Adenosine Inhibits Polymorphonuclear Leukocyte in Vitro Activation: A Possible Role as an Endogenous Calcium Entry Blocker

1985 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 203-215 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Laghi Pasini ◽  
P. L. Capecchi ◽  
A. Orrico ◽  
L. Ceccatelli ◽  
T. DÍ Perri
Reproduction ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 132 (5) ◽  
pp. 721-732 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia Grasa ◽  
José Álvaro Cebrián-Pérez ◽  
Teresa Muiño-Blanco

We validate the chlortetracycline (CTC) technique for the evaluation of capacitation and acrosome reaction-like changes in ram sperm, carrying out a double estimation of the acrosome status after treatment with lysophosphatidylcholine, using fluorescein isocyanate (FITC)-RCA/ethidium homodimer 1 (EthD-1) and CTC/EthD-1. Highly consistent results and a positive correlation between the results of acrosome-reacted sperm evaluated with both techniques were obtained. In this study, we evaluate the effects of ram sperm capacitation of BSA, Ca2+, NaHCO3and cAMP agonists and their influence on the associated protein tyrosine phosphorylation. We found a time-dependent increase in capacitation related to protein tyrosine phosphorylation, either in the absence or the presence of BSA. The addition of an increasing concentration of cholesterol to samples containing BSA did not influence results. The effect of bicarbonate was concentration-dependent, with a significantly lowered value of non-capacitated sperm in the presence 18 and 25 mM. The addition of extracellular calcium did not significantly increase either the proportion of capacitated sperm or the protein tyrosine phosphorylation signalling, although a significantly higher value of acrosome-reacted sperm was found in samples containing 4 mM Ca2+. cAMP agonists increased capacitated sperm and protein tyrosine phosphorylation signalling. The inhibition of protein kinase A by H-89 caused a decrease in sperm capacitation. Addition of a calcium-entry blocker (Verapamil; Sigma) did not influence results, which suggests that the calcium entry blocker was unable to inhibit the calcium influx associated with capacitation in ram sperm. Our findings might benefit our understanding of the biochemical mechanisms involved in mammalian sperm capacitation and ultimately, fertility.


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1989 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
pp. 190-198 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Di Perri ◽  
F. Laghi Pasini ◽  
S. Pecchi ◽  
V. De Franco ◽  
P. Damiani ◽  
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pp. 1206-1214 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Baba ◽  
T. Ishizaki ◽  
Y. Ido ◽  
K. Aoyagi ◽  
S. Murabayashi ◽  
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1990 ◽  
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pp. 430-437 ◽  
Author(s):  
Toshiro Kanazawa ◽  
Tominori Morita ◽  
Kengo Harada ◽  
Takahiro Iwamoto ◽  
Hiroshi Ohtaka ◽  
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1991 ◽  
Vol 56 (3) ◽  
pp. 279-286 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kazuo Kamei ◽  
Sonoko Tsuchida ◽  
Kazuhiro Taguchi ◽  
Masaru Nishikibe

1990 ◽  
pp. 204-206
Author(s):  
M. Yamamoto ◽  
M. Haida ◽  
R. Taniguchi ◽  
K. Yazaki ◽  
D. Kurita ◽  
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