Association of Golgi vesicles containing acid phosphatase with the chromatoid body of rat spermatids.
The relationship between the Golgi apparatus and the small vesicles associated with the chromatoid body was investigated using a cytochemical technique. It was observed that in early spermatids, when the chromatoid body appears in close contact with the Golgi complex, and all through its migration to the caudal pole of the nucleus, some of the vesicles that accompany the organelle display acid phosphatase activity. It is concluded that these smooth vesicles originate in the Golgi apparatus.
D000135:Acid Phosphatase / Q000032:analysis*; D000818:Animals; D006056:Golgi Apparatus / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D008297:Male; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D009940:Organoids / Q000648:ultrastructure; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013087:Spermatids / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D013091:Spermatogenesis; D013094:Spermatozoa / Q000648:ultrastructure*
D000135:Acid Phosphatase