Treatment with Pterostilbene Ameliorates the Antioxidant Status of Bovine Spermatozoa and Modulates Cell Death Pathways
Christos Chavas, Vasiliki G. Sapanidou, Konstantinos Feidantsis, Sophia N. Lavrentiadou, Despoina Mavrogianni, Ioanna Zarogoulidou, Dimitrios J. Fletouris, Maria P. Tsantarliotou · 2024
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Christos Chavas, Vasiliki Sapanidou, Konstantinos Feidantsis, and a wider team wrote this research paper, published in 2024. It studies how a plant antioxidant, pterostilbene, protects bull sperm from oxidative damage during freezing and thawing, a routine step in cattle breeding.
Freezing stirs up reactive oxygen, which sperm need in small doses but which harms them in excess. The team thawed frozen bull semen and bathed it in two doses of the antioxidant for an hour. Treated sperm showed less fat damage and more of their own internal antioxidant. Their energy balance recovered, a self-cleaning process switched on, and far fewer cells entered the death pathway. Both doses worked about equally. The authors say the results clarify how the compound shields sperm under stress.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Christos Chavas, Vasiliki G. Sapanidou, Konstantinos Feidantsis, Sophia N. Lavrentiadou, Despoina Mavrogianni, Ioanna Zarogoulidou, Dimitrios J. Fletouris, Maria P. Tsantarliotou |
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| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 28 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |