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. 2010 Mar;49(2):160–166.

Table 3.

Effect of ATP in raffinose–mKRB–egg yolk extender containing 32.37 mM lactate on fresh and frozen–thawed sperm

ATP concentration (mM)
0 0.92 1.85 3.70 5.55
Fresh sperm Motility (%) 74.7 ± 1.8 72.8 ± 8.1 79.2 ± 3.3 73.8 ± 6.6 55.6 ± 4.2a
VSL (μm/s) 9.1 ± 1.7 10.1 ± 0.5 14.7 ± 3.3 7.9 ± 0.6 8.4 ± 1.4
VCL (μm/s) 110.2 ± 9.9 116.9 ± 8.5 123.6 ± 5.2 101.5 ± 8.8 104.9 ± 7.9
ALD (μm) 6.0 ± 0.1 7.6 ± 0.6 6.3 ± 0.6 6.8 ± 1.0 5.7 ± 0.4
BCF (Hz) 29.9 ± 2.8 34.0 ± 1.7 29.7 ± 2.7 32.9 ± 2.6 31.2 ± 1.5
Acrosomal integrity (%) 75.5 ± 6.3 78.9 ± 6.5 83.2 ± 1.6 82.5 ± 7.2 77.1 ± 7.1
Frozen–thawed sperm Motility (%) 20.6 ± 0.3 24.6 ± 0.9 35.3 ± 1.3a 26.9 ± 1.4 25.7 ± 7.2
VSL (μm/s) 6.0 ± 1.2 5.0 ± 0.2 4.1 ± 0.6 4.4 ± 0.6 3.0 ± 0.4
VCL (μm/s) 99.0 ± 8.3 89.3 ± 4.5 84.5 ± 4.1 85.8 ± 2.7 80.9 ± 3.9
ALD (μm) 5.2 ± 0.8 4.4 ± 0.4 4.3 ± 0.1 4.3 ± 0.1 3.4 ± 0.1
BCF (Hz) 37.1 ± 2.0 34.4 ± 0.6 35.0 ± 1.6 34.6 ± 5.0 37.2 ± 2.2
Acrosomal integrity (%) 67.7 ± 2.3 68.4 ± 8.8 70.6 ± 4.6 61.7 ± 3.5 66.5 ± 3.8

ALD, amplitude of lateral head displacement; BCF, beat cross frequency; VCL, curvilinear velocity; VSL, straight-line velocity.

Data are presented as mean ± SEM (n = 3).

a

Value significantly (P < 0.05) different from control value.