, Hazem AU - ElDebaky H AD - Department of Animal and Dairy Sciences, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, USA; National Research Center, Cairo, Egypt. FAU - Evans, Holly C AU - Evans HC AD - Department of Animal and Dairy Sciences, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, USA. FAU - Beaty, Emily AU - Beaty E AD - Department of Animal and Dairy Sciences, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, USA. FAU - Santos, Fagner C AU - Santos FC AD - Department of Animal and Dairy Sciences, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, USA; Department of Animal Science, Federal University of Ceara, Fortaleza, Brazil. FAU - Tan, Wei AU - Tan W AD - Flow Cytometry Core Facility, College of Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, USA. FAU - Wills, Robert W AU - Wills RW AD - Department of Pathobiology and Population Medicine, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, USA. FAU - Topper, Einko AU - Topper E AD - Alta Genetics, Inc., Watertown, WI, USA. FAU - Kaya, Abdullah AU - Kaya A AD - Department of Reproduction and Artificial Insemination, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Selcuk University, Konya, Turkey. FAU - Moura, Arlindo A AU - Moura AA AD - Department of Animal Science, Federal University of Ceara, Fortaleza, Brazil. FAU - Memili, Erdogan AU - Memili E AD - Department of Animal and Dairy Sciences, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, USA. Electronic address: em149@ads.msstate.edu. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20191018 PL - Netherlands TA - Anim Reprod Sci JT - Animal reproduction science JID - 7807205 RN - 0 (Chromatin) RN - 0 (Protamines) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Cattle/*physiology MH - Cell Nucleus/physiology MH - Chromatin/physiology MH - Fertility/*physiology MH - Gene Expression Regulation MH - Male MH - Protamines/genetics/metabolism MH - Spermatozoa/cytology/*physiology OTO - NOTNLM OT - Chromatin decondensation OT - Male fertility OT - Nuclear proteins OT - Protamines OT - Sperm DNA integrity EDAT- 2019/12/02 06:00 MHDA- 2020/04/28 06:00 CRDT- 2019/12/02 06:00 PHST- 2019/05/26 00:00 [received] PHST- 2019/09/18 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2019/10/09 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2019/12/02 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2019/12/02 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/04/28 06:00 [medline] AID - S0378-4320(19)30493-2 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2019.106203 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Anim Reprod Sci. 2019 Dec;211:106203. doi: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2019.106203. Epub 2019 Oct 18.