FN Archimer Export Format
PT J
TI Marine fish spermatozoa: racing ephemeral swimmers
BT 
AF COSSON, J
   GROISON, A
   SUQUET, Marc
   FAUVEL, Christian
   DREANNO, Catherine
   BILLARD, R
AS 1:1;2:2;3:3;4:4;5:5;6:6;
FF 1:;2:;3:PDG-DOP-DCB-PFOM-ARN;4:PDG-DOP-DCM-BOME-LALR;5:PDG-DOP-DCB-ERT-IC;6:;
C1 Univ Paris 06, CNRS, UMR 7009, Marine Stn, F-06230 Villefranche Sur Mer, France.
   Univ Bergen, Dept Biol, N-5020 Bergen, Norway.
   ARN, IFREMER, F-29840 Argenton, France.
   LALR, IFREMER, F-34250 Palavas Les Flots, France.
   CNRS, Marine Stn, UMR 7144, F-29682 Roscoff, France.
   Natl Museum Nat Hist, Lab Ichthyol, F-75231 Paris, France.
C2 UNIV PARIS 06, FRANCE
   UNIV BERGEN, NORWAY
   ARN, FRANCE
   IFREMER, FRANCE
   CNRS, FRANCE
   MNHN, FRANCE
SI ARGENTON
   PALAVAS
   BREST
SE PDG-DOP-DCB-PFOM-ARN
   PDG-DOP-DCM-BOME-LALR
   PDG-DOP-DCB-ERT-IC
IN WOS Ifremer jusqu'en 2018
   copubli-france
   copubli-europe
   copubli-univ-france
IF 3.073
TC 114
UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2008/publication-6967.pdf
LA English
DT Article
DE ;cell activation;osmolality;ions;cell energetics;motility;spermatozoon;marine fish
AB After along period of spermatogenesis (several weeks to months), marine fish spermatozoa are delivered at male spawning in seawater (SW) at the same time as ova. In some fish species, as the ova micropyle closes quickly after release, these minute unicells, the spermatozoa, have to accomplish their task of reaching the micropyle within a very brief period (several seconds to minutes), for delivery of the haploid male genetic information to the ova. To achieve this goal, their high-performance motile equipment, the flagellum, must fully activate immediately on contact with the SW and then propel the sperm cell at an unusually high initial velocity. The cost of such 'hyperactivity' is a very rapid consumption of intracellular ATP that outstrips the supply. The spermatozoa become rapidly exhausted because mitochondria cannot compensate for this very fast flagellar energy consumption. Therefore, any spermatozoon ends up with two possibilities: either becoming exhausted and immotile or reaching the egg micropyle within its very short period of forward motility (in the range of tens of seconds) before micropyle closure in relation to both contact of SW and cortical reaction. The aim of the present review is to present step by step the successive events occurring in marine fish spermatozoa from activation until their full arrest of motility. The present knowledge of activation mechanisms is summarized, as well as a description of the motility parameters characterizing the motility period. As a complement, in vitro results on axonemal motility obtained after demembranation of flagella bring further understanding. The description of the sperm energetic content (ATP and other high energy compounds) and its evolution during the swimming period is also discussed. A general model aiming to explain all the successive cellular events occurring immediately after the activation is presented. This model is proposed as a guideline for understanding the events governing the sperm lifespan in the marine fish species that reproduce through external fertilization.
PY 2008
PD SEP
SO Reproduction
SN 1470-1626
PU Society for Reproduction and Fertility
VL 136
IS 3
UT 000259986600001
BP 277
EP 294
DI 10.1530/REP-07-0522
ID 6967
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