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Morphological and ultrastructural alterations of zebrafish (Danio rerio) spermatozoa after motility activation. Theriogenology 2022; 188:108-115. [DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2022.05.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2022] [Revised: 05/24/2022] [Accepted: 05/28/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Silva WTAF, Sáez-Espinosa P, Torijo-Boix S, Romero A, Devaux C, Durieux M, Gómez-Torres MJ, Immler S. The effects of male social environment on sperm phenotype and genome integrity. J Evol Biol 2019; 32:535-544. [PMID: 30817032 PMCID: PMC6850410 DOI: 10.1111/jeb.13435] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2019] [Accepted: 02/26/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Sperm function and quality are primary determinants of male reproductive performance and hence fitness. The presence of rival males has been shown to affect ejaculate and sperm traits in a wide range of taxa. However, male physiological conditions may not only affect sperm phenotypic traits but also their genetic and epigenetic signatures, affecting the fitness of the resulting offspring. We investigated the effects of male‐male competition on sperm quality using TUNEL assays and geometric morphometrics in the zebrafish, Danio rerio. We found that the sperm produced by males exposed to high male–male competition had smaller heads but larger midpiece and flagellum than sperm produced by males under low competition. Head and flagella also appeared less sensitive to the osmotic stress induced by activation with water. In addition, more sperm showed signals of DNA damage in ejaculates of males under high competition. These findings suggest that the presence of a rival male may have positive effects on sperm phenotypic traits but negative effects on sperm DNA integrity. Overall, males facing the presence of rival males may produce faster swimming and more competitive sperm but this may come at a cost for the next generation.
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- Department of Biotechnology, University of Alicante, Alicante, Spain
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
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- Department of Biotechnology, University of Alicante, Alicante, Spain.,Cátedra Human Fertility, University of Alicante, Alicante, Spain
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- Department of Evolutionary Biology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.,School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
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Boonthai T, Khaopong W, Sangsong J, Vuthiphandchai V, Nimrat S. Influence of Aeromonas hydrophila and Pseudomonas fluorescens on motility, viability and morphometry of cryostored silver barb (Barbodes gonionotus) sperm. Cryobiology 2016; 73:140-6. [PMID: 27546221 DOI: 10.1016/j.cryobiol.2016.08.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2016] [Revised: 08/08/2016] [Accepted: 08/17/2016] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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This objective of the study was to evaluate the effects of A. hydrophila subsp. hydrophila and P. fluorescens on sperm motility, sperm viability and sperm morphometry of cryopreserved silver barb (Barbodes gonionotus) semen and survival of tested bacteria after cryostorage. Semen was diluted in a calcium-free Hank's balanced salt solution (Ca-F HBSS) supplemented with or without 0.25% penicillin-streptomycin (PS) after which A. hydrophila subsp. hydrophila or P. fluorescens was immediately added into extended semen prior to freezing. Extended semen and cryostored semen kept for 20 min, 24 h, 7 d, 14 d and 28 d were assessed for sperm motility, sperm viability, sperm morphometry, survival of challenged bacteria and the relationship between bacteria and sperm. Bacterial-exposed semen with or without 0.25% PS supplementation showed a significant reduction (P < 0.05) in sperm motility and viability during a cryostorage of 28 d, compared to semen without bacterial supplementation (control groups). Addition of A. hydrophila subsp. hydrophila and P. fluorescens resulted in a significant (P < 0.05) alteration of sperm morphometry of cryopreserved semen, especially flagellum width. The two pathogens were detected at a level of 10(5) CFU ml(-1) in cryostored semen with or without antibiotic supplementation. There were significant correlations among bacterial number, percentage of sperm motility and viability and flagellum width. In conclusion, the presence of A. hydrophila subsp. hydrophila and P. fluorescens had a deleterious effect on cryopreserved silver barb sperm based on a reduction in sperm motility and viability and alteration of sperm morphometry, especially flagellum width.
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- Traimat Boonthai
- Biological Science Program, Faculty of Science, Burapha University, Chon Buri, 20131, Thailand.
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- Environmental Science Program, Faculty of Science, Burapha University, Chon Buri, 20131, Thailand.
