Demonstration of receptor-mediated chemotaxis by human spermatozoa. A novel quantitative bioassay.
Demonstration of receptor-mediated chemotaxis by human spermatozoa. A novel quantitative bioassay.
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人类精子受体介导的趋化性的演示。
DOI:
10.1016/0014-4827(85)90506-3
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发表时间:
1985
影响因子:
3.7
通讯作者:
C. Pert
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作者:
L. Gnessi;M. Ruff;F. Fraioli;C. Pert
A novel in vitro technique is described for measuring the chemotactic activity of soluble substances for human spermatozoa. This new bioassay has demonstrated that the synthetic chemotactic peptideN-formyl-MetLeuPhe elicits a potent, specific (i.e., receptor-mediated) chemotactic effect on human spermatozoa with an EC50of 3.2 × 10−10M. Quantitative chemotactic studies on human spermatozoa with nineN-formylated-peptide analogs have shown a rank order of peptide potency indistinguishable (p<0.001) from that obtained in binding and chemotactic studies with rabbit neutrophils. The competitive antagonist Boc (t-butoxycarbonyl)PheLeuPheLeuPhe, 10−6M, completely inhibited the chemotaxis elicited by f-MetLeuPhe, 10−9M, and was able to shift by one order of magnitude the molar concentration required by f-MetLeuPhePhe and f-MetLeuPhe to elicit the maximal response. The ability ofN-formylated peptides to function as sperm chemoattractants reveals a high degree of correlation with binding, chemotaxis, and lysosomal enzyme release previously employed to define the neutrophil chemotactic receptor. This first unequivocal demonstration of substances having a receptor-mediated chemotactic effect for human male gametes suggests that human spermatozoa may indeed have the ability to respond chemotactically to appropriate environmental signals.
DOI:
10.1016/s0006-291x(83)80002-3
发表时间:
1983
影响因子:
3.1
作者:
Bradley,MP;Garbers,DL
通讯作者:
Garbers,DL