Forms of Acrosin during Guinea Pig Spermatogenesis
Forms of Acrosin during Guinea Pig Spermatogenesis
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豚鼠精子发生过程中顶体素的形式
DOI:
10.1111/j.1749-6632.1987.tb25024.x
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发表时间:
1987
影响因子:
5.2
通讯作者:
G. Gerton
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文献类型:
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作者:
C. Arboleda;G. Gerton
The work of this laboratory is directed toward understanding when specific components of mature spermatozoa are synthesized and how they are inserted into their respective organelles during spermiogenesis. As part of these studies, we are investigating the development of the acrosome using acrosin as a marker for this organelle. In this report, we characterize the forms of acrosin present in different spermatogenic cells of the guinea pig. Spermatogenic cells were prepared by sedimentation at unit gravity. Guinea pig spermatozoa were prepared from the vas deferens and cauda epididymidis. Soluble acrosomal contents (SAC) were prepared by ionophore A23 187 activation of spermatozoa.2 Cells were extracted with 1.0% Triton X-100, 1.0% sodium deoxycholate in phosphate-buffered saline containing 10 pg/ml aprotinin, 10 pg/ ml leupeptin, and 1 mM p-aminobenzamidine. Enzymography of proteases was performed using SDS-polyacrylamide gels containing 0.1% gelatin.3 With the exception of using an ethanolamine transfer buffer (pH 9.5),4 immunoblotting used standard procedure^.^ A polyclonal rabbit antiserum to purified boar acrosin was a gift from Dr. Jerry L. Hedrick. This antibody cross-reacted by immunofluorescence with the acrosomes of intact, fixed, permeabilized guinea pig spermatozoa. Sperm extracts and SAC contained three major proteolytic activities with molecular weights (MW) of 32,000, 34,000, and 47,000. These proteases were all inhibited by traditional inhibitors of trypsin-like proteases and had pH optima in the range of 7.0-8.5. After immunoblotting from a regular gel, only a single broad band was recognized in SAC (MW 35,000-47,000). When SAC was separated in a gel containing 0.1% gelatin prior to immunoblotting, the cross-reacting antigen ran as a tighter band (MW = 40,000-47,000). No reaction was seen in the 32,00034,000 MW region. Immunoblots of sperm extracts were the same except that a band just below MW = 26,000 was detected, and additional cross-reactivity was found in the 47,000-50,000 MW region. When extracts of spermatogenic cells were examined, pachytene spermatocytes (>75% pure) were found to be devoid of significant proteolytic activity. Round spermatids (>75% pure) contained a major proteolytic activity (MW = 55,000) and a minor activity (MW = 50,000). A cell population of condensing spermatids and residual bodies contained four proteolytic activities (MWs = 51,000, 50,000, 40,000, and 36,000). Patterns of immunological reactivity with antiacrosin antibody were very similar to those seen for proteolytic activities.
影响因子:
2.9
作者:
Szewczyk,B;Kozloff,LM
通讯作者:
Kozloff,LM