Behavior of ACRBP-deficient mouse sperm in the female reproductive tract
| Autor: | Kiyoshi NAGASHIMA, Tomoyuki USUI, Tadashi BABA |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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| Zdroj: | The Journal of Reproduction and Development, Vol 65, Iss 2, Pp 97-102 (2018) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 0916-8818 1348-4400 |
| DOI: | 10.1262/jrd.2018-137 |
| Popis: | Gene-knockout mice lacking ACRBP, a proacrosin-binding protein localized in the acrosome of sperm, have been shown to exhibit male subfertility, owing to abnormal formation of the acrosome. In this study, to elucidate the mechanism contributing to the subfertility phenotype, we examined the behavior of ACRBP-deficient mouse sperm in the female reproductive tract. When sperm that had migrated into the uterus and oviduct after mating were counted, the number of ACRBP-deficient sperm was noticeably smaller in the oviduct of mice post mating. However, ACRBP-deficient sperm recovered from the oviduct possessed morphologically normal head shape and retained normal motility. Importantly, ACRBP-deficient sperm displayed a marked reduction in the ability to successfully gain access to unfertilized oocytes. These data suggest that male subfertility of ACRBP-deficient mice may be attributed to incompleteness of the acrosome reaction rather than impairment in sperm migration from the uterus to the oviduct. |
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