In vitro effect of gamma-aminobutyric acid on bovine spermatozoa capacitation.

Abstract:

:Sperm capacitation is defined as the maturational changes that render a sperm competent for fertilization and occurs in the female reproductive tract. Identification of the factor/s that regulate sperm capacitation would allow the understanding of these phenomena. Among these factors, gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) has recently become as a putative modulator of sperm function. The aim of this study was to explore the presence of a GABAergic regulation of bovine sperm capacitation as well as the possible intracellular mechanisms involved. GABA was detected in fresh semen by a sensitive radioreceptor assay (spermatozoa, 0.064 +/- 0.003 nmoles/10(6) cells; seminal plasma, 23.21 +/- 1.16 nmoles/ml). Scatchard analysis of [(3)H]-muscimol binding to sperm membranes yielded a linear plot consistent with a single population of binding sites (K(d) = 3.87 nM, B(max) = 417 fmol/mg prot.). [(3)H]-muscimol specific binding to sperm membranes was significantly inhibited by the GABA A receptor (GABA A-R) antagonist bicuculline and by the agonists muscimol and isoguvacine. Addition of GABA to the incubation medium resulted in a concentration-dependent increase in the percentage of capacitated spermatozoa (chlortetracycline assay). We observed a significant increment on intracellular calcium and cyclic 3',5' adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) concentrations induced by GABA, being the cation influx abolished when the cell suspensions were coincubated with the antagonists bicuculline or picrotoxin. It is concluded that GABA induces sperm capacitation through an intracellular mechanism dependent on calcium influx and cAMP accumulation mediated by a specific GABA A-R.

journal_name

Mol Reprod Dev

authors

Ritta MN,Bas DE,Tartaglione CM

doi

10.1002/mrd.20038

keywords:

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2004-04-01 00:00:00

pages

478-86

issue

4

eissn

1040-452X

issn

1098-2795

journal_volume

67

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