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- Environmental Science Program, Faculty of Science, Burapha University, Chon Buri, 20131, Thailand.
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- Department of Aquatic Science, Faculty of Science, Burapha University, Chon Buri, 20131, Thailand.
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- Department of Microbiology and Environmental Science Program, Faculty of Science, Burapha University, Chon Buri, 20131, Thailand.
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Guo W, Shao J, Li P, Wu J, Wei Q. Morphology and ultrastructure of Brachymystax lenok tsinlingensis spermatozoa by scanning and transmission electron microscopy. Tissue Cell 2016; 48:321-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tice.2016.05.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2016] [Revised: 05/28/2016] [Accepted: 05/28/2016] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Ultrastructure of sperm of the Spotted scat (Scatophagus argus, Linnaeus, 1766) observed by scanning and transmission electron microscopy. Anim Reprod Sci 2015; 153:69-75. [DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2014.12.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2014] [Revised: 11/28/2014] [Accepted: 12/01/2014] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Ultrastructure of late spermatids and spermatozoa during spermiogenesis in longtooth grouper Epinephelus bruneus from Jeju, Korea. Tissue Cell 2013; 45:261-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tice.2013.03.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2012] [Revised: 02/19/2013] [Accepted: 03/13/2013] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Rebours C, Ottesen OH. Ultrastructure of spermatozoa of the Atlantic cod Gadus morhua L. observed by scanning and transmission electron microscopy. Anim Reprod Sci 2013; 139:155-61. [PMID: 23642500 DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2013.03.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2012] [Revised: 03/26/2013] [Accepted: 03/28/2013] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The present study on wild caught Atlantic cod Gadus morhua provides a detailed description of the spermatozoa ultrastructure. The spermatozoa of G. morhua are composed of a head (nucleus) with no acrosome, a midpiece and a single flagellum. The total length is 67.69±6.33μm with a lanceolate sperm head that is 2.34±0.26μm long and 1.32±0.26μm wide. The nucleus presents homogeneous condensation of chromatin with few lacunae of decondensed chromatin. The nuclear fossa penetrates over three third of the nuclear axis and is tubiform. The axoneme is composed of a typical 9+2 microtubular doublet structure and is enclosed by the plasma membrane. Central microtubules are absent from the proximal portion of the anterior end of nuclear notch and a distal centriole complex is perpendicular to the axoneme. A group of mitochondria and vesicles is present in the midpiece. The ultrastructure of the Gadidae G. morhua spermatozoon differs from the structures described earlier for other Gadiformes. The unique features may be synapomorphic for marine Gadidae, and may contribute to the study of phylogenetic relationships in teleost fishes, and be a reference for future studies on spermatozoon quality and morphology in fish.
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- C Rebours
- Bioforsk, Norwegian Institute for Agricultural and Environmental Research, Frederik A. Dahls vei 20, 1432 ÅS, Norway.
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Beirão J, Soares F, Herráez M, Dinis M, Cabrita E. Changes in Solea senegalensis sperm quality throughout the year. Anim Reprod Sci 2011; 126:122-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2011.04.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2010] [Revised: 02/23/2011] [Accepted: 04/20/2011] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Maricchiolo G, Laurà R, Genovese L, Guerrera MC, Micale V, Muglia U. Fine structure of spermatozoa in the blackspot sea bream Pagellus bogaraveo (Brünnich, 1768) with some considerations about the centriolar complex. Tissue Cell 2010; 42:88-96. [PMID: 20060993 DOI: 10.1016/j.tice.2009.12.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2009] [Revised: 11/06/2009] [Accepted: 12/16/2009] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Scanning and transmission electron microscopy were used to investigate the fine structure of the sperm of the sparid fish Pagellus bogaraveo. The spermatozoon of P. bogaraveo belongs, like that of the other sparid fish, to the teleostean "type I" spermatozoon with the flagellar axis insert perpendicular to the nuclear fossa. It has an ovoidal head, a short, cylindrically shaped midpiece and a long tail region. The nucleus reveals a deep invagination (nuclear fossa), in which the centriolar complex is located, and a satellite nuclear notch shaped like a golf club. The two centrioles are perpendicular to each other and show a conventional "9+0" pattern. The distal centriole is attached to the nuclear envelope by means of basal feet and radial fibers made of electron-dense material. Below the basal plate, plasma membrane pinches in, and the necklace, a specialized connection joining axonemal doublets to the plasma membrane, is visible. The short midpiece houses one mitochondrion. The flagellum is perpendicularly and eccentrically with respect to the nucleus and contains the conventional "9+2" axoneme.
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- G Maricchiolo
- Institute for the Coastal Marine Environment, National Research Council (IAMC-CNR) - Spianata S. Raineri 86, 98122 Messina, Italy.
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Tubbs C, Thomas P. Progestin signaling through an olfactory G protein and membrane progestin receptor-alpha in Atlantic croaker sperm: potential role in induction of sperm hypermotility. Endocrinology 2009; 150:473-84. [PMID: 18801904 DOI: 10.1210/en.2008-0512] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Progestin stimulation of sperm hypermotility remains poorly understood despite having been described in numerous vertebrate species. We show here that progestin stimulation of sperm hypermotility in a teleost, the Atlantic croaker (Micropogonias undulatus) is associated with activation of an olfactory G protein (Golf). Furthermore, we provide evidence that this progestin action is mediated by membrane progestin receptor-alpha (mPRalpha). Golf was identified in croaker sperm membranes and was specifically activated after treatment with the progestin 17,20beta,21-trihydroxy-4-pregnen-3-one (20beta-S). Treatment of sperm membranes with 20beta-S caused an increase in cAMP production, which was blocked by pretreatment with cholera toxin and two membrane adenylyl cyclase inhibitors: 2',5'-dideoxyadenosine and SQ22536. Moreover, preincubation of croaker sperm with 2',5'-dideoxyadenosine and SQ22536 resulted in a significant inhibition of 20beta-S-stimulated hypermotility. Binding of [3H]20beta-S to sperm membranes was decreased after pretreatment with GTPgammaS but not pertussis toxin, suggesting the receptor is coupled to a pertussis toxin-insensitive G protein. Golf and mPRalpha were coexpressed on the sperm midpiece and flagella and were coimmunoprecipitated from sperm membranes. Finally, expression of mPRalpha protein on sperm increased after in vivo treatment with LHRH and was associated with increased induction of sperm motility by 20beta-S. These results suggest that 20beta-S activates mPRalpha in croaker sperm, which in turn activates Golf and membrane adenylyl cyclase to stimulate sperm hypermotility. Taken together these findings provide a plausible mechanism by which progestins stimulate sperm hypermotility in croaker and provide the first evidence of hormonal activation of Golf in any species.
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- Christopher Tubbs
- Marine Science Institute, The University of Texas at Austin, Port Aransas, Texas 78373, USA.
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Cosson J, Groison AL, Suquet M, Fauvel C, Dreanno C, Billard R. Marine fish spermatozoa: racing ephemeral swimmers. Reproduction 2008; 136:277-94. [PMID: 18524881 DOI: 10.1530/rep-07-0522] [Citation(s) in RCA: 124] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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After a long period of spermatogenesis (several weeks to months), marine fish spermatozoa are delivered at male spawning in seawater (SW) at the same time as ova. In some fish species, as the ova micropyle closes quickly after release, these minute unicells, the spermatozoa, have to accomplish their task of reaching the micropyle within a very brief period (several seconds to minutes), for delivery of the haploid male genetic information to the ova. To achieve this goal, their high-performance motile equipment, the flagellum, must fully activate immediately on contact with the SW and then propel the sperm cell at an unusually high initial velocity. The cost of such 'hyperactivity' is a very rapid consumption of intracellular ATP that outstrips the supply. The spermatozoa become rapidly exhausted because mitochondria cannot compensate for this very fast flagellar energy consumption. Therefore, any spermatozoon ends up with two possibilities: either becoming exhausted and immotile or reaching the egg micropyle within its very short period of forward motility (in the range of tens of seconds) before micropyle closure in relation to both contact of SW and cortical reaction. The aim of the present review is to present step by step the successive events occurring in marine fish spermatozoa from activation until their full arrest of motility. The present knowledge of activation mechanisms is summarized, as well as a description of the motility parameters characterizing the motility period. As a complement, in vitro results on axonemal motility obtained after demembranation of flagella bring further understanding. The description of the sperm energetic content (ATP and other high energy compounds) and its evolution during the swimming period is also discussed. A general model aiming to explain all the successive cellular events occurring immediately after the activation is presented. This model is proposed as a guideline for understanding the events governing the sperm lifespan in the marine fish species that reproduce through external fertilization.
