蟋蟀精子表面LCA及ConA结合糖复合物的分布变化

LCA and ConA-binding glycoconjugates on cricket (Teleogryllus emma) sperm surface were detected with fluorescence microscope after FITC labelling for better understanding of the distribution of glycoconjugates during spermatogenesis and spermiogenesis. FITC-LCA and FITC-ConA were bound on the spermatocytes, and their distribution changes in the process of spermiogenesis were observed .In the testis sperm, FITC-LCA and FITC-ConA were mainly bound on the head and neck region. That is different from the mark pattern of spermatophore sperm, in which the nucleus, neck region and front of the tail showed obvious fluorescence mark, especially the acrosome complex and neck region exhibited stronger mark. The mark patterns of FITC-LCA and FITC-ConA were similar,though the former was distinctly clearer than the latter. But a little difference still exists in both of them. For example in the ninth stage of spermatid, FITC-LCA mark is located on the spermatid head and neck region, and FITC-ConA mark on the spermatid head, neck and front of the tail region. When fixed germ cells were treated with PBS instead of lectin solution, or fixed cells were incubated with lectin solution, which have been treated with 0.1 mol/L specific sugar inhibitor, i.e.α-D-mannose for FITC-LCA and FITC-ConA, and α-D-glucose for FITC-ConA, no mark was observed on the cells. Those results indicate that FITC-LCA conjugated glycoconjugates has the α-D- mannose residue, and FITC-ConA conjugated glycoconjugates has the α-D-mannose and α-D-glucose residue. The investigations show that the changes in glycoconjugates distribution of cricket sperm is similar to those of other insects and mammals. The evidence exhibit that a common rule of the glycoconjugates distribution on the sperm surface is followed by most of animal sperm which may relate to the function of sperm physiology.     

绵羊胞内单精子注射技术

In this study, the possibility of sheep transgenesis by intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) was assessed. In experiment 1, activation of ovine oocytes matured in vitro in preparation for ICSI has been investigated with 3.42 mmol/L Ca2+ treatment, ionomycin alone and ionomycin followed by 6-dimethylaminopurine (DMAP) after 3-h delay (group 1, 2 and 3, respectively). After activation, the oocytes were then cultured in SOFaaBSA medium. Cleavage rates were significantly (P<0.05) different among three groups (18.4%, 91.8% and 71.7%, respectively). In additional culture, no parthenotes in group 1, whereas 11% and 17.4% in group 2 and 3 developed to the blastocyst stage. Therefore we used the third activation method in the following ICSI tests. In experiment 2, development of ovine oocytes after ICSI was investigated. Thawed semen from two rams was separated by Percoll centrifugation and was used for ICSI or in vitro fertilization (IVF) trails. A total of 71.8% of oocytes reached the 2-cell stage following living sperm injection, which was significantly (p>0.05) different from those following IVF (41.4%) and sham-ICSI (30.2%). After seven days' culture, no sham-injected oocytes developed into the blastocyst stage, although 7% in ICSI and 16.1% in IVF-oocytes developed into the blastocyst stage, but there was no significant difference in ICSI and IVF groups (p>0.05). In the further study, the possibility of sheep transgenesis by ICSI was assessed. After coinjection of ovine oocytes matured in vitro with dead sperm cold to -20 degrees C and exogenous DNA encoding green fluorescent protein (GFP), seventy-three percent of coinjected oocytes developed to 2-cell stage (33/45) and two of them were transgene-expressing embryos. Among ten embryos at the 16-cell stage, all embryonic cells in one transgenic embryo still expressed GFP. Four coinjected blastocysts were thawed and transferred to the uterine of the two progesterone-synchronized recipient ewe. No pregnancies were detected on the 60th day. These results suggested sheep transgenic embryos could be produced by ICSI and further studies should be performed.     

精子获能的分子机制

精子获能作为受精的前提条件,其机制目前尚未完全研究清楚。本文主要讨论了一些生化因子（如：血清、Ca^ 、HCO3^-、cAMP、PTP等）及生理因子（如pH、膜电位、自由基等）在精子获能中的重要作用。     

糖在猕猴精子低温冷冻保存过程中的作用

TTE或TEST防冻液在冻存猕猴精子时产生不同结果,其主要不同在于防冻液中糖成分的不同。本实验利用透射电镜技术检测这2种防冻液冻存的猕猴精子冷冻前后超微结构的变化,以说明糖在低温冻存过程中的作用。结果表明,冷冻复苏过程对精子结构产生了影响。TTE法低浊保存的猕猴精子的头部的质膜出现少许皱褶或泡化现象,但精子的顶体、核或是精子尾部的结构与鲜精的结构基本相似。猕猴精子经TEST法低温保存后,大部分精子结构则发生了明显的变化。精子膜、顶体和精子核明显泡化、损伤或破裂,精子尾部不能分辨出正常的超微结构。这提示,可能由于TTE防冻液中复杂的糖成分在降温／复苏过程对精子起到了较好的协同冷冻保护作用;而TEST防冻液中单一的糖成分不能完全保护精子避免低温损伤,低温保存过程破坏了精子的结构,并影响了复苏后精子体外存活能力与受精能力。     

