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Table 4 Percentages of motile sperm, viable sperm, sperm with high intracellular ROS, sperm with high intracellular superoxide levels and sperm agglutination after incubation with different concentrations of Mg2+/Ca2+ (0 mM, 0.1 mM, 1 mM, 5 mM, 10 mM and 50 mM) and for different incubation times (0 min, 2 min, 10 min, 30 min, 60 min)

From: An intracellular, non-oxidative factor activates in vitro chromatin fragmentation in pig sperm

 

Motility (%motile sperm)

Viability (%viable sperm)

ROS (%sperm with high intracellular ROS)

Superoxides (%sperm with high intracellular superoxides)

Agglutination (%agglutinated sperm)

2 min

 Control (0 mM)

81.69 ± 6.36a

50.93 ± 12.74

8.01 ± 6.28

36.95 ± 13.67

7.48 ± 2.05a

 0.1 mM

75.59 ± 8.97a

53.82 ± 13.40

8.30 ± 5.73

32.18 ± 14.13

10.85 ± 3.35a

 1 mM

76.12 ± 10.89a

56.87 ± 12.12

7.01 ± 6.31

32.42 ± 9.04

17.18 ± 5.10a

 5 mM

67.32 ± 9.64a

55.09 ± 6.24

11.50 ± 7.77

40.16 ± 19.29

36.70 ± 19.72a

 10 mM

74.28 ± 5.60a

44.76 ± 8.49

14.25 ± 11.05

56.46 ± 13.32

59.09 ± 6.82b

 50 mM

5.02 ± 1.89b

38.31 ± 7.94

12.61 ± 7.60

46.77 ± 8.64

84.77 ± 5.56b

10 min

 Control (0 mM)

83.49 ± 5.29a

54.70 ± 16.13

8.38 ± 3.84

46.28 ± 19.39

8.81 ± 1.44a

 0.1 mM

78.16 ± 10.8a

58.95 ± 16.71

11.90 ± 5.12

38.04 ± 13.45

10.41 ± 4.47a

 1 mM

73.11 ± 11.92a

60.16 ± 14.58

12.23 ± 5.23

49.00 ± 18.74

15.11 ± 2.44a

 5 mM

65.59 ± 2.35b

47.63 ± 10.77

13.56 ± 7.69

61.78 ± 5.44

34.24 ± 7.84a

 10 mM

70.74 ± 4.18b

48.81 ± 16.93

12.80 ± 4.90

64.50 ± 9.59

57.82 ± 4.85b

 50 mM

6.19 ± 1.84c

47.90 ± 6.50

6.34 ± 3.22

49.68 ± 6.26

86.15 ± 3.89b

30 min

 Control (0 mM)

83.47 ± 7.34a

60.98 ± 11.23

6.46 ± 2.40

34.65 ± 15.04

11.02 ± 1.43a

 0.1 mM

75.67 ± 7.75a

63.44 ± 8.67

9.87 ± 2.33

32.02 ± 14.21

14.80 ± 3.63a

 1 mM

71.39 ± 13.43a

58.29 ± 10.18

9.85 ± 2.68

36.89 ± 15.05

20.17 ± 5.94a

 5 mM

65.06 ± 4.57a

55.97 ± 9.46

12.26 ± 4.55

43.39 ± 16.35

34.56 ± 5.70b

 10 mM

66.69 ± 2.99a

42.57 ± 26.12

12.07 ± 3.73

45.16 ± 18.95

61.23 ± 5.97b

 50 mM

4.14 ± 1.74b

38.20 ± 9.45

6.04 ± 2.72

39.00 ± 10.36

81.44 ± 2.36c

60 min

 Control (0 mM)

75.29 ± 11.65a

49.09 ± 17.94

4.91 ± 4.41

45.43 ± 11.86

19.00 ± 12.95a

 0.1 mM

74.82 ± 11.46a

42.00 ± 20.10

5.00 ± 5.68

49.88 ± 9.71

19.35 ± 5.11a

 1 mM

65.67 ± 17.99a

50.38 ± 11.28

5.31 ± 5.31

53.14 ± 6.49

24.11 ± 6.06a

 5 mM

67.04 ± 0.97a

44.39 ± 16.67

5.64 ± 5.67

63.49 ± 8.07

33.15 ± 6.93a

 10 mM

59.06 ± 5.92a

31.52 ± 15.86

4.68 ± 3.55

65.53 ± 24.71

56.22 ± 11.57b

 50 mM

4.32 ± 1.71b

33.24 ± 5.47

3.12 ± 2.97

56.88 ± 16.61

77.70 ± 7.48c

  1. Different letters indicate significant differences (P ≤ 0.05) between concentrations of Mg2+/Ca2+ at a given time point. Values without letters indicate no statistical differences between treatments within a given time point