Steroid hormones regulate sperm–oviduct interactions in the bovine

• Published in: Reproduction (Cambridge, England) Vol. 154; no. 4; pp. 497 - 508
• Main Authors: Lamy, Julie, Corbin, Emilie, Blache, Marie-Claire, Garanina, Anastasiia S, Uzbekov, Rustem, Mermillod, Pascal, Saint-Dizier, Marie
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Bioscientifica Ltd 01.10.2017; BioScientifica [2001-....]
• Subjects: Animals; Blastocyst - drug effects; Blastocyst - metabolism; Cattle; Cell Adhesion - drug effects; Cells, Cultured; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Embryo Culture Techniques; Estradiol - metabolism; Estradiol - pharmacology; Female; Fertilization in Vitro; Kinetics; Life Sciences; Male; Other; Oviducts - drug effects; Oviducts - metabolism; Oviducts - ultrastructure; Progesterone - metabolism; Progesterone - pharmacology; Reproductive Biology; Signal Transduction - drug effects; Spermatozoa - drug effects; Spermatozoa - metabolism; Spermatozoa - ultrastructure; Zygote - drug effects; Zygote - metabolism; semen; oviduct; estrogen; progesterone; oviducte; microscopie électronique; reproduction animale; hormone stéroïdienne; sperme; bovin; electron microscopy; sperm reservoir; steroid hormones; cellule épithéliale d'oviducte

After insemination in the cow, a sperm reservoir is formed within the oviducts, allowing the storage and then progressive release of spermatozoa toward the ovulated oocyte. In order to investigate the hormonal regulation of these events in vitro, the ovarian steroids 17β-estradiol (E2) and progester...