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- Jacky Cosson
- CNRS, Univ. of Paris VI, P&M Curie, UMR 7009, Marine Station, 06230 Villefranche sur mer, France.
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Streit-Jr. DP, Sirol RN, Ribeiro RP, Moraes GV, Vargas LDM, Watanabe AL. Qualitative parameters of the piapara semen (Leporinus elongatus Valenciennes, 1850). BRAZ J BIOL 2008; 68:373-7. [DOI: 10.1590/s1519-69842008000200019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2006] [Accepted: 11/23/2006] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Qualitative parameters of piapara semen (Leporinus elongatus) were evaluated before and after hormonal induction with carp pituitary extract at 2.5 mg.kg-1 of live weight. The progressive motility, the spermatic vigor and the lifetime of the spermatozoa were higher before the hormonal induction (P > 0.05). The percentage of normal spermatozoa and spermatozoa with secondary pathologies did not differ (P > 0.05) between treatments: before induction (44.0 and 44.4%, respectively) and after-induction (44.3 and 46.7%, respectively). However, the percentage of primary pathologies was higher (P < 0.05) for the semen collected before induction than for the semen collected after induction; the estimates were 12.2 and 8.0%, respectively. The most frequent pathologies were the taillessness with the frequencies of 27.4 and 36.3% followed by the headlessness for which the estimates were 10.1 and 3.9%, before and after induction respectively. The semen collected before the hormonal induction presented better qualitative parameters.
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Taddei AR, Barbato F, Abelli L, Canese S, Moretti F, Rana KJ, Fausto AM, Mazzini M. Is cryopreservation a homogeneous process? Ultrastructure and motility of untreated, prefreezing, and postthawed spermatozoa of Diplodus puntazzo (Cetti). Cryobiology 2001; 42:244-55. [PMID: 11748933 DOI: 10.1006/cryo.2001.2328] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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This study subdivides the cryopreservation procedure for Diplodus puntazzo spermatozoa into three key phases, fresh, prefreezing (samples equilibrated in cryosolutions), and postthawed stages, and examines the ultrastructural anomalies and motility profiles of spermatozoa in each stage, with different cryodiluents. Two simple cryosolutions were evaluated: 0.17 M sodium chloride containing a final concentration of 15% dimethyl sulfoxide (Me(2)SO) (cryosolution A) and 0.1 M sodium citrate containing a final concentration of 10% Me(2)SO (cryosolution B). Ultrastructural anomalies of the plasmatic and nuclear membranes of the sperm head were common and the severity of the cryoinjury differed significantly between the pre- and the postfreezing phases and between the two cryosolutions. In spermatozoa diluted with cryosolution A, during the prefreezing phase, the plasmalemma of 61% of the cells was absent or damaged compared with 24% in the fresh sample (P < 0.001). In spermatozoa diluted with cryosolution B, there was a pronounced increase in the number of cells lacking the head plasmatic membrane from the prefreezing to the postthawed stages (from 32 to 52%, P < 0.01). In both cryosolutions, damages to nuclear membrane were significantly higher after freezing (cryosolution A: 8 to 23%, P < 0.01; cryosolution B: 5 to 38%, P < 0.001). With cryosolution A, the after-activation motility profile confirmed a consistent drop from fresh at the prefreezing stage, whereas freezing and thawing did not affect the motility much further and 50% of the cells were immotile by 60-90 s after activation. With cryosolution B, only the postthawing stage showed a sharp drop of motility profile. This study suggests that the different phases of the cryoprocess should be investigated to better understand the process of sperm damage.
