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Effects of caffeine and casein phosphopeptides on fertilization in vitro of pig oocytes matured in culture.

Two experiments were conducted to assess the effects of caffeine and casein phosphopeptides (CPPs). One experiment tested the ability of frozen-thawed epididymal spermatozoa from boar (A, B, C), of proven low in vitro fertilization rates, to penetrate pig follicular oocytes. The other experiment tested the ability of ejaculated spermatozoa to uptake Ca2+. In Experiment 1, oocytes matured in vitro were inseminated with spermatozoa (Boar A) in medium that contained 0, 2, 5, 10, 15, and 20 mM caffeine and CPPs (1 mg/ml), or in medium that contained the same caffeine concentrations without CPPs. When CPPs were added to the caffeine-containing medium, significantly higher penetration rates were obtained than when the oocytes were inseminated in the CPPs-free medium. When the oocytes were inseminated with the spermatozoa (Boar A, B, C) in medium that contained 5 mM caffeine and dephosphorylated CPPs (dCPP:1 mg/ml), the penetration rate was significantly lower than when the oocytes were inseminated with the spermatozoa in medium containing 5 mM caffeine and CPPs (1 mg/ml). In Experiment 2, the concentration of Ca2+ in ejaculated spermatozoa of proven low in vitro fertilization rates during incubation in the fertilization medium was determined with fluorescence, Fura2/AM. When the medium contained CPPs, the intracellular concentration of Ca2+ in spermatozoa increased with a peak of 113 nM after 90 min of incubation. The concentration of Ca2+ was gradually decreased in the medium without CPPs. However, addition of CPPs in the medium had no effect on the motility of spermatozoa in Experiments 1 and 2.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)[1]

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  1. Effects of caffeine and casein phosphopeptides on fertilization in vitro of pig oocytes matured in culture. Nagai, T., Takenaka, A., Mori, T., Hirayama, M. Mol. Reprod. Dev. (1994) [Pubmed]
 
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