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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TOXICOLOGY
Volume 28, Issue 1, Pages 24-32Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/1091581809333138
Keywords
acrosome reaction; atrazine; boar sperm; capacitation; fenoxaprop-ethyl
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- CONACYT (Mexico) [5-37923-B, 52689/66955-M]
- [176119]
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Atrazine is a herbicide of the chloro-s-triazine family. It inhibits photosynthesis in plants and is an endocrine disruptor, but its effects on human health are controversial. Fenoxaprop-ethyl, an aryloxy phenoxyalkanoic acid herbicide, inhibits the biosynthesis of fatty acids and provokes depolarization of membranes. The aim of this study is to evaluate the in vitro effects of both herbicides on capacitation, spontaneous acrosome reaction (SAR) and progesterone-induced acrosome reaction (PIAR) in boar sperm. Sperm capacitation is done in TALP-HEPES media for 4 hours. Capacitation and SAR are evaluated immediately; PIAR, 30 minutes later. LC50 for fenoxaprop-ethyl is 60 mM and 40 mM for atrazine. Fenoxaprop-ethyl induces capacitation at 60 mM and SAR at all concentrations, also increases significantly PIAR. Atrazine decreased capacitation whereas increase significantly SAR and PIAR at all concentrations. It seems that fenoxaprop-ethyl and atrazine accelerate the capacitation and the acrosomal reaction, possibly via plasma membrane destabilization.
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