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- A R Taddei
- Dipartimento di Scienze Ambientali, Università degli Studi della Tuscia, 01100 Viterbo, Italy
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Morisawa S. Ultrastructural studies of late-stage spermatids and mature spermatozoa of the puffer fish, Takifugu niphobles (Tetraodontiformes) and the effects of osmolality on spermatozoan structure. Tissue Cell 2001; 33:78-85. [PMID: 11292174 DOI: 10.1054/tice.2000.0159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Ultrastructures of late-stage spermatids and spermatozoa, and of spermatozoa after exposure to various osmolalities, were studied in the puffer, Takifugu niphobles. The mature spermatozoa consisted of a head, a midpiece of many mitochondria and a flagellum with sharp sidefins, had many ring-structures just inside of the plasma membrane of cytoplasmic sleeve and triangular-structures projecting into cytoplasmic canal at the base of flagellum. In late spermatids, the rings and projections were present, but the side-fins had round ends and the cytoplasm of flagellum was amorphous. When spermatozoa were exposed to seawater, the plasma membrane became swollen in the head-midpiece region but shrank in the tail region. In 1/2 seawater, swelling in the tail occurred in some spermatozoa. In 1/3 seawater approximately isotonic to the seminal plasma, there was little change. In 1/10 seawater, the plasma membrane swelled slightly in the head region, but swelled much more in the tail region. In buffer solution, the membrane swelled in all regions, surrounding the nucleus and many sections of axoneme. Thus, function of the plasma membrane in the head-region may be different from that in the tail-region. Spermatozoa of marine fish may fertilize the eggs when the osmolality surrounding the sperm, which changes due to the mixing of seminal plasma and seawater, reaches the correct level for the spermatozoa to obtain correct structure.
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- S Morisawa
- Biological Laboratory, St. Marianna University, School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Japan.
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Dreanno C, Cosson J, Suquet M, Seguin F, Dorange G, Billard R. Nucleotide content, oxidative phosphorylation, morphology, and fertilizing capacity of turbot (Psetta maxima) spermatozoa during the motility period. Mol Reprod Dev 1999; 53:230-43. [PMID: 10331461 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1098-2795(199906)53:2<230::aid-mrd12>3.0.co;2-h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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The interdependence between motility, respiration, ATP production, and utilization was investigated in intact spermatozoa of turbot (Psetta maxima), a marine teleost. When spermatozoa were diluted in a hyperosmotic medium (>300 mOsmol/kg), they immediately became motile, and the intracellular concentration of ATP as well as the adenylate energy charge ratio dropped concomitant with the straight-line velocity. The ADP and AMP levels increased from 1.4 to 8.0 nmole/10(8) cells and from 0.6 to 6.0 nmole/10(8) cells, respectively. Moreover, 31P-NMR spectra recorded prior to the swimming phase revealed the presence of phosphomonoesters (PMEs) and phosphodiesters (PDEs), intracellular inorganic phosphate (Pi), and phosphocreatine (PCr). At the end of the motility period, PCr, PDE, and PME decreased, while the Pi level increased markedly. Following initiation of motility, O2 consumption of spermatozoa increased from 34.9 to 124.8 O2 nmole/10(9) spermatozoa/min. FCCP, an uncoupler of oxidative phosphorylation, did not significantly affect the respiratory rate of motile spermatozoa. Ouabain, a specific inhibitor of (Na+/K+)/ATPase, slightly decreased the respiration rate of motile spermatozoa, indicating that the major part of ATP catabolism was linked to dynein ATPase. Inhibitors of the respiratory chain (KCN, NaN3, NaHCO3-, oligomycin) reduced sperm respiration, percentage of motile cells, velocity, and adenylate contents. Following the reactivation of motility of demembranated spermatozoa, KCN, NaN3, NaHCO3- altered the flagellar beat frequency, demonstrating that these respiratory inhibitors possess action sites other than mitochondria. Mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation is highly requested to produce energy required during motion. Nevertheless it is insufficient to maintain endogenous ATP stores. A second phase of motility was induced by a transfer of exhausted spermatozoa into an ionic medium of low osmolality (200 mOsmol/kg) for 30 min. Spermatozoa, once reactivated in AM, recovered 55% of initial motility and 31% of initial fertilization rate. In hypo-osmotic medium, mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation also induced ATP regeneration. Following activation of movement, several morphological changes were observed in the mitochondria and the midpiece.
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- C Dreanno
- Laboratoire d'Ichtyologie, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France
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