EFFECT OF SECRETORY PARTICLES IN BOVINE SEMINAL-VESICLE SECRETION ON SPERM MOTILITY AND ACROSOME REACTION
EFFECT OF SECRETORY PARTICLES IN BOVINE SEMINAL-VESICLE SECRETION ON SPERM MOTILITY AND ACROSOME REACTION
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DOI:
10.1530/jrf.0.0790409
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发表时间:
1987-03-01
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VANHAPERTTULA, T
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AGRAWAL, Y;VANHAPERTTULA, T
Particles found in bovine seminal vesicle secretion were enriched by centrifugation. They varied in size and morphology and contained Mg2+, Ca2+-activated ATPase, aminopeptidase A, alanyl aminopeptidase, .gamma.-glutamyl transpeptidase and dipeptidyl peptidase IV activities. Hyperactivation of sperm motility and the acrosome reaction were induced by these particles in epididymal spermatozoa suspended in a modified Ringer medium. The hyperactivation, analysed with a microscopic slide test, started within minutes of exposure to membrane particles and continued for 3-4 h, during which time spermatozoa underwent the acrosome reaction. Acrosome staining, phase-contrast microscopy and transmission electron microscopy revealed that the acrosome reaction started within 60 min at 37.degree.C and affected up to 80% of spermatozoa in 4 h. These membrane particles differed from those reported previously in other species in enzyme composition, function and organ of origin.