Table 3.
Incubation Time (h) | Ionophore Treatment | Acrosomal Exocytosis | Analyzed Spermatozoa (n) | PTP Patterns | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
I | II | III | ||||
Before DGC | no | IA | 1356 | 64 ± 9 a | 24 ± 12 b | 12 ± 6 b |
AE | 60 | 78 ± 23 a | 12 ± 20 b | 12 ± 16 b | ||
0 | no | IA | 1269 | 63 ± 7 a | 29 ± 8 b | 8 ± 2 c |
AE | 44 | 65 ± 26 a | 30 ± 27 ab | 5 ± 9 b | ||
0 | yes | IA | 1410 | 56 ± 11 a**** | 36 ± 14 b*** | 8 ± 3 c** |
AE | 71 | 90 ± 14 a | 10 ± 14 b | 0 | ||
3 | no | IA | 1222 | 54 ± 11 a* | 36 ± 16 a** | 10 ± 7 b* |
AE | 130 | 82 ± 9 a | 15 ± 9 b | 3 ± 6 b | ||
3 | yes | IA | 1266 | 50 ± 13 a** | 39 ± 21 b* | 12 ± 8 c** |
AE | 184 | 83 ± 8 a | 11 ± 11 b | 6 ± 5 b |
Different letters indicate significant differences between the phosphorylation patterns within the same row (p < 0.05, n = 6). Asterisks indicate significant differences between reacted and no reacted of the same pattern (* p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001, **** p < 0.0001, n = 6). DGC (density gradient centrifugation).