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Capacitation and acrosome reactions in human spermatozoa monitored by a chlortetracycline fluorescence assay.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  3115838     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Human spermatozoa were incubated in culture medium containing human serum albumin (HSA) to promote capacitation, which was monitored by a rapid chlortetracycline (CTC) fluorescence assay. Four CTC fluorescence patterns were readily distinguished, one of which appeared to be correlated with capacitated sperm. When capacitated sperm were treated with either ionophore A23187 or acid-solubilized mouse zonae pellucidae to induce the acrosome reaction, the CTC assay identified acrosome-reacted sperm by lack of fluorescence on the head. Fresh sperm would not undergo the induced acrosome reaction. The percentages of acrosome-reacted sperm identified by the CTC assay in induced and control populations were the same as those identified by the presently used indirect immunofluorescence and triple stain assays.
Authors:
M A Lee; G S Trucco; K B Bechtol; N Wummer; G S Kopf; L Blasco; B T Storey
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Comparative Study; Journal Article; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Fertility and sterility     Volume:  48     ISSN:  0015-0282     ISO Abbreviation:  Fertil. Steril.     Publication Date:  1987 Oct 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1987-11-06     Completed Date:  1987-11-06     Revised Date:  2007-11-14    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0372772     Medline TA:  Fertil Steril     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  649-58     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia 19104-6080.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Acrosome / physiology*
Animals
Calcimycin / pharmacology
Chlortetracycline*
Female
Fluorescent Antibody Technique
Humans
Kinetics
Male
Mice
Microscopy, Fluorescence*
Serum Albumin / pharmacology
Sperm Capacitation* / drug effects
Spermatozoa / physiology*
Zona Pellucida / physiology
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
GM-23892/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS; HD-06274/HD/NICHD NIH HHS; HD-19096/HD/NICHD NIH HHS
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Serum Albumin; 52665-69-7/Calcimycin; 57-62-5/Chlortetracycline

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