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  • 1
    Electronic Resource
    Electronic Resource
    New York, NY [u.a.] : Wiley-Blackwell
    Molecular Reproduction and Development 26 (1990), S. 361-365 
    ISSN: 1040-452X
    Keywords: Stallion spermatozoa ; lonophore ; IVF ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: In vitro fertilizing ability of stallion spermatozoa was assessed using horse follicular oocytes matured in vitro. After collection, stallion spermatozoa were either: 1) washed and incubated in TALP medium with 3 mg/ml bovine serum albumin (BSA) and 10 μg/ml heparin for 4 h, 2) washed and incubated in TALP with 3 mg/ml BSA for 3 h and cultured for a further 1 h with 1 mM caffeine and 5 mM dbcAMP, 3) washed and incubated in TALP medium with 3 mg/ml BSA at pH 7.9-8.2 for 2-4 h, or 4) diluted and incubated in TALP medium with 10 mg/ml BSA and 7.14 μM calcium ionophore A 23187 for 5-10 min followed by washing. After a given pretreatment, suspensions were diluted into B2 medium to a concentration of 5 × 106 sperm/ml and co-incubated with oocytes for 12 h or 24-48 h. In the ionophoretreated group, 18 of 54 oocytes (33%) were fertilized by 12 h, and 11 of 45 (24%) cleaved by 24-48 h. Evidence of fertilization was not found in the oocytes incubated with spermatozoa from other treatment procedures.
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  • 2
    Electronic Resource
    Electronic Resource
    New York, NY [u.a.] : Wiley-Blackwell
    Molecular Reproduction and Development 27 (1990), S. 152-158 
    ISSN: 1040-452X
    Keywords: Stallion spermatozoa ; Acrosome reaction ; Monoclonal antibody ; Zona-free hamster eggs ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: The acrosome of the stallion spermatozoon was visualized by indirect immunofluorescence with monoclonal antibody (18.6) which recognized an integral acrosomal membrane component. Localization was confirmed by electron microscopy using peroxidase labelled antibody. In fresh semen samples (n = 19), 73.9 ± 9.1% of the spermatozoa from five fertile stallions displayed a uniform bright fluorescence over their acrosome region. In two semen samples from an infertile stallion only 28% and 35% of spermatozoa showed the same pattern of fluorescence. Spermatozoa from fertile stallions incubated for up to 12 hours in TALP medium maintained motility and exhibited a significant progressive loss of acrosomes as detected by immunofluorescence. Alternatively, a similar loss of acrosomes could be induced with calcium ionophore A23187 over a 90 minute incubation. Ultrastructural observations and incubation with zona-free hamster eggs indicated that only with ionophore treatment was immunofluorescent acrosome loss correlated with a physiological acrosome reaction, while prolonged sperm incubation led to degenerative membrane changes. It was concluded that, if carefully validated, immunofluorescent localization of the acrosome of stallion sperm with monoclonal antibody could be used to monitor the acrosome reaction. Furthermore, definitive acrosome visualization would be valuable in assessing semen quality.
    Additional Material: 6 Ill.
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  • 3
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    Electronic Resource
    New York, NY : Wiley-Blackwell
    Journal of Electron Microscopy Technique 8 (1988), S. 297-306 
    ISSN: 0741-0581
    Keywords: Defects ; Polymorphs ; Structure ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Natural Sciences in General
    Notes: We review recent results obtained at Northwestern using high-resolution electron microscopy to study high-temperature superconductors. While in general these materials form large, very perfect single crystal grains which display very few imperfections, there is also evidence of slip defects, amorphous regions, and order-disorder transformations. We also report that the gadolinium-based superconductors and in one case yttrium-based superconductors show evidence for some copper solid solubility in the form of copperrich planar defects. The structure of a metastable trigonal polytype is also reported, as are the effects of electron beam and water vapor damage to the materials.
    Additional Material: 9 Ill.
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