Table 2.
Changes in live cells, spontaneous (SAR), induced (IAR) acrosome reaction, capacitated sperm, motile cells and VCLy after treatment with prostatic secretory granules (PSGs) and/or tert-butyl-hydroperoxide (t-BHP) at 37°C for 60 min.
| Live cells % |
SAR % |
IAR % |
Capacitated sperm % |
Motile cells % |
VCL μm/sec |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control sperm | 75.0 b | 20.4 | 68.4 b | 48.0 b | 60.8 b | 195.0 b |
| Sperm+PSGs | 80.8 b | 16.3 | 50.1 a | 33.9 a | 61.7 b | 205.1 b |
| t-BHP treated sperm | 61.3 a | 21.0 | 72.0 b | 51.0 b | 49.2 a | 168.0 a |
| t-BHP treated sperm+PSGs | 60.2 a | 17.5 | 58.3 a | 40.8 ab | 56.7 b | 197.2 b |
| Pooled SE | 5.1 | 3.4 | 7.3 | 8.4 | 4.0 | 4.9 |
y VCL stands for curvilinear velocity of the sperm;
a..b: Values with different letters on the same column are significantly different, P < 0.05.