The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of sperm cryopreservation and the maturation state of the oocyte on the time course of canine gamete interaction during co-culture for periods of 1–10 h. Semen samples were ...

The aim of this work was to study the effects of cryopreservation on the binding and penetration of dog spermatozoa to the zona pellucida (ZP) by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The sperm-rich fraction of six ejaculates ...

Mammalian spermatozoa become competent for fusion with oocytes while traveling through the female reproductive tract and the oocyte´s extracellular investments. Recent studies highlighted the molecular mechanism of the ...

It is clear at present that important maturation changes take place in spermatozoa in the epididymis, and that these changes confer on the sperm the ability to fertilize eggs. This process has been scarcely analyzed in the ...

Numerous studies have demonstrated that sperm capacitation is a bicarbonate-dependent process. In the rat, capacitation has not been studied as much as in other species, mainly because of the difficulties in carrying out ...

Lectin-glycan recognition systems play central roles in many physiologic and pathologic processes. Here, we identified a role for galectin-1 (Gal-1), a highly conserved glycan-binding protein, in the control of sperm ...

Experiments were conducted to study effects of macromolecules on stallion sperm capacitation and fertilization as determined by penetration of bovine zona-free and equine partially zona-removed oocytes. Stallion sperm were ...

Human epididymal sperm protein ARP, a member of the cysteine-rich secretory proteins (CRISP) family, exhibits significant homology with rat epididymal protein DE, a candidate molecule for mediating sperm-egg fusion in ...