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Biology of Reproduction, Vol 33, 1245-1251, Copyright © 1985 by Society for the Study of Reproduction

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Content of K+ and Na+ in seminiferous tubule and rete testis fluids from Sertoli cell-enriched testes

KE Muffly, TT Turner, M Brown and PF Hall

Seminiferous tubules of rats exposed to x-irradiation before birth were subjected to micropuncture in situ at 50 days of age to obtain samples of fluid 4 h after ligation of efferent ducts. The concentrations of cations in this fluid were: potassium, 39.7 +/- 1.2 mM, and sodium, 136.3 +/- 1.2 mM (means and standard errors, n = 5). Histologic examination revealed that germ cells constitute less than 1% of the cell population within the seminiferous tubules of these rats; the remaining cells were all Sertoli cells. Sertoli cells showed efflux of 86Rb+ with t1/2 of approximately 11 min and an active ATPase in plasma membranes. These activities were similar to those of Sertoli cells from normal rats. Germ cells from normal rats showed less rapid efflux of 86Rb+ (t1/2 greater than 60 min) and less active Na+/K+ ATPase in plasma membranes. It is concluded that Sertoli cells are responsible for the high concentration of potassium in seminiferous tubule fluid and that plasma membranes of these cells contain an active K+ pump that is not inhibited by ouabain (1 mM).


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