title: In vitro capacitation of dog spermatozoa as assessed by chlortetracycline staining.
abstract: We developed an assay for detecting capacitation and acrosome status in dog spermatozoa using chlortetracycline (CTC) as a fluorescent probe. Sperm cells were stained after incubation in modified canine capacitation medium (mCCM). Calcium ionophore A23187 permitted the induction of acrosomal exocytosis of capacitated sperm cells. Spermac staining and transmission electron microscopy were used as control tests to detect acrosome-reacted spermatozoa. Three different patterns of CTC distribution in the spermatozoa were found. These patterns were similar to those observed in other mammalian species. The CTC test was used to monitor the time course of the capacitation process in dogs. It was found that the kinetics of capacitation in canine sperm cells are similar to those observed in other mammals.
authors.affiliation: Ecole Vétérinaire Lyon, CERREC, Unité Biologie de la Reproduction Marcy l'étoile, France. p.guerin@vet-lyon.fr
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Guérin
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ferrer
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fontbonne
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bénigni
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jacquet
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ménézo
mesh_terms: D020101:Acrosome Reaction / Q000187:drug effects; D000818:Animals; D000001:Calcimycin / Q000494:pharmacology; D002470:Cell Survival; D002751:Chlortetracycline; D004285:Dogs; D005089:Exocytosis / Q000187:drug effects; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D013075:Sperm Capacitation / Q000502:physiology*; D013081:Sperm Motility; D013094:Spermatozoa / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D000001:Calcimycin; D002751:Chlortetracycline