Mitochondrial hydrogen peroxide and defective cholesterol efflux prevent in vitro fertilization by cryopreserved inbred mouse sperm

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Gray, Jeffrey E ^a   Starmer, Joshua ^a   Lin, Vivian S ^b   Dickinson, Bryan C ^c   Magnuson, Terry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acrosome reaction; Cryopreservation; In vitro fertilization (IVF); Oxidative stress; Sperm capacitation

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CHOLESTEROL; CYCLODEXTRIN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE;

ACROSOME; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FLOW CYTOMETRY; INBRED MOUSE STRAIN; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MITOCHONDRION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOZOON HEAD;

ACROSOME REACTION; CRYOPRESERVATION; IN VITRO FERTILIZATION (IVF); OXIDATIVE STRESS; SPERM CAPACITATION;

ANIMALS; CHOLESTEROL; CRYOPRESERVATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; INBREEDING; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MITOCHONDRIA; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 84889006902     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.113.109157     Document Type: Article

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