title: Changes in the phospholipid composition and phospholipid asymmetry of ram sperm plasma membranes after cryopreservation.
abstract: The changes in the phospholipid composition of spermatozoa plasma membranes after freezing were determined by thin-layer chromatography. The results showed an augmentation of the diphosphatidylglycerol and a diminution of phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylserine, and phosphatidylethanolamine in sperm plasma membranes after freezing. In intact sperm cells we observed an elevation of the sphingomyelin and phosphatidylinositol levels and a diminution of the phosphatidylethanolamine and diphosphatidylglycerol levels. The effect of freezing on the phospholipid distribution between the inner and outer monolayers of the plasma membrane was also studied using exogenous phospholipases and trinitrobenzene sulfonate. The most important change we observed after freezing, was the translocation of diphosphatidylglycerol from the inner to the outer monolayer of the plasma membrane.
authors.affiliation: Central Laboratory of Biophysics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Hinkovska-Galcheva
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Petkova
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Koumanov
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000032:analysis; D005615:Freezing; D008297:Male; D010743:Phospholipids / Q000032:analysis*; D012662:Semen Preservation / Q000662:veterinary*; D012756:Sheep / Q000502:physiology*; D013094:Spermatozoa / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D010743:Phospholipids