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a Dipartimento di Biologia Evolutiva e Comparata, Università di Napoli "Federico II," 80134 Napoli, Italy
The mammalian oviduct plays a key role in sperm storage, capacitation, and selection. Specific oviduct secretions and/or binding to oviductal cells are thought to be responsible for the extension of the fertile life span of sperm. In this in vitro study, a quantitative assay for sperm binding was developed to analyze the mechanisms of sperm–oviductal cell adhesion and release in the bovine species. Distribution and acrosomal status of sperm bound to in vitro-cultured ampullary and isthmic cell monolayers were followed until the time of sperm release by means of fluorescence labeling techniques. In order to understand whether release is due to surface changes of sperm or oviductal cells, double incubation experiments with unlabeled and Hoechst-labeled sperm have been performed. Main findings demonstrate that (1) only acrosome-intact sperm bind specific bovine oviductal epithelial cells; (2) acrosomes of bound sperm are preserved intact over time; and (3) release of unreacted sperm is likely to be due to changes of the sperm surface, probably triggered by capacitation. These findings support the hypothesis that binding to oviductal cells is essential for preserving the sperm fertilization competence during the interval from the onset of estrus to ovulation.
1 Supported by Italian C.N.R. and M.U.R.S.T. grants.
2 Correspondence: R. Gualtieri, Dipartimento di Biologia Evolutiva e Comparata, Università di Napoli "Federico II," Via Mezzocannone 8, 80134 Napoli, Italy. FAX: 081 2528902; gualtier{at}dgbm.unina.it
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