Morphology and ultrastructure of Siberian sturgeon (Acipenser baerii) spermatozoa using scanning and transmission electron microscopy

Biology of the Cell

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 103-115

  Psenicka, Martin ^a   Alavi, S M Hadi ^a   Rodina, Marek ^a   Gela, David ^a   Nebesarova, Jana ^b   Linhart, Otomar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Acrosome; Flagellum; Scanning electron microscopy; Siberian sturgeon (Acipenser baerii); Spermatozoon; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

ACROSOME; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SHAPE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; HEAD; MALE; MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON TAIL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TELEOST; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ACROSOME; ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; FISHES; FLAGELLA; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SPERM MIDPIECE; SPERMATOZOA;

ACIPENSER BAERII; EUKARYOTA; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 33846924116     PISSN: 02484900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BC20060060     Document Type: Article

References (66)

1. Afzelius, B.A. (1978) Fine structure of the garfish spermatozoon. J. Ultrastruct. Res. 64, 309-314
2. Alavi, S.M.H., Cosson, J., Karami, M., Mojazi Amiri, B. and Akhoundzadeh, M.A. (2004) Spermatozoa motility in the Persian sturgeon, Acipenser persicus: effects of pH, dilution rate, ions and osmolality. Reproduction 128, 819-828
3. Anderson, W.A. and Personne, P. (1975) The form and function of spermatozoa: a comparative view. In The Functional Anatomy of the Spermatozoon (Afzelius, B.A., ed.), pp. 3-14, Pergamon Press, Oxford
4. Assem, S.S. (2003) Reproductive biology, spermatogenesis and ultrastructure of the testes of the sparid fish, Pagellus erythrinus. J. Egypt. Ger. Soc. Zool. 42, 231-251
5. Baccetti, B. (1986) Evolutionary trends in sperm structure. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. A. 85, 29-36
6. Baccetti, B. and Afzelius, B.A. (1976) The biology of the sperm cell. Monogr. Dev. Biol. 10, 1-4
7. Baccetti, B., Burrini, A.G., Callaini, G., Gibertini, G., Mazzini, M. and Zerunian, S. (1984) Fish germinal cells. I. Comparative spermatology of seven cyprinid species. Gamete Res. 10, 373-396
8. Bemis, W.E., Birstein, V.J. and Walkman, J.R. (1997a) Sturgeon biodiversity and conservation: an introduction. Environ. Biol. Fishes 48, 13-14
9. Bemis, W.E., Findeis, E.K. and Grande, L. (1997b) An overview of Acipenseriformes. Environ. Biol. Fishes 48, 25-71
10. Billard, R. (1970) Ultrastructure comparée de spermatozoides de quelques poissons téléostéens. In Comparative Spermatology (Baccetti, B., ed.), pp. 71-79, Academic Press, New York
11. Billard, R. (1983) Ultrastructure of trout spermatozoa: changes after dilution and deep freezing. Cell Tissue Res. 228, 205-218
12. Billard, R., Cosson, J., Perchec, G. and Linhart, O. (1995) Biology of sperm and artificial reproduction in carp. Aquaculture 129, 95-112
13. Billard, R., Cosson, J., Fierville, F., Brun, R., Rouault, T. and Williot, P. (1999) Motility analysis and energetics of the Siberian sturgeon Acipenser baerii spermatozoa. J. Appl. Ichthyol. 15, 199-203
14. Billard, R., Cosson, J. and Linhart, O. (2000) Changes in the flagellum morphology of intact and frozen/thawed Siberian sturgeon Acipenser baerii (Brandt) sperm during motility. Aquac. Res. 31, 283-287
15. Cherr, G.N. and Clark, W.N. (1984) Acrosome reactions in sperm from the white sturgeon, Acipenser transmontanus. J. Exp. Zool. 232, 129-139
16. Cherr, G.N. and Clark, W.N. (1985) Gamete interaction in the white stargeon Acipenser transmontanus: a morphological and physiological review. Environ. Biol. Fishes 14, 11-22
17. Ciereszko, A., Dabrowski, K., Lin, F. and Doroshov, S. (1994) Identification of trypsin-like activity in sturgeon spermatozoa. J. Exp. Zool. 268, 486-491
18. Cosson, J., Linhart, O., Mims, S., Shelton, W. and Rodina, M. (2000) Analysis of motility parameters from paddlefish (Polyodon spathula) and shovelnose sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus platorynchus) spermatozoa. J. Fish Biol. 56, 1348-1367
19. Debus, L., Winkler, M. and Billard, R. (2002) Structure of micropyle surface on oocytes and caviar grains in sturgeons. Int. Rev. Hydrobiol. 87, 585-603
