Freeze-dried primate sperm retains early reproductive potential after intracytoplasmic sperm injection.
Oocytes inseminated by intracytoplasmic sperm injection using fresh ejaculated or freeze-dried rhesus macaque sperm showed similar activation, sperm aster assembly, and male-female pronuclear apposition rates.
Sánchez-Partida
Luis Gabriel
LG
Monash Institute of Medical Research, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia. gabriel.sanchez-partida@med.monash.edu.au
Simerly
Calvin R
CR
Ramalho-Santos
João
J
D000177:Acrosome / Q000473:pathology; D000818:Animals; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000473:pathology; D002502:Centrioles / Q000648:ultrastructure; D005260:Female; D005612:Freeze Drying / Q000662:veterinary; D008253:Macaca mulatta; D008297:Male; D053078:Membrane Potential, Mitochondrial; D008870:Microtubules / Q000378:metabolism; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000473:pathology; D012662:Semen Preservation / Q000662:veterinary; D020554:Sperm Injections, Intracytoplasmic / Q000662:veterinary; D013081:Sperm Motility; D013084:Sperm-Ovum Interactions; D013094:Spermatozoa / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D013997:Time Factors