BIOLOG\

OF

12, 393-395

REPRODUCTION

Phospholipids

(1975)

of Goat

Spermatozoa

Y.

C.

JAIN

National

Dairy

Phospholipids

of goat

dimensional

thin

percent

Research

spermatozoa

choline,

sphingomyelin.

0.9

2.8

lysophosphatidyl

percent

choline.

glycerol

(cardiolipin)

plasma

phospholipids

and

percent

4.3

percent percent

were

18.3,

plasma

(choline

1.8 percent The

4.1,

phosphatidyl

5.5.

by

two

of

25.0

5.0

phasmalogen), 8.0

percent

9.6,

and

4.4

per-

percent

diphosphatidyl

values 2.0

percent 11.8

inositol.

corresponding

3.5.

quantified comprised

plasmalogen).

ethanolamine. acid.

15.0,

and were

(ethanolamine

lysophosphatidyl 3.0,

separated

phospholipids choline

serine,

9.1.

Plasma

India

were

ethanolamine

phosphatidic

19.1.

Seminal

5, 1974

phosphatidal

phosphatidyl

0.5

Karnal,

spermatozoal

phosphatidal

the

ANAND

Institute,

seminal

The

27.8

ethanolamine,

R.

November

and

chromatography.

phosphatidyl

phosphatidyl cent

layer

S.

AND

Accepted

and

for

the

seminal

0.7

percent,

respec-

the

thin

layer

was

exposed

tively.

The

phospholipid

of a number and man Hartree,

composition

of

semen

at..

have 1962;

been Pursel

studied (Masaki and Graham,

The

is available

present

conducted

investigation

Semen

was

and

16000

Lipids

collected

g

and

the

for

30

were of

stored

ammonia

seminal

mm

two

silica

and

gel

al.,

by

1969).

paring

using

(1957)

and

percent.

of

the

and

use

of

run

Entenman,

of

under

by

on 0.5 mm

in the

first

second were

spots

with

identical Different

spots

chromatogram

with

by charring

at

estimated by the method (1969) and the plasmalogens

of

aration-reaction-separation

technique

reagents were

by of in

com-

180#{176}C.Phosphorus Ahovcova and were quantitated (Viswanathan

visible

rights

plasmalocalculated

±

content seminal

layer

phospholopid lipid was plasma

of

seminal plasma of spermatozoa distribution

based

is shown

spermatozoa Aldehydogenic

percent

of

the

as

tide

et

and

15.3

percent

on

in Table

well lipids

phospholipids

of

57.5 41.7

chromatographic

I. The

in Fig.

of the plasma

0.1 g/l00 g of wet 0.003 g/lOO ml of

average

matozoa and 22.1 percent lipids of seminal plasma. 52.7 percent of the total

was Odavic by sep-

of Reproduction.

±

phospholipids, content,

hr

by 25.

which

28.7

H2SO4

393 All

the

that

of the plasma.

addition

(Skidmore made

The

is shown

one

developed separated

DISCUSSION

to be 1.2 and 0.057

thin

for

was

value

AND

HCI with

content

phatidal choline, phosphatidyl sphingomyelin were the major

authentic

50 percent

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the phosphorus

in the to

represented

phospholipid

The

phorus

(Rouser

identified

conditions spray

(60:

direction those

analogues

The

dried and then lyso forms

pattern of phospholipids was very similar to different

direction

acid-water

the

semi-specific 1962).

the

followed

in

Phospholipids

mobilities

by spraying (w/w)

vol.)

achieved

chloroform-methanol-25

by vol.)

was

of the spermatozoal and that of seminal

an atmosphere

chromatography

(65:25:5,

plate of nitrogen The 2-acyl

plate

neutralization

plasma.

content percent

was

di-acyl

its

seminal pro-

with

to

Sloane-Stanley

phospholipids

layer

G plates

the

compounds to

content.

was found spermatozoa

into

fractions

chloroform-acetone-methanol-acetic

70:20:20:10. et

their

gen

the

two

10#{176}C under

of thin

from

temperature.

according

The

by

The total phospholipid goat spermatozoa and the

by centrifugation

the

v/v)

and

at

NH4OH

percent

from

Lees

Separation

dimensional

thick

from

track

followed

RESULTS

fractionated

refrigerated

mm

by multiplying

semen.

vagina

and

4

lipid

vapours.

therefore,

artificial

plasma

at

(2:1.

Folch,

an

developing the

under the atmosphere in the second direction.

METHODS

pooled

extracted

in chloroform

nitrogen.

by

bucks,

chloroform-methanol cedure

was,

AND

Alpine

spermatozoa at

goat

for

to fill this gap.

MATERIALS Beetal

about

After

direction,

fumes

and 1967;

Johnson et a!., 1969: Poulos el a!., 1972, 1973: Scott et a!., 1967; Quinn and White, 1967: Poulos and White, 1973) but no such information

1968).

first

of species, viz,, bull, boar, ram

the

of phos-

I. Phos-

choline and phospholipids as seminal constituted of

sper-

of the phosphoIn spermatozoa choline phosphathe total ethanol-

394

JAIN

AND

ANAND

amine

phosphatide

logen whereas corresponding

LPI!.

amine

plasmalogens

percent

and

6

resembles 2

(2)

C-A-N

I. Two

pattern

of goat

technique origin

as

PA,

phosphatidyl

erol;

EP,

malogen:

X,

Separation

serine:

P1,

PC,

ethanolamine

inositol;

lipids

choline;

PE,

diphosphatidyl

plasmalogen:

less polar

man

lysophos-

phosphatidyl

CP.

plas-

(Poulos

TABLE OF

GOAT

plasand re-

that

of the plasma

of

the

ram

and White, 1967), 1962: Pursel and and Anand,

than that of boar (JohnPoulos et a!., 1972) or

and

in

White,

boar and phosphatidyl

ethanolamine

triglyceride

etc.).

