Effect of Calcium on Motility and Fertilization by Rat Spermatozoa in Vitro
- 1 January 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Frontiers Media SA in Experimental Biology and Medicine
- Vol. 157 (1), 54-56
- https://doi.org/10.3181/00379727-157-39989
Abstract
Motility and the expression of fertilizing ability by cauda epididymal rat spermatozoa, incubated in a chemically defined medium, were demonstrated to differ in their dependence on Ca2+ ions. Motility was optimal at 1.7 mM Ca2+, but fertilization rates were significantly at 2.6 and 3.4 mM Ca2+. Sperm motility apparently may not have to be maximized for fertilization to occur.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- Competitive Effect of Magnesium on the Calcium-Dependent Acrosome Reaction in Guinea Pig SpermatozoaBiology of Reproduction, 1976
- THE ROLE OF CALCIUM IONS IN FERTILIZATION OF MOUSE AND RAT EGGS IN VITROReproduction, 1975