哺乳类性别控制的实践与进展

动物的性别控制是指通过对精子或胚胎的性别鉴定以达到调控子代性别的目的。基于在人类健康及畜牧业生产上的应用价值,动物的性别控制一直是人类期望达到的目标之一。介绍了性别控制的研究历史及最新进展,并着重就不同性别控制手段的理论基础,特点,实践应用价值及未来发展进行了评述。     

精子特异性乳酸脱氢酶的免疫学特性及其应用

精子特异性乳酸脱氢酶特异地存在于鸟类和哺乳类动物的成熟睾丸和精子中,为精子的运动和存活提供能量,它是一种自身抗原,其天然抗体不与体细胞LDH同工酶发生交叉反应,用LDH－C4免疫小鼠或免疫等能够诱导免疫应答,导致生育率的降低,因此在人类避免和鼠害控制方面将有较好的应用前景。     

精子介导的转基因技术

精子介导的转基因技术是近十几年发展起来的一种新技术.从各个种的实验证明,精子有瞬间吸收外源DNA的能力.这一过程由一系列因子起重要调节作用.一种特异的DNA结合蛋白介导了外源DNA与精子的结合,同时精浆中存在一种因子起抑制两者结合的拮抗作用.CD4分子与外源基因的内化有关.内化的DNA可能与精子核支架结构(nuclear scaffold)结合,并整合或重排.但仍需要大量实验数据进一步证明是否产生真正可遗传的转基因后代,及如何提高转基因效率,以使这一方法得到普遍的推广及应用.     

富含半胱氨酸的分泌蛋白（CRISPs）在哺乳动物授精过程中的作用

雌雄配子间的结合与融合是哺乳动物授精成功的关键步骤,哺乳动物富含半胱氨酸的分泌蛋白CRISPs家族是一个进化上高度保守的蛋白家族,参与了精卵结合与融合过程,并在其中扮演了多种角色。目前从雄性小鼠生殖道中分离出4个CRISPs家族成员：附睾的CRISP1、睾丸的CRISP2、分布广泛的CRISP3以及与人CRISP1同源的CRISP4,对CRISPs家族蛋白成员的晶体结构分析揭示出CRISP蛋白含有两个功能域,一个是位于N末端的结构保守的CAP结构域,另一个是位于C末端的CRISP蛋白家族特有的CRISP功能域。CAP功能域中含有CAP基序,CRISP功能域由一个短的铰链区和一个离子通道调节区组成,并通过铰链区与CAP结构域相连接。简要回顾了各种CRISP蛋白的发现和特性鉴别过程,希望能从CRISPs的角度对哺乳动物精卵识别、结合与融合的分子机制有更好的了解。     

平疣桑椹石磺精子结构观察

通过电光学显微镜和透射电子显微镜观察了平疣桑椹石磺精子的形态及其超微结构。平疣桑椹石磺成熟精子属于进化型,由头部、中段和末段组成。头部由顶体和精核构成,顶体长约0.7μm,呈细奶嘴状,内含物分布均匀,电子密度稍低于细胞核。顶体基部与精核前端紧密相连,无间隙。精核长约3.8μm,宽约1.0μm,核质高度浓缩,电子密度高,无核泡,纵切似辣椒状,核后端内凹形成核后窝。中段加长,结构复杂,线粒体演化成线粒体鞘,螺旋状包绕轴丝。精子末段由轴丝及包绕轴丝的质膜组成,轴丝为典型的“9＋2”结构。比较了平疣桑椹石磺精子与相关腹足类精子结构的异同,进一步证实了腹足纲贝类精子结构之间的区别主要在于顶体有无及形态,精核的长短与外形、中段线粒体的数目及其排列方式等。     

Evolution of deceit by worthless donations in a nuptial gift-giving spider

Males of the nursery web spider Pisaura mirabil usually offer an insect prey wrapped in white silk as a nuptial gift to facilitate copulation. Males exploit female foraging preferences in a sexual context as females feed on the gift during copula- tion. It is possible for males to copulate without a gift, however strong female preference for the gift leads to dramatically higher mating success for gift-giving males. Females are polyandrous, and gift-giving males achieve higher mating success, longer copulations, and increased sperm transfer that confer advantages in sperm competition. Intriguingly, field studies show that ap- proximately one third of males carry a worthless gift consisting of dry and empty insect exoskeletons or plant fragments wrapped in white silk. Silk wrapping disguises gift content and females are able to disclose gift content only after accepting and feeding on the gift, meanwhile males succeed in transferring sperm. The evolution of deceit by worthless gift donation may be favoured by strong intra-sexual competition and costs of gift-construction including prey capture, lost foraging opportunities and investment in silk wrapping. Females that receive empty worthless gifts terminate copulation sooner, which reduces sperm transfer and likely disadvantages males in sperm competition. The gift-giving trait may thus become a target of sexually antagonistic co-evolution, where deceit by worthless gifts leads to female resistance to the trait. We discuss factors such as female mating rate and intensity of sperm competition that may shape the evolution of male deception, and how ecological factors may influence the evolution and maintenance of worthless gifts as an evolutionarily stable alternative mating strategy by frequency dependent selection