title: Mitochondria in mammalian sperm physiology and pathology: a review.
abstract: While, for a long time, the role of mitochondria in sperm physiology and pathology has been largely ignored, recent research points out the mitochondria as a major organelle with key roles in sperm function both under physiological and biotechnological conditions. This paper briefly reviews these novel findings regarding the role of mitochondria in sperm, paying special attention to the most practical, readily applicable, aspects of the topic such as their role as a major source of the sublethal damage that sperm experiments after cryopreservation.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Spermatology, Veterinary Teaching Hospital, University of Extremadura, Cáceres, Spain. fjuanpvega@unex.es
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Peña
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Rodríguez Martínez
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Tapia
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ortega Ferrusola
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: González Fernández
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Macías García
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016923:Cell Death / Q000502:physiology; D015925:Cryopreservation / Q000662:veterinary; D004822:Epididymis / Q000166:cytology; D005306:Fertilization / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000502:physiology*; D012662:Semen Preservation / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000662:veterinary; D013081:Sperm Motility / Q000502:physiology; D013094:Spermatozoa / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000502:physiology* / Q000648:ultrastructure