THE FINE STRUCTURE OF EJACULATED RAM SPERMATOZOA FOLLOWING SCROTAL HEATING

Lipid composition and metabolism in testicular and ejaculated ram spermatozoa.

1. Spermatozoa collected directly from the testis of the conscious ram contain 25% more phospholipid than ejaculated spermatozoa. The concentration of lecithin, phosphatidylethanolamine and ethanolamine plasmalogen was greater in testicular spermatozoa; little difference was observed in choline plasmalogen. Both types of spermatozoa had significant amounts of cardiolipin and alkyl ether phospho...

Is prnt a Pseudogene? Identification of Ram Prt in Testis and Ejaculated Spermatozoa

A hallmark of prion diseases or transmissible spongiform encephalopaties is the conversion of the cellular prion protein (PrP(C)), expressed by the prion gene (prnp), into an abnormally folded isoform (PrP(Sc)) with amyloid-like features that causes scrapie in sheep among other diseases. prnp together with prnd (which encodes a prion-like protein designated as Doppel), and prnt (that encodes th...

The lipids of ram spermatozoa.

The Activity of Ram Spermatozoa

Apoptosis and necrosis in human ejaculated spermatozoa.

BACKGROUND Features of both apoptosis and necrosis have been reported in ejaculated human spermatozoa. This study examines the relative contribution of these two modes of cell death to the demise of these terminally differentiated cells. METHODS Sperm fractions were prepared from aliquots of semen samples from young normozoospermic donors by simple washing from seminal plasma, by discontinuou...