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ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Sperm cryopreservation of Prochilodus brevis using different concentrations of non-permeable cryoprotectants

Thais Maia Torres; Priscila Silva de Almeida-Monteiro; Renata Vieira do Nascimento; Vanessa Alves Pereira; Yasmim Maia Ferreira; Jessica Sales Lobato; Romulo Roberto Ribeiro Pinheiro; Yara Silvino Sales; Assis Rubens Montenegro; Carminda Sandra Brito Salmito-Vanderley

http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1984-3143-AR2021-0083 Anim Reprod, vol.19, n1, e20210083, 2022
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Abstract

The action of substances with non-permeable cryoprotectant potential, besides glucose, has not yet been studied for the species Prochilodus brevis. The objective of this work was to evaluate the action of four non-permeable cryoprotectants on this species sperm cryopreservation. Five pools were cryopreserved in a solution of 5% glucose and 10% dimethyl sulfoxide (Me2SO) associated or not (control) with cryoprotectants egg yolk (5, 10 or 12%), soy lecithin (2.5, 7.5 or 10%), sucrose (5, 10 or 20%) and lactose (5, 8 or 15%). After thawing, samples were evaluated for sperm kinetics (total motility, motility duration, velocities, and wobble - WOB), morphology and membrane and DNA integrity. The treatments containing egg yolk improved significantly (P<0.05) results when compared the control for the membrane integrity parameter. When compared to other treatments, egg yolk, at any concentration, presented higher results (P<0.05) for membrane integrity, total motility, curvilinear velocity (VCL) and average path velocity (VAP) parameters. Egg yolk also showed the best results for WOB, but it did not differ from 5% and 8% lactose and 5% and 20% sucrose. Soy lecithin had the lowest percentages of morphologically normal sperm (P<0.05), while the other treatments did not differ from each other. There was no difference regarding DNA integrity data. Thus, 5% egg yolk is indicated as a non-permeable cryoprotectant for P. brevis, in association with 5% glucose and 10% Me2SO.

Keywords

cryopreservation, extender, fish, semen

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Submitted date:
08/08/2021

Accepted date:
01/11/2022

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