20. DeRobertis, E.D.P. and DeRobertis, E.M.F. (1980) Cell and Molecular Biology, 7th edn, Saunders College - Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Philadelphia
21. Dettlaff, T.A., Ginsburg, A.S. and Schmalhausen, O.I. (1993) Sturgeon Fishes: Developmental Biology and Aquaculture, Springer-Verlag, Berlin
22. DiLauro, M.N., Kaboord, W. and Walsh, R.A. (1998) Sperm-cell ultrastructure of North American sturgeons. I. The Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrhynchus). Can. J. Zool. 76, 1822-1836
23. DiLauro, M.N., Kaboord, W.S. and Walsh, R.A. (1999) Sperm-cell ultrastructure of North American sturgeons. II. The shortnose sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum, Lesueur, 1818). Can. J. Zool. 77, 321-330
24. DiLauro, M.N., Kaboord, W.S. and Walsh, R.A. (2000) Sperm-cell ultrastructure of North American sturgeon. III. The Lake sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens Rafinesque, 1817). Can. J. Zool. 78, 438-447
25. DiLauro, M.N., Walsh, R.A. and Peiffer, M. (2001) Sperm-cell ultrastructure of North American sturgeons. IV. The pallid sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus albus Forbes and Richardson, 1905). Can. J. Zool. 79, 802-808
26. Galli, A., Basetti, M., Balduzzi, D., Martignoni, M., Bornaghi, V. and Maffii, M. (1991) Frozen bovine semen quality and bovine cervical-mucus penetration test. Theriogenology 35, 837-844
27. Gibbons, B.H., Baccetti, B. and Gibbons, I.R. (1985) Live and reactivated motility in the 9 + 0 flagellum of Anguilla sperm. Cell Motil. Cytoskeleton 5, 333-350
28. Ginsburg, A.S. (1968) Fertilization in Fishes and the Problem of Polyspermy, pp. 354, Izdatelnaya Nauka, Moscow
29. Ginsburg, A.S. (1977) Fine structure of the spermatozoon and acrosome reaction in Acipenser stellatus. In Problemy Eksperimentalnoyi Biologii (Belyaev, D.K., ed.), pp. 246-256, Nauka, Moscow
30. Glogowski, J., Kolman, R., Szczepkowski, M., Horvath, A., Urbanyi, B., Sieczynski, P., Rzemieniecki, A., Domagala, J., Demianowicz, W., Kowalski, R. and Ciereszko, A. (2002) Fertilization rate of Siberian sturgeon (Acipenser baeri, Brandt) milt cryopreserved with methanol. Aquaculture 211, 367-373
31. Gwo, J.C. (1995) Spermatozoan ultrastructure of the teleost fish Acanthopagrus latus (Perciformes: Sparidae) with special reference to the basal body. J. Submicrosc. Cytol. Pathol. 27, 391-396
32. Gwo, J.C., Gwo, H.H. and Chang, S. L. (1993) Ultrastructure of the spermatozoon of the teleost fish Acanthopagrus schlegeli (Perciformes: Sparidae). J. Morph. 216, 29-33
33. Jamieson, B.G.M. (1991) Fish Evolution and Systematic Evidence from Spermatozoa. pp. 230-295, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
34. Jamieson, B.G.M. (1999) Spermatozoal phylogeny of the vertebrata. In The Male Gamete: From Basic Science to Clinical Applications (Gagnon, C., ed.), pp. 303-331, Cache River Press, Vienna
35. Kopeika, E.F., Neyfakh, A.A. and Zhukinskiy, V.N. (1994) Method of evaluating genetic apparatus defects of cryopreserved fish sperm during embryo development. Cryoletters 15, 245-250
36. Kudo, S., Linhart, O. and Billard, R. (1994) Ultrastructural studies of sperm penetration in the egg of the European catfish, Silurus glanis. Aquat. Living Resour. 7, 93-98
37. Lahnsteiner, F. and Patzner, R.A. (1999) Characterization of spermatozoa and eggs of the rabbitfish. J. Fish Biol. 55, 820-835
38. Lahnsteiner, F., Weismann, T. and Patzner, R.A. (1995) Fine structure of spermatozoa of two marine teleost fishes, the red mullet, Mullus barbatus, (Mullidae) and the white sea bream, Diplodus sargus (Sparidae). J. Submicrosc. Pathol. Cytol. 27, 259-266
39. Lahnsteiner, F., Berger, B., Weismann, T. and Patzner, R. (1997) Sperm structure and motility of the freshwater teleost Cottus gobio. J. Fish Biol. 50, 564-574
40. Lahnsteiner, F., Berger, B., Horvath, A. and Urbanyi, B. (2004) Studies on the semen biology and sperm cryopreservation in the sterlet, Acipenser ruthenus L. Aquac. Res. 35, 519-528
41. Le Menn, F. and Pelissero, C. (1991) Histological and ultrastructural studies of oogenesis of Siberian sturgeon. In Acipenser (Williot, P., ed.), pp. 113-128, Cemagref, Bordeaux
42. Linhart, O. and Kudo, S. (1997) Surface ultrastructure of paddlefish (Polyodon spathula Walbaum, 1792) eggs before and after fertilization. J. Fish Biol. 51, 573-582
