title: Ca2+ uptake during capacitation of mouse spermatozoa and the effect of an anion transport inhibitor on Ca2+ uptake.
abstract: With a specially constructed chamber, Ca2+ uptake by mouse spermatozoa was monitored continuously during capacitation and the acrosome reaction. It was shown, using calcium ion-selective microelectrodes, that there was an initial uptake of Ca2+ by spermatozoa undergoing capacitation. Such net transport was also promoted by the divalent cation ionophores A23187 or ionomycin. An anion inhibitor, SITS, produced dose-dependent inhibition of Ca2+ uptake. This inhibitor reduced the incidence of capacitation as revealed by a reduction in the B pattern by chlortetracycline (CTC) assay and thus inhibited fertilization, suggesting that anions are involved in calcium uptake in mouse spermatozoa.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Medical School, University of Bristol, England.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ruknudin
authors.forename: I A
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Silver
mesh_terms: D012856:4-Acetamido-4'-isothiocyanatostilbene-2,2'-disulfonic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000177:Acrosome / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D001692:Biological Transport / Q000187:drug effects; D000001:Calcimycin / Q000494:pharmacology; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D005306:Fertilization; D015759:Ionomycin / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D013075:Sperm Capacitation / Q000187:drug effects; D013094:Spermatozoa / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D013267:Stilbenes / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D013267:Stilbenes; D012856:4-Acetamido-4'-isothiocyanatostilbene-2,2'-disulfonic Acid; D000001:Calcimycin; D015759:Ionomycin; D002118:Calcium