title: Influence of seminal plasma proteins on motility of rabbit spermatozoa.
abstract: Washed rabbit spermatozoa of freshly collected ejaculates were incubated in different fractions of seminal plasma proteins and examined for motility. Incubation media were protein fractions obtained by gel and ion-exchange chromatography. Motility was best maintained in the fractions which contained albumin, and rabbit serum albumin was more effective than bovine or human serum albumin. Concentrations of less than 4 mg rabbit serum albumin/ml resulted in markedly decreased motility.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001798:Blood Proteins; D002850:Chromatography, Gel; D008297:Male; D011817:Rabbits; D012661:Semen / Q000032:analysis*; D012709:Serum Albumin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013045:Species Specificity; D013081:Sperm Motility / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D001798:Blood Proteins; D012709:Serum Albumin