title: The positive effects of seminal plasma during the freezing process on cryosurvival of sperm with poor freezability in the rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta).
abstract: The objective was to examine the effect of seminal plasma on cryopreservation of sperm from rhesus macaques. Sperm cryosurvival was evaluated by sperm motility and acrosomal integrity. Compared with slow cooling (-0.4 C/min) from 37 C (body temperature) to 4 C, rapid cooling (-16 C/min) caused cold shock in rhesus macaque sperm. The cryosurvival of sperm was decreased regardless of the presence or absence of seminal plasma (P<0.05). However, the presence of seminal plasma during cold shock at a rapid cooling rate improved sperm motility and acrosomal integrity in individual monkeys. Male-to-male variation in sperm cryosurvival was observed after cryopreservation (P<0.05), and the presence of seminal plasma during sperm cryopreservation improved sperm motility and acrosomal integrity in individual monkeys (P<0.05). Furthermore, by adding seminal plasma from monkeys with good sperm cryosurvival to sperm freezing extender, the frozen-thawed motility and acrosomal integrity of sperm from monkey with poor cryosurvival were improved (P<0.05). The present study indicated that seminal fluid is beneficial to sperm undergoing cold shock or cryopreservation in individual monkeys. The cryosurvival of sperm from rhesus macaques with poor sperm freezability could be improved by the presence of seminal plasma from males with good sperm cryosurvival. This finding provides a useful method for genetic preservation in this important species.
authors: Laboratory of Molecular Genetics of Aging and Tumor, Faculty of Life Science and Technology, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Yunnan 650224, China.
authors: Shihua
authors: S
authors: Yang
authors: Shuhuang
authors: S
authors: Ping
authors: Shaohui
authors: S
authors: Ji
authors: Yongqing
authors: Y
authors: Lu
authors: Yuyu
authors: Y
authors: Niu
authors: Hong
authors: H
authors: Wang
authors: Weizhi
authors: W
authors: Ji
authors: Wei
authors: W
authors: Si
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015925:Cryopreservation / Q000379:methods*; D003451:Cryoprotective Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008253:Macaca mulatta; D008297:Male; D012661:Semen / Q000187:drug effects*; D055101:Semen Analysis; D012662:Semen Preservation / Q000379:methods*; D013094:Spermatozoa / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D003451:Cryoprotective Agents