Thais Rose Dos Santos Hamilton, Renata Simões, Mayra Elena Ortiz D Ávila Assumpção
Reproduction in domestic animals = Zuchthygiene 2021 JulThe acetic acid-urea polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis system could separate very similar basic proteins on differences in size and effective charge. This system has been used for many years to analyse histones and their post-translational modifications and widely used in the study of mammal protamines. Two types of protamine have been described, the protamine 1 (P1) and the protamine 2 (P2) family members, which are synthetized by PRM1 and PRM2 genes. The ratio of P1 and P2 is important for predicting fertility in humans and mice. Therefore, the quantification of protamines is a fundamental step in order to establish the ratio between P1 and P2 in these species. In other mammals, studies linking sperm protamination and the protamine ratio with fertility are increasing. So, the use of an effective technique to separate and quantify protamines is important to study sperm P1/P2 ratio. Therefore, this article describes in detail a feasible and useful procedure to isolate bovine sperm protamines, to perform pre-electrophoresis with PEG solution and finally to carry out acid-urea polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis in reverse polarity. This technique allows a clear separation and efficient detection of bovine sperm protamines. © 2021 Wiley-VCH GmbH.
Thais Rose Dos Santos Hamilton, Renata Simões, Mayra Elena Ortiz D Ávila Assumpção. An improved acetic acid-urea polyacrylamide electrophoresis method to evaluate bovine sperm protamines. Reproduction in domestic animals = Zuchthygiene. 2021 Jul;56(7):1050-1056
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