Sperm-fluid-cell interplays in the bovine oviduct: glycosaminoglycans modulate sperm binding to the isthmic reservoir
2023
Mahé, Coline | Pranomphon, Thanya | Reynaud, Karine | Laffont, Ludivine | Meylheuc, Thierry | Schoen, Jennifer | Mermillod, Pascal | Saint-Dizier, Marie | Physiologie de la reproduction et des comportements [Nouzilly] (PRC) ; Institut Français du Cheval et de l'Equitation [Saumur] (IFCE)-Université de Tours (UT)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE) | Suranaree University of Technology (SUT) | Unité de Pathologie Végétale (PV) ; Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE) | Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (IZW) ; Leibniz Association | Nature Publishing Group | ANR-18-CE92-0049,DIALOG,Dialoguer pour être fertile : comprendre les interactions spermatozoïdes-oviducte et leurs implications pour l'insémination artificielle chez les bovins laitiers(2018)
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Show more [+] Less [-]English. When entering the oviduct for fertilisation, spermatozoa come into contact with the oviduct fluid (OF) and can bind to luminal epithelial cells in the isthmus to form a sperm reservoir. The objective of this study was to examine how the OF modulates sperm adhesion to the oviduct reservoir using an in vitro model of oviduct epithelial spheroids (OES). Bovine oviducts from a local slaughterhouse were used to collect OF and isthmic fragments for the in vitro incubation of OES. Compared to a non-capacitating control medium, the pre-ovulatory OF significantly decreased by 80–90% the density of spermatozoa bound to OES without affecting sperm motility, membrane integrity, or sperm-cilia interactions. This effect on sperm binding was reproduced with (1) OF from different cycle stages and anatomical regions of the oviduct; (2) OF fractions of more than 3 kDa; (3) modified OF in which proteins were denatured or digested and (4) heparan sulphate but not hyaluronic acid, two glycosaminoglycans present in the OF. In conclusion, the OF significantly decreased the number of spermatozoa that bind to oviduct epithelial cells without affecting sperm motility and this effect was due to macromolecules, including heparan sulphate.
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