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    Metabolomic markers of fertility in bull seminal plasma
    (PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE, 2018) Velho, Ana Luiza Cazaux; Menezes, Erika; Thu Dinh; Kaya, Abdullah; Topper, Einko; Moura, Arlindo Alencar; Memili, Erdogan
    Metabolites play essential roles in biological systems, but detailed identities and significance of the seminal plasma metabolome related to bull fertility are still unknown. The objectives of this study were to determine the comprehensive metabolome of seminal plasma from Holstein bulls and to ascertain the potential of metabolites as biomarkers of bull fertility. The seminal plasma metabolome from 16 Holstein bulls with two fertility rates were determined by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). Multivariate and univariate analyses of the data were performed, and the pathways associated with the seminal plasma metabolome were identified using bioinformatics approaches. Sixty-three metabolites were identified in the seminal plasma of all bulls. Fructose was the most abundant metabolite in the seminal fluid, followed for citric acid, lactic acid, urea and phosphoric acid. Androstenedione, 4-ketoglucose, D-xylofuranose, 2-oxoglutaric acid and erythronic acid represented the least predominant metabolites. Partial-Least Squares Discriminant Analysis (PLSDA) revealed a distinct separation between high and low fertility bulls. The metabolites with the greatest Variable Importance in Projection score (VIP > 2) were 2-oxoglutaric acid and fructose. Heat-map analysis, based on VIP score, and univariate analysis indicated that 2-oxoglutaric acid was less (P = 0.02); whereas fructose was greater (P = 0.02) in high fertility than in low fertility bulls. The current study is the first to describe the metabolome of bull seminal plasma using GC-MS and presented metabolites such as 2-oxoglutaric acid and fructose as potential biomarkers of bull fertility.
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    Retained acetylated histone four in bull sperm associated with fertility
    (FRONTIERS MEDIA SA, 2019) Ugur, Muhammet Rasit; Kutchy, Naseer Ahmad; de Menezes, Erika Bezerra; Ul-Husna, Asma; Haynes, Bethany Peyton; Uzun, Alper; Kaya, Abdullah; Topper, Einko; Moura, Arlindo; Memili, Erdogan
    Bull fertility, ability of the sperm to fertilize and activate the egg and support embryo development, is vital for cattle reproduction and production. Even though majority of histories are replaced by protamines, some histories are retained in sperm. It is known that chromatin remodeling during spermatogenesis results in dynamic changes in sperm chromatin structure through post-translational modifications (PTM) of sperm histones, which are important for regulation of gene expression. However, amounts of sperm Histone 4 (H4), its acetylated form (H4 acetyl), and to what extent these molecular attributes influence sperm chromatin structure and bull fertility are unknown. These gaps in the knowledge base are important because they are preventing advances in the fundamental science of bovine male gamete and improvement of bull fertility. The objective of this study was to test the hypothesis that expression dynamics as well as PTM of sperm H4 are associated with bull fertility. Flow cytometry was utilized to quantify H4 and H4 acetylated form in sperm from seven high and seven low fertility Holstein bulls. The results indicated that the average number of cells with H4 or H4 acetyl expression in high and low fertility bull sperm were 34.6 +/- 20.4, 1.88 +/- 1.8, 15.2 +/- 20.8, and 1.4 +/- 1.2, respectively. However, the sperm enriched in both H4 and H4 acetyl were different between high and low fertility groups (3.5 +/- 0.6; 1.8 +/- 0.8; P = 0.043). The localization and detection of H4 and H4 acetylation were measured by immunocytochemistry which revealed that H4 and H4 acetylation were equally distributed in the sperm head of high and low fertility sires. Western blotting results confirmed the presence of the H4 and its acetylated form in the sperm. Bioinformatics studies demonstrated that H4 is highly conserved among mammalians, and have significant gene ontology on spermatogenesis, early embryo implantation, and sperm capacitation. The results are significant because it demonstrates the replacement of canonical histone H4 into modified H4 acetylation in sperm and regulate its dynamics which is crucial for bull fertility and reproductive biotechnology. These findings advance fundamental science of mammalian early development and reproductive biotechnology.
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    Sperm cellular and nuclear dynamics associated with bull fertility
    (Elsevier B.V., 2019) Kutchy, Naseer A.; Menezes, Erica S.B.; Uğur, Muhammet R.; Ul Husna, Asma; ElDebaky, Hazem; Evans, Holly C.; Beaty, Emilly; Santos, Fagner C.; Tan, Wei; Wills, Robert W.; Topper, Einko; Kaya, Abdullah; Moura, Arlindo A.; Memili, Erdoğan
    The objective of this study was to ascertain cellular characteristics and the dynamics of the sperm chromatin proteins protamine 1 (PRM1) and protamine 2 (PRM2) in the sperm of Holstein bulls having a different fertility status. Important sperm variables were analyzed using computer-assisted sperm analysis (CASA). Sperm membrane, acrosome status, DNA integrity were also assessed using propidium iodide (PI), fluorescein isothiocyanate conjugated to Arachis hypogaea (FITC-PNA), and acridine orange (AO) followed by flow cytometry. In addition, abundances of PRM1 and PRM2 were analyzed using flow cytometry experiments. Differences in sperm decondensation capacity were assessed in bulls of varying fertility using a decondensation assay. As determined using CASA, average pathway velocity, amplitude of lateral head displacement and straightness were different (P < 0.05) for sperm from high and low fertility bulls. There, however, were no differences between the high and low fertility bulls for characteristics of sperm plasma membrane, acrosome, and DNA integrity (P > 0.05). Relative abundances of PRM1 and PRM2 in sperm from the high and low fertility bulls were inversely related (P < 0.0001). Percentages of decondensed sperm were different between high and low fertility bulls (P < 0.0001) and total numbers of decondensed sperm were greater in low fertility bulls than high fertility bulls (R2 = 0.72). Results of the present study are significant because molecular and morphological phenotypes of sperm that were detected affect fertility in livestock species.