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2118365

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-10-9
pubmed:abstractText
The kinetics of proacrosin activation and release from guinea pig spermatozoa during the nonsynchronous acrosome reaction were studied. Epididymal spermatozoa were incubated at 37 degrees C in a defined medium (pH 7.8) containing 1.7 mM Ca2+. After 195 min, 78% of the motile spermatozoa had undergone the acrosome reaction as determined by light microscopy. Acrosin and proacrosin levels in the spermatozoa and medium were measured at the beginning of the incubation period. Most of the total acrosin activity (78%) was associated with the spermatozoa, of which greater than 90% was in the form of proacrosin. Proacrosin represented a small, stable fraction (23%) of the total acrosin in the medium; it did not activate to acrosin while in the medium. After 195 min, a decrease in sperm-associated total acrosin (42%; p less than 0.05) was accompanied by an increase in the total acrosin level in the medium (115%; P less than 0.05). No change in the relative proacrosin content (percent of total acrosin) was evident in either medium or spermatozoa. Additional experiments quantified acrosin and proacrosin during the progression of the acrosome reaction. Both the loss of sperm-associated total acrosin and the increase in total acrosin levels in the medium were highly correlated with the fraction of acrosome-reacted spermatozoa (r = 0.954 and 0.922, respectively; P less than 0.001). However, the rate of acrosin appearance in the medium was only 60% (P less than 0.001) of the rate of acrosin loss from the spermatozoa. The fractional proacrosin content of spermatozoa (94%) and medium (31%) remained unchanged during the acrosome reaction (r = 0.15 and 0.30, respectively; P greater than 0.1).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
1040-452X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
25
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
52-60
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
Proacrosin activation and acrosin release during the guinea pig acrosome reaction.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois 60612.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.