Year: 1969
Type: article
Abstract: Summary. Sperm-specific and sperm-coating antigens in rabbit seminal constituents were studied using agar-gel diffusion and immuno-electrophoresis. The antigenicity of ejaculated rabbit spermatozoa was due to two glycoprotein sperm-specific antigens of testicular origin and twelve seminal plasma antigens which coated the spermatozoa during passage through the reproductive tract. Two of the sperm-coating antigens originated in the testis, two in the epididymis and eight above the level of the vas deferens. Relationships between sperm-coating antigens and capacitation, and sperm-coating antigens and prevention of immunologically induced aspermatogenesis or immunologically induced infertility in the female were proposed.
Source: Reproduction
Author: ALAN G. HUNTER
Institution: University of Minnesota
Language: English
Subfield: Reproductive Medicine
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2108623966