title: Seminal plasma proteins and their relationship with percentage of morphologically normal sperm in 2-year-old Brahman (Bos indicus) bulls.
abstract: The objective was to determine the relationship between seminal plasma proteins and sperm morphology in Bos indicus bulls of the Brahman breed. Fifty-six 24-month-old Australian Brahman bulls were electroejaculated and samples were examined to determine the percentage of morphologically normal sperm (PNS24) and the seminal plasma protein composition was identified and quantified by 2-D gel electrophoresis. The total integrated optical density of 152 seminal plasma protein spots (SPPs) across all gels was determined using the PDQuest software version 8.0 (Bio Rad, USA). Using a single regression mixed model with the density of individual spots as a covariate for PNS24, 17 SPPs were significantly associated with PNS24 (p<0.05). A multiple regression analyses of these SPPs, using three models; non-parametric Tree Model, Generalized Additive Model, and a step-wise selection method were conducted, and 6 SPPs could be used to predict PNS24; four SPPs had positive and two had negative association with PNS24. Together these spots explained 35% of the phenotypic variation in PNS24. Using mass spectrometry (MALDI-ToF and TripleToF-MS) the SPPs with positive relationship contained mainly apolipoprotein A-I (1310), protein DJ-1 and glutathione peroxidase 3 (2308), phosphoglycerate kinase 1 (6402) and apolipoprotein A-I and secretoglobin family 1D member (8008). The SPPs inversely associated with PNS24 were clusterin/seminal plasma protein A3 (1411) and epididymal secretory protein E1 (8108). This is the first comprehensive report on the association between seminal plasma protein composition in Bos indicus Brahman bulls and sperm morphology.
authors.affiliation: School of Veterinary Science, The University of Queensland, Queensland, Australia. Electronic address: g.boehansen@uq.edu.au.
authors.forename: G B
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Boe-Hansen
authors.affiliation: Department of Animal Science, The Federal University of Ceará, Brazil.
authors.forename: J P A
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Rego
authors.affiliation: School of Veterinary Science, The University of Queensland, Queensland, Australia.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Crisp
authors.affiliation: Department of Animal Science, The Federal University of Ceará, Brazil.
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Moura
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry & Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia.
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Nouwens
authors.affiliation: CSIRO Agriculture Flagship, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: The University of Queensland, Centre for Animal Science, Queensland Alliance for Agriculture & Food Innovation, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Venus
authors.affiliation: Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia.
authors.forename: B M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Burns
authors.affiliation: School of Veterinary Science, The University of Queensland, Queensland, Australia.
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: McGowan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D015180:Electrophoresis, Gel, Two-Dimensional / Q000662:veterinary; D008297:Male; D013058:Mass Spectrometry / Q000662:veterinary; D012661:Semen / Q000737:chemistry*; D055101:Semen Analysis / Q000662:veterinary; D029589:Seminal Plasma Proteins / Q000032:analysis* / Q000502:physiology; D013094:Spermatozoa / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D029589:Seminal Plasma Proteins
keywords: Brahman cattle; Seminal plasma proteomics; Sperm morphology