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Summary. A monoclonal antibody (J-23) to the 15 kDa component on the sperm head, the acceptor, which functions in zona binding, was shown to induce the acrosome reaction in capacitated cells, but not in fresh cells. The antibody recognized its epitope in the acrosomal cap region of fresh spermatozoa and in the equatorial region on washed and capacitated spermatozoa. However, equatorial expression did not depend on the acrosome reaction, since washing fresh spermatozoa increased the percentage with equatorial fluorescence, but did not increase the percentage with reacted acrosomes. The data indicate that the acrosome reaction can be induced in capacitated spermatozoa in the absence of zona glycoproteins.
Keywords: spermatozoa; acrosome reaction; capacitation; mouse
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Mouse caput spermatozoa are considered immature and thus unable to fertilize oocytes. In this study, we determined whether washing mouse caput spermatozoa increased their ability to acrosome react in response to a physiological stimulus. The results obtained showed that mouse caput spermatozoa incubated in Earles' modified medium containing calcium chloride and supplemented with BSA and pyruvate for 1 h at 37°C and then washed acrosome reacted in response to both solubilized zonae and immunoaggregation of a zona binding site. In addition, the material removed from caput spermatozoa by washing blocked induced acrosome reactions of cauda spermatozoa. The data indicate that mouse caput epididymal spermatozoa, if incubated and washed, can undergo physiological acrosome reactions.