COMPOSITION

closely

data) 1969:

1973). As

in the

SPERMATOZOA

human semen ethanolamine

plasmalogens

comparatively

PHO5PHOLIPID

96.8

total

composition the seminal

and

1967) or buffalo (Jam

whereas gomyelin,

glyc-

choline

(cholesterol,

the

goat, the choline plasmalogens are the major phospholipids of spermatozoa and the seminal plasma of the ram, bull and buffalo

ethanolamine;

phosphatidyl DPG,

0,

uncharacterized LPC,

constituted of

1967: Quinn and Hartree,

unpublished son et a!.,

Abbreviations:

acid:

ethanolamine; LPL,

text.

lysophosphatidyl

sphingomyelin;

phosphatidyl

the

phosphatidic LPE.

Graham,

chromatographic

phospholipids. in

compounds):

choline:

SPH,

layer

more

(Scott et a!., bull (Masaki

(eo:7o-.20:20:IO)

thin

spermatozoa

(non-migrating

phatidyl

1120

described

components; PS,

-NM-

dimensional

and percent

The phospholipid goat spermatozoa

PS,

FIG.

86.4

spectively.

“I

LPE .,,-.-l.PC

_

the 24.8

malogen content of the spermatozoa the seminal plasma phospholipids,

N

P1”

as plasma-

percent, respectively. Choline plasmalogens were more predominant than ethanol-

t ci

present

were

in the seminal plasma values were 51.1 and

larger

are

sphinand

present

amounts.

The

in phos-

I

AND

THE

SEMINAL

PLASMA

(As

PERCENT

OF

THE

TOTAL

PHOSPHORUS

Spermat

Component Phosphatidylcholine(PC)

Phosphatidal

choline

(Choline

plasmalogen)

(CP) Phosphatidyl Phosphatidal

ethanolamine ethanolamine

plasmalogen) Sphingomyelin



(PE) (Ethanolamine

(EP) (SPH)

Phosphatidyl

serine

Phosphatidyl

inositol(PI)

Lysophosphatidyl

(PS) choline

(LPC)

Lysophosphatidylethanolamine(LPE) Diphosphatidyl

glycerol

Phosphatidic Non-migrating Values each

time.

(Cardiolipin)

(DPG)

acid (PA) ±

are based

Uncharacterized(0.X) on six analyses

of spermatozoal

lipid

%

ozoa

Seminal

p lasma

%

Range

Average

21.6-35.3

25.0

15.2-22.0

18.3

25.3-30.3

27.8

15.7-22.4

19.1

Range

Average

1.9-9.0

5.0

1.1-15.6

9.1

0.4-2.6

0.9

1.6-4.3

3.0

9.8-15.3

11.8

0.8-4.0

2.8

10.6-

1.1-5.9

19.8

15.0 4.1

0.6-2.7

1.8

1.5-6.0

3.5

1.4-8.7

4.4

3.2-9.8

5.5

1.9-7.0

4.3

4.3-14.2

9.6

1.6-12.7

8.0

0.3-5.0

2.0

0.0-1.1

0.5

0.2-1.4

0.7

5.2-10.5

7.7

5.6-16.4

and

five of seminal

plasma

pooled

from

at least

10.1 30 ejaculates

phatidyl

serine,

GOAT

SPERM

constitutes

The

phospholipids

Aust.

Biochem.

normally

than ten percent of the human and seminal plasma phospholipids, is pres-

more boar ent

which

in

much

pholipids

smaller

of the

amounts

bull,

in the

buffalo,

ram

and

A.,

POULOS.

(1973) passage

through

goat.

Biophys.

Acta

nal The

authors

Sundaresan, cil

of

are

Agricultural

lowship

grateful

to

the

for encouragement

and

Research

to one of them

for

Director, to the

Dr.

Indian

providing

D.

Coun-

UNDP

fel-

(YCJ).

J.

method

for

separated matog. (1957)

the by

cation

of

total

Chem.

226, L.

JOHNSON,

seminal

frequency

chem. POULOS,

A

simple

of phospholipids

chromatography.

J.

M.

AND

method

for

lipids

the

from

A.,

isolation

animal

R.

GERRITS,

analysis

plasma AND

and

purifi-

J.

tissues.

E.

Biol.

F.

of

bull

E.

spermatozoa

cold

shock.

phorus

Fert.

DARIN.

P.

by the

19, 95.

(1962)

Distribution

and

hyaluronidase

spermatozoa.

C.

AND

WHITE,

I. G.

F.

phosphoand

(1967)

and

semi-

Phospho-

seminal

I.

and

seminal

J. Biol.

of polar

G.

(1967)

plasma.

Phospholipid

of epididymal

lipids

phosphorus

and

plasma

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in

ejaculated relation

S.

AND

YAMAMOTO,

layer

chromatographic

and

determination

analysis

to

1205.

thin

FLEISCHER.

T.

SCOTT,

W.,

ticular

VOGLMAYR,

Lipid and

J.

composition

ejaculated

SKIDMORE,

W.

dimensional phosphatides.

of

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spots.

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and

Lipids

5.

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in

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Phospholipids of goat spermatozoa and the seminal plasma.

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