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  • Immunocytochemistry  (2)
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    Immunocytochemical localisation of some lysosomal hydrolases, their presence in luminal fluid and their directional secretion by human epididymal cells in culture (1995)
    Springer
    Cell & tissue research 280 (1995), S. 415-425 
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    ISSN: 1432-0878
    Keywords: Key words: Epididymis ; Efferent ducts ; Cell culture ; Immunocytochemistry ; Immunoprecipitation ; Man
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Notes: Abstract. The way in which the human epididymis modifies spermatozoa during their sojourn in this structure might be clarified by knowledge of the nature of its secretions. We have examined the presence of several lysosomal hydrolases in human epididymal tissue and fluids, and their synthesis and secretion by monolayer cultures. Tissues were obtained from men undergoing orchidectomy for prostatic carcinoma. The enzymes cathepsin D and acid α-glucosidase were localised in the lysosomes of epithelial cells from the corpus epididymidis, by an immunocytochemical technique. Cathepsin D was also found in epithelial cells of the efferent ducts within lysosomes, apical vesicles and multivesicular bodies. No immunolocalisation of acid glucosidase in the efferent ducts or on the microvilli of the corpus was demonstrable. Cathepsin D, β-hexosaminidase (N-acetylglucosaminidase) and α-glucosidase were measurable in the luminal fluid from the human corpus epididymidis; β-hexosaminidase was secreted into the culture medium by confluent monolayers of epididymal and efferent duct cells. Immunoprecipitation of cell extracts and culture medium of these cultures incubated with 35S-methionine revealed that the precursors of cathepsin D and β-hexosaminidase were synthesized and secreted by such monolayers. Thus, active lytic enzymes are secreted by the human epididymis and could modify sperm membranes.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00307815
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    Immunocytochemical localisation of some lysosomal hydrolases, their presence in luminal fluid and their directional secretion by human epididymal cells in culture (1995)
    Springer
    Cell & tissue research 280 (1995), S. 415-425 
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    ISSN: 1432-0878
    Keywords: Epididymis ; Efferent ducts ; Cell culture ; Immunocytochemistry ; Immunoprecipitation ; Man
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Notes: Abstract The way in which the human epididymis modifies spermatozoa during their sojourn in this structure might be clarified by knowledge of the nature of its secretions. We have examined the presence of several lysosomal hydrolases in human epididymal tissue and fluids, and their synthesis and secretion by monolayer cultures. Tissues were obtained from men undergoing orchidectomy for prostatic carcinoma. The enzymes cathepsin D and acid α-glucosidase were localised in the lysosomes of epithelial cells from the corpus epididymidis, by an immunocytochemical technique. Cathepsin D was also found in epithelial cells of the efferent ducts within lysosomes, apical vesicles and multivesicular bodies. No immunolocalisation of acid glucosidase in the efferent ducts or on the microvilli of the corpus was demonstrable. Cathepsin D, β-hexosaminidase (N-acetylglucosaminidase) and α-glucosidase were measurable in the luminal fluid from the human corpus epididymidis; β-hexosaminidase was secreted into the culture medium by confluent monolayers of epididymal and efferent duct cells. Immunoprecipitation of cell extracts and culture medium of these cultures incubated with 35S-methionine revealed that the precursors of cathepsin D and β-hexosaminidase were synthesized and secreted by such monolayers. Thus, active lytic enzymes are secreted by the human epididymis and could modify sperm membranes.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00307815
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    Effects of cyclic AMP on the motility of mature and immature hamster epididymal spermatozoa studied by reactivation of the demembranated cells (1984)
    New York, NY : Wiley-Blackwell
    Gamete Research 9 (1984), S. 99-114 
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    ISSN: 0148-7280
    Keywords: cyclic AMP ; epididymal spermatozoa ; sperm motility ; sperm maturation ; reactivation ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Hamster spermatozoa from the caput and cauda epididymides were demembranated with 0.04% Triton X-100 and reactivated with 1 mM ATP. Motility parameters were analysed by video recording and stroboscopic photography. In the absence of added cAMP, reactivated cauda sperm showed percentage motility and forward swimming patterns similar to those of intact cells, but velocities were lower. When 2 or 20 μM cAMP was present, the velocities were increased but there was no effect on beat frequencies or percentage of forward progressing sperm. Cyclic AMP also markedly increased the percentage of cauda sperm which at first displayed nonprogressive “looping” movement. Addition of cAMP to the reactivation medium greatly improved the otherwise feeble and irregular motility of the demembranated caput sperm by increasing the percentage motility and beat frequencies of nonprogressive cells. It also induced forward motility with beat frequencies and velocities similar to cauda sperm reactivated in the absence of cAMP, but looping was never seen, indicating a change in the flagellar apparatus with maturation. The time required for the exhibition of the cAMP effects was reduced when caput sperm were reactivated in extracts of another previously maximally reactivated caput sperm preparation. The results suggest the production of some potent compound(s) by the axonemes for the manifestation of the cAMP effects.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mrd.1120090109
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    Maturation of hamster epididymal sperm motility and influence of the thiol status of hamster and rat spermatozoa on their motility patterns (1994)
    New York, NY [u.a.] : Wiley-Blackwell
    Molecular Reproduction and Development 38 (1994), S. 347-355 
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    ISSN: 1040-452X
    Keywords: Diamide ; dithiothreitol ; CASA ; Sperm kinematics ; Motility maintenance ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: A method for objective quantification of hamster sperm movement parameters as an indicator of maturation along the epididymis was established using a computerised system. Analysis of spermatozoa released into medium from five epididymal regions showed that the most drastic increases in percentage motility and curvilinear velocity (VCL) occurred from the distal corpus to the beginning of the proximal cauda and in straight-line velocity (VSL) from the beginning to a more distal site within the proximal cauda region. Both high osmolarity (400 mOsm/kg) and the thiol-oxidising agent diamide (10 μM) increased flagellar straightness of distal corpus spermatozoa, but VSL was increased only with the latter. The thiol-reducing agent dithiothreitol (DTT, 1mM) stimulated and maintained percentage motility and velocities of spermatozoa from the caput, stimulated only percentage motility of distal corpus sperm, but decreased velocities of those from the proximal cauda in prolonged incubation. In rats, diamide increased path straightness but not velocities of caput spermatozoa and yet caused immotility within 15 min, whereas DTT prolonged the maintenance of in vitro motility. The slight increases in kinematic parameters in the presence of DTT were enhanced by a 2-min preincubation with diamide. The finding that the effects of DTT and diamide were not compensatory suggests that the influence of the SH/S-S status on sperm movement is multifaceted, with decreasing sensitivity to stimulation upon sperm maturation. © 1994 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mrd.1080380317
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