Reactions of antisera to HCG with living human spermatozoa.
Antisera to hCG were incubated with living human spermatozoa. Agglutination and complement-dependent immobilization of the spermatozoa occurred with the anti-hCG sera but not with control sera. The antisera also reacted with human blood cells. The anti-sperm activities were largely removed by absorbing the sera with human blood cells, although these absorptions had no apparent effect on the anti-hCG activities measured by passive haemagglutination. There was, therefore, little evidence for the presence of hCG-like molecules at the surface of living human spermatozoa.
D000818:Animals; D006063:Chorionic Gonadotropin / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D007106:Immune Sera / Q000276:immunology*; D007158:Immunologic Techniques; D008297:Male; D011817:Rabbits; D013081:Sperm Motility; D013094:Spermatozoa / Q000276:immunology*
D006063:Chorionic Gonadotropin; D007106:Immune Sera