The proteins belonging to the aquaporin family play a fundamental role in water and solute transport across biological membranes. While the presence of these proteins has been extensively studied in somatic cells, their function in mammalian spermatozoa has been studied less. The present study was designed to identify and localise aquaglyceroporin 3 (AQP3) in boar spermatozoa. With this purpose, 29 fresh ejaculates from post-pubertal Piétrain boars were classified into two groups based upon their sperm quality and subsequently evaluated through western blot and immunofluorescence assessments. Western blotting showed the specific signal band of AQP3 at 25 kDa, whereas immunofluorescence assessments allowed us to identify two different AQP3 localisation patterns: (1) spermatozoa presenting a clear labelling located only in the mid-piece and (2) spermatozoa exhibiting a distribution pattern in the head and along the entire tail. The first staining pattern was predominant in all studied ejaculates. Despite individual differences in AQP3 content and localisation between boar ejaculates, these differences were not correlated with sperm quality. In conclusion, although AQP3 is present in boar spermatozoa in two different localisation patterns, neither the AQP3 content nor its localisation have been found to be associated with conventional sperm parameters.

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水通道蛋白家族的蛋白质在跨生物膜的水和溶质运输中起着重要作用。尽管已在体细胞中广泛研究了这些蛋白质的存在,但对它们在哺乳动物精子中的功能的研究却较少。本研究旨在鉴定和定位野猪精子中的水甘油卟啉3 (AQP3)。为此,根据精子质量将来自青春期后pi é train公猪的29个新鲜射精分为两组,然后通过蛋白质印迹和免疫荧光评估进行评估。Western印迹显示AQP3的特定信号带为25 kDa,而免疫荧光评估使我们能够识别两种不同的AQP3定位模式 :( 1) 精子仅在中段显示清晰的标记,(2) 精子显示头部和整个尾部的分布模式。在所有研究的射精中,第一种染色模式均占主导地位。尽管AQP3含量和野猪射精之间的位置存在个体差异,但这些差异与精子质量无关。总之,尽管AQP3以两种不同的定位模式存在于野猪精子中,但尚未发现AQP3的含量及其定位与常规精子参数有关。

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