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Biology of Reproduction, Vol 51, 1031-1039, Copyright © 1994 by Society for the Study of Reproduction

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Heparin-induced capacitation but not intracellular alkalinization of bovine sperm is inhibited by Rp-adenosine-3',5'-cyclic monophosphorothioate

C Uguz, WL Vredenburgh and JJ Parrish
Department of Meat and Animal Science, University of Wisconsin, Madison 53706.

The objective of this study was to investigate the importance of cAMP during capacitation of bovine sperm. The competitive antagonist of cAMP, Rp-adenosine-3'5'-cyclic monophosphorothioate (Rp-cAMP), blocked heparin-induced capacitation (p < 0.05). The effect of Rp-cAMP on heparin-induced capacitation was reversed by 8-bromo-cAMP. The maximal inhibitory effect on capacitation occuroff when Rp-cAMP was added at the start of sperm incubation. These results support an important role for cAMP-dependent protein kinases during heparin-induced capacitation of bovine sperm. Further support for a role for protein phosphorylation during capacitation came from the use of the protein phosphatase inhibitor, okadaic acid. Okadaic acid had no affect on heparin-induced capacitation of bovine sperm (p > 0.05); however, bovine sperm were capacitated by okadaic acid in the absence of heparin (p < 0.05). The relationship of cAMP to capacitation-associated changes in sperm intracellular pH (pHi) was investigated using image analysis of bovine sperm. The pHi of sperm increased during capacitation, and Rp-cAMP did not affect the change in pHi. We conclude that heparin-induced capacitation of bovine sperm involves an increase in cAMP and a protein phosphorylation event but that these do not induce the increase in pHi associated with capacitation.




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