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. 2020 Apr 15;21(8):2725. doi: 10.3390/ijms21082725

Table 4.

Distribution of protein tyrosine phosphorylation in bull spermatozoa showing intact (I) or compromised (C) plasma membrane. Data are expressed as mean ± SD.

Incubation Time (h) Ionophore Treatment Plasma Membrane Integrity Analyzed Spermatozoa (n) PTP Patterns
I II III
Before DGC no I 711 59 ± 26 a 40 ± 22 a 0.1 ± 0.4 b*
C 510 51 ± 15 a 47 ± 19 a 1.4 ± 0.7 b
0 no I 688 46 ± 26 a 43 ± 26 a* 10 ± 22 b
C 474 30 ± 17 b 63 ± 27 a 7 ± 10 c
0 yes I 625 53 ± 20 a** 44 ± 32 a* 3 ± 3 b
C 451 28 ± 12 b 68 ± 20 a 4 ± 7 b
3 no I 318 35 ± 21 a* 62 ± 20 a* 2 ± 4 b
C 838 16 ± 6 b 83 ± 13 a 1 ± 1 c
3 yes I 339 51 ± 21 a*** 47 ± 21 a*** 2 ± 2 b
C 803 22 ± 16 b 77 ± 16 a 0.1 ± 0.4 c

Different letters indicate significant differences between the phosphorylation patterns within the same row (p < 0.05, n = 6). Asterisks indicate significant differences between intact and compromised sperm plasma membrane within the same PTP pattern (* p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01 and *** p < 0.001, n = 6). DGC (density gradient centrifugation).