Hyaluronic acid-induced capacitation involves protein kinase C and tyrosine kinase activity modulation with a lower oxidative metabolism in cryopreserved bull sperm

Theriogenology
Silvina Fernández, M Córdoba

Abstract

Hyaluronic acid is a glycosaminoglycan present in uterine and oviductal fluids in female ruminants, which has been used as a sperm capacitation inducer prior to in vitro fertilization in several species. CD44 is a specific hyaluronic acid receptor, present in the sperm plasma membrane, but its signaling transduction system has not been elucidated yet. Our aim was to study protein kinase C and tyrosine kinase participation in intracellular signaling and oxidative metabolism in hyaluronic acid-induced capacitation of cryopreserved bull spermatozoa. Sperm capacitation was induced with hyaluronic acid or heparin. GF-109203× and genistein were used as protein kinase C and tyrosine kinase inhibitors, respectively. Capacitation, sperm plasma membrane and acrosome integrity were studied using CTC and trypan blue - DIC, while variations in enzymatic activities were determined by spectrophotometry. The inhibition of protein kinase C and tyrosine kinase blocked hyaluronic acid and heparin induced capacitation. Metabolic enzymes such as NADP-dependent isocitrate and malate dehydrogenases participate in hyaluronic acid capacitation, in coincidence with a lower mitochondrial metabolism compared with heparin. On the other hand, NAD-dependent ...Continue Reading

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