ULTRASTRUCTURAL STUDY OF HUMAN SPERM ACROSOME DURING ACETIC ACID EXTRACTION OF ACROSIN

1 February 1975

journal article
Published by Bioscientifica in Reproduction

Vol. 42 (2) , 385-387
https://doi.org/10.1530/jrf.0.0420385

Abstract

During acrosin extraction from human spermatozoa by acetic acid treatment, severe ultrastructural alterations are observed: loss of the plasma membrane and of parts of the outer acrosomal membrane, total depletion of the acrosomal content, disappearance of the equatorial segment. The inner acrosomal membrane and the nucleus appear unchanged. The alterations are reduced by glycerol pretreatment in spite of improved extraction of the enzyme.

Keywords

TREATMENT
SPERMATOZOA
LOSS
ULTRASTRUCTURAL
EQUATORIAL
OUTER
ACETIC
ACROSIN
ACROSOMAL

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