Energy conservation capacity and morphological integrity of mitochondria in hypotonically treated rabbit epididymal spermatozoa.
Energy conservation capacity and morphological integrity of mitochondria in hypotonically treated rabbit epididymal spermatozoa.
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低渗处理的兔附睾精子线粒体的能量守恒能力和形态完整性。
DOI:
10.1016/0005-2728(73)90075-3
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发表时间:
1973
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B. Storey
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作者:
E. Keyhani;B. Storey
Hypotonic treatment of rabbit epididymal spermatozoa in 10 mM phosphate buffer disrupts the plasma membrane and removes the cytoplasmic droplet from those cells to which it is still attached. There is, however, no effect on the mitochondria, which retain their helical configuration around the axial filament complex, have intact inner and outer membranes, and show the same cristal morphology as do the mitochondria in untreated cells. Hypotonically treated spermatozoa respire with added malate-pyruvate, succinate, and ascorbateplusN,N′-tetramethyl-p-phenylenediamine, but not with added fructose or NADH. Respiration is inhibited by oligomycin and stimulated by uncoupler, showing that the mitochondria have retained their capacity for energy conservation. The uncoupled respiration rate is not further stimulated by added cytochromec. Reduced-minus-oxidized difference spectra obtained at −196 °C of the hypotonically treated cells show a full complement of cytochromes, including cytochromec. This result implies that the cytochromeclost from mammalian spermatozoa on storage or chilling [Mann, T. (1951)Biochem. J.48, 386–388] is cytoplasmic cytochromecnot yet incorporated into the mitochondria. The mitochondrial cytochromecremains firmly held inside the intact outer membrane.