THE PRODUCTION OF SPERM ISO-AGGLUTININS BY OVA.
THE PRODUCTION OF SPERM ISO-AGGLUTININS BY OVA.
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通过卵子产生精子异凝集素。
DOI:
10.1126/science.36.929.527
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发表时间:
1912
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影响因子:
56.9
通讯作者:
F. R. Lillie
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作者:
F. R. Lillie
The reversal of the reaction consists in the resolution of the agglutinated masses into their individual cells, but this does not mean a return to their original physiological condi-tion; forif the agglutinating solution (egg-extract) be sufficiently strong, after a period of intense stimulation followedby agglutina-tion and reversal, the movements of the sper-matozoa gradually cease entirely andin ten minutes they are no longer capable of fertilizing ova dropped in with them. The agglutination isa factor of (1) the activity and relative density of the spermato-zoa in the suspension, and (2) of the strength of the agglutinating solution. The more active the sperms and the greater the density of the suspension (within certain limits) the more rapid is the onset of the agglutination and the larger the agglutinated masses. The agglutinating medium may of course be made to vary in strength, and hence in agglutina-ting power by various means, e. g., by crushing ovaries and eggs in about their own bulk of sea-water, or extracting in distilled water, very powerful solutions may be made. The agglutinating agent is not readily de-stroyed by heat. After boiling and maintaining at a temperature of 950 to 980 C. forabout 70 minutes, the agglutinating action ofa strong extract was very much reduced but was not entirely lost.No other tissue of the sea-urchin, so far as observed, produces an agglutinating agent for the sperm of the species:(1) The serum from the body-cavity, whether of males or females, is entirely neutral and the spermatozoa swim in it normally. But the serum forms a power-ful agent for extracting the agglutinin from the eggs after the latter are removed from the ovary, though in the intact animal in which the eggsare separated from the serum by the ovarian membrane no extraction of agglutinin takes place.(2) La, ge pieces of the intestine were cut up in sea-water or in distilled water, the latter especially extracting colored matters in large quantity; butno sperm agglutinin could be detected in the filtrate.