43. Linhart, O., Slechta, V. and Slavik, A. (1991) Fish sperm composition and biochemistry. Bull. Inst. Zool., Acad. Sin, Monogr. 16, 285-311
44. Linhart, O., Kudo, S., Billard, R., Slechta, V. and Mikodina, Y.V. (1995) Morphology composition and fertilization of carp eggs: a review. Aquaculture 129, 75-93
45. Markov, K.P. (1975) Scanning electron microscope study of the microstructure of the egg membrane in the Russian sturgeon (Acipenser gueldenstaedti). J. Ichthyol. 15, 739-749
46. Mattei, X. (1991) Spermatozoon ultrastructure and its systematic implications in fishes. Can. J. Zool. 69, 3038-3055
47. Nicander, L. (1970) Comparative studies on the fine structure of vertebrate spermatozoa. In Comparative Spermatology (Baccetti, B., ed.), pp. 47-56, Academia Nazionale Dei Lincei, Rome
48. Okamura, A. and Motonobu, T. (1999) Spermatozoa of Conger myriaster observed by electron microscopy. Zoolog. Sci. 16, 927-933
49. Perchec, G., Cosson, M.P., Cosson, J., Jeulin, C. and Billard, R. (1996) Morphological and kinetic changes of carp (Cyprinus carpio) spermatozoa after initiation of motility in distilled water. Cell Motil. Cytoskeleton 35, 113-120
50. Piros, B., Glogowski, J., Kolman, R., Rzemieniecki, A., Domagala, J., Horvath, A., Urbanyi, B. and Ciereszko, A. (2002) Biochemical characterization of Siberian sturgeon Acipenser baeri and sterlet, Acipenser ruthenus, milt plasma and spermatozoa. Fish Physiol. Biochem. 26, 289-295
51. Podushka, S.B. (1993a) The variability of the number of micropyles in the eggs of Volga Stellate Sturgeon Acipenser stellatus. Fish Physiol. Biochem. 33, 152-155
52. Podushka, S.B. (1993b) Variability in the number of micropyles in the eggs of Acipenser persicus in the Volga River. J. Ichthyol. 33, 145-146
53. Psenicka, M., Rodina, M., Nebesarova, J. and Linhart, O. (2006) Ultrastructure of spermatozoa of tench Tinca tinca observation with scanning and transmission electron microscopy. Theriogenology 64, 1355-1363
54. Riehl, R. and Patzner, R.A. (1998) Minireview: The modes of attachment in eggs of teleost fishes. Ital. J. Zool. 65, 415-420
55. Salensky, V.V. (1878) Developmental history of the sterlet (Acipenser ruthenus). I. Embryogenesis. Tr. Dva Estestvoispytatelei Kazanskom Univ. 7, 1-226
56. Stanley, H.P. (1969) An electron microscope study of spermiogenesis in the teleost fish Oligocottus moculosus. J. Ultrastruct. Res. 27, 230-243
57. Taddei, A.R., Barbato, F., Abelli, L., Canese, S., Moretti, F., Rana, K.J., Fausto, A.M. and Mazzini, M. (2001) Is cryopreservation a homogeneous process? Ultrastructure and motility of untreated, prefreezing, and postthawed spermatozoa of Diplodus puntazzo (Cetti). Cryobiology 42, 244-255
58. Threadgold, L.T. (1976) Fasciola hepatica: ultrastructure and histochemistry of glycocalyx of the tegument. Exp. Parasitol. 39, 119-134
59. Todd, P.R. (1976) Ultrastructure of the spermatozoa and spermiogenesis in New Zealand freshwater eels (Anguillidae). Cell Tissue Res. 171, 221-232
60. Toth, G. P., Ciereszko, A., Christ, S.A. and Dabrowski, K. (1997) Objective analysis of sperm motility in the lake sturgeon, Acipenser fulvescens: activation and inhibition conditions. Aquaculture 154, 337-348
61. Tsvetkova, L.I., Cosson, J., Linhart, O. and Billard, R. (1996) Motility and fertilizing capacity of fresh and frozen-thawed spermatozoa in sturgeons Acipenser baeri and Aruthenus. J. Appl. Ichthyol. 12, 107-112
62. Van Deurs, B. (1975) The sperm cell of Pantodon (Teleostei) with a note on residual body formation. In The Functional Anatomy of the Spermatozoon (Afzelius, B.A., ed.), pp. 311-318, Pergamon Press, Oxford
63. Williot, P., Brun, R., Pelard, M. and Mercier, D. (2000a) Induced maturation and spawning in an incidentally caught adult pair of critically endangered European sturgeon, Acipenser studo L. J. Appl. Ichthyol. 16, 279-281
64. Williot, P., Kopeika, E.F. and Goncharov, B.F. (2000b) Influence of testis state, temperature and delay in semen collection on spermatozoa motility in the cultured Siberian sturgeon (Acipenser baeri Brandt). Aquaculture 189, 53-61
65. Yamamoto, T. (1960) Physiology of fertilization in fish eggs. Int. Rev. Cytol. 12, 361-405
66. Xu, Y. and Xiong, Q. (1988) The process of fertilization of Acipenser sinensis Grey observed by SEM. Acta Zool. Sin. 34, 325-328