The aim of this investigation was to study the effects of various concentrations and combinations of prostaglandins (PG) on sperm migration in cervical mucus collected from estrous ewes. Semen from six rams was pooled and extended in Tes-tris-yolk-glycerol to 500 x 10(6) sperm per ml, cooled and held at 5 degrees C for three hours. Aliquots of the semen were supplemented with various concentrations of PGF(2alpha) or PGE(1), combinations of PGF(2alpha) + E(1), or PGE(1) + E(2) + E(3) + F(1alpha) + F(2alpha). The semen was filled into 0.25-ml French straws and immediately frozen in liquid nitrogen vapor. The semen was thawed in a 35 degrees C water bath for two minutes. Cervical mucus was collected from 30 ewes, pooled and filled in the capillary tubes. Frozen-thawed ram semen with PG added was brought into contact with cervical mucus, held at 37 degrees C and evaluated for sperm migration in the capillary tube at 15, 30, 60, 120, and 180 minutes under a phase-contrast microscope. At 180 minutes, sperm numbers were counted and sperm motility was graded at 20, 30, 40, 50, and 60-mm distances in the capillary tube. Analysis of the results showed that sperm migration distance increased with time, but there was no difference between the controls and samples with PG. At 180 minutes, sperm motility and number decreased, while distance of migration in the capillary tube increased. This sperm response was similar, whether the supplementation of semen was with any of several individual PGs, or a combination of two or five PGs.
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