Effect of pH on the development of acrosomal responsiveness of human sperm

Andrologia

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 55-59

  Cross, N L ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acrosome reaction; Capacitation; pH; Sperm

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; PROGESTERONE;

ACROSOME; ARTICLE; CELL PH; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CULTURE MEDIUM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; PH MEASUREMENT; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ACROSOME REACTION; CHOLESTEROL; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; LACTIC ACID; MALE; PYRUVIC ACID; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 34147165473     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: 14390272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0272.2007.00763.x     Document Type: Article

References (19)

1. Aitken RJ, Harkiss D, Knox W, Paterson M, Irvine S (1998) On the cellular mechanisms by which the bicarbonate ion mediates the extragenomic action of progesterone on human spermatozoa. Biol Reprod 58:186-196.
2. Babcock DF, Rufo GA, Lardy HA (1983) Potassium-dependent increases in cytosolic pH stimulate metabolism and motility of mammalian sperm. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 80:1327-1331.
3. Bavister BD (1969) Environmental factors important for in vitro fertilization in the hamster. J Reprod Fertil 18:544-545.
4. Cross NL (1988) Role of cholesterol in sperm capacitation. Biol Reprod 59:7-11.
5. Cross NL (1993) Multiple effects of seminal plasma on the acrosome reaction of human sperm. Mol Reprod Dev 35:316-323.
6. Cross NL, Razy-Faulkner P (1997) Control of human sperm intracellular pH by cholesterol and its relationship to the response of the acrosome to progesterone. Biol Reprod 56:1169-1174.
7. Fraire-Zamora JJ, Gonzalez-Martinez MT (2004) Effect of intracellular pH on depolarization-evoked calcium influx in human sperm. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 287:C1688-C1696.
8. Hamamah S, Magnoux E, Royere D, Barthelemy C, Daccheux J-L, Gatti J-L (1996) Internal pH of human spermatozoa: effect of ions, human follicular fluid, and progesterone. Mol Hum Reprod 2:219-224.
9. Hyne RV, Garbers DL (1981) Requirement of serum factors for capacitation and the acrosome reaction of guinea pig spermatozoa in buffered medium below pH 7.8. Biol Reprod 24:257-266.
10. Mahi CA, Yanagimachi R (1973) The effects of temperature, osmolality, and hydrogen ion concentration on the activation and acrosome reaction of golden hamster spermatozoa. J Reprod Fertil 35:55-66.
11. Miyamoto H, Chang MC (1973) The importance of serum albumin and metabolic intermediates for capacitation of spermatozoa and fertilization of mouse eggs in vitro. J Reprod Fertil 32:193-205.
12. Miyamoto H, Toyoda Y, Chang MC (1974) Effect of hydrogen-ion concentration on in vitro fertilization of mouse, golden hamster, and rat eggs. Biol Reprod 10:487-493.
13. Parrish JJ, Susko-Parrish JL, First NL (1989) Capacitation of bovine sperm by heparin: inhibitory effect of glucose and role of intracellular pH. Biol Reprod 41:683-699.
14. Rogers BJ, Yanagimachi R (1975) Retardation of guinea pig sperm acrosome reaction by glucose: the possible importance of pyruvate and lactate metabolism in capacitation and the acrosome reaction. Biol Reprod 13:568-575.
15. Siiteri JE, Gottlieb W, Meizel S (1988) Partial characterization of a fraction from human follicular fluid that initiates the human sperm acrosome reaction in vitro. Gamete Res 20:25-42.
16. Visconti PE, Westbrook VA, Chertihin O, Demarco I, Sleight S, Diekman AB (2002) Novel signaling pathways involved in sperm acquisition of fertilizing capacity. J Reprod Immunol 53:133-150.
17. Yanagimachi R (1994) Mammalian fertilization. In: The Physiology of Reproduction, 2nd edn. Knobil E, Neill JD (eds). Raven Press, Ltd, New York, NY, pp. 189-317.
18. Zarintash RJ, Cross NL (1996) Unesterified cholesterol content of human sperm regulates the response of the acrosome to the agonist, progesterone. Biol Reprod 55:19-24.
19. --dependent and arylaminobenzoate-dependent regulatory mechanisms and characterization of their roles in sperm capacitation. Dev Biol 173:510-520.