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Hydrophobic silicone elastomer chamber for recording trajectories of motile porcine sperms without adsorption.
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Matsuura, Koji Kuroda, Yuka Yamashita, Keisuke H. Funahashi, H. |
| Copyright Year | 2011 |
| Abstract | Motile porcine sperms adhere to hydrophilic materials such as glass and plastics. The adsorption of sperms to a hydrophobic poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) membrane is less compared with that to glass. We investigated the linear velocity (LV) and amplitude of lateral head displacement (ALHD) of motile porcine sperm on glass and PDMS preparations using computer-assisted sperm analysis (CASA). Significant decreases were observed in the 15-min LV (P<0.05) and ALHD (P<0.05) in motile porcine sperm on glass preparations compared with those on PDMS preparations. These differences were due to adsorption of the head and/or neck to hydrophilic substrates. Because of the elasticity of PDMS, we propose that a PDMS membrane should be used for CASA. To investigate the dynamics of motile porcine sperms with microfluidics, we do not recommend plasma treatment to bond PDMS and glass in the microchannel preparation; instead, we suggest that a PDMS molding process without plasma treatment be used for preparation of microfluidic channels. |
| Starting Page | 1068 |
| Ending Page | 1073 |
| Page Count | 6 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jrd/57/1/57_10-075N/_pdf |
| PubMed reference number | 20953123v1 |
| Volume Number | 57 |
| Issue Number | 1 |
| Journal | The Journal of reproduction and development |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Gastroenteritis, Transmissible, of Swine Linear IgA Bullous Dermatosis Microfluidics Plastics Porcine species Psychologic Displacement Silicone Elastomers Silicones Spermatozoa Cell Count Tissue membrane sperm cell |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |