Potassium channels regulate hypo-osmotic shock-induced motility of common carp (Cyprinus carpio) sperm
Potassium channels regulate hypo-osmotic shock-induced motility of common carp (Cyprinus carpio) sperm
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钾通道调节低渗休克引起的鲤鱼精子运动
DOI:
10.1016/0044-8486(94)00234-f
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发表时间:
1995
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影响因子:
4.5
通讯作者:
L. Trón
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作者:
Z. Krasznai;T. Márián;L. Balkay;R. Gáspár;L. Trón
The osmolality and composition of fish seminal plasma usually suppress sperm motility in the testis and sperm duct. Change in the osmolality of the environment at spawning activates flagellar motion of the sperm tail. The effect of inhibitors of anion and cation channels on active motion was investigated by a microscopic motility test. While sodium channel inhibitors (amiloride and tetrodotoxin) as well as anion channel inhibitors (DIDS and ethacrynic acid) did not affect motility, potassium channel inhibitors (4-AP, quinine, veratrine, verapamil) decreased the duration of flagellar motion or abolished motility completely. Potassium channel inhibitors exerted an effect on sperm motility depending on the dose and length of incubation. The voltage-activated K+blocker 4-aminopiridine proved to be the most potent inhibitor. Its effect was completely reversible, indicating that the functional state of potassium channels is essential to the activation mechanism of sperm. Intracellular pH of the spermatozoa was measured by a fluorescent flow cytometric technique. Hypo-osmotic shock induced intracellular alkalinization of carp sperm. Increase in pHiwas 0.15 pH units. In the presence of 4-AP the measured amplitude and kinetics of the pHichange was the same as in the absence of this inhibitor, arguing against a regulatory role of intracellular pH change.