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Mitochondria in Mammalian Sperm Physiology and Pathology: A Review
Author(s) -
Peña FJ,
Rodríguez Martínez H,
Tapia JA,
Ortega Ferrusola C,
González Fernández L,
Macías García B
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
reproduction in domestic animals
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.546
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1439-0531
pISSN - 0936-6768
DOI - 10.1111/j.1439-0531.2008.01211.x
Subject(s) - sperm , mitochondrion , biology , organelle , physiology , cryopreservation , microbiology and biotechnology , genetics , embryo
Contents While, for a long time, the role of mitochondria in sperm physiology and pathology has been largely ignored, recent research points out the mitochondria as a major organelle with key roles in sperm function both under physiological and biotechnological conditions. This paper briefly reviews these novel findings regarding the role of mitochondria in sperm, paying special attention to the most practical, readily applicable, aspects of the topic such as their role as a major source of the sublethal damage that sperm experiments after cryopreservation.