Fertility and sterility · 2010
Functional studies of acid transporter in cultured rat epididymal cell.
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Zuo Wu-Lin, Huang Jie-Hong, Shan Jia-Jie, Li Sheng, Wong Patrick Y D, Zhou Wen-Liang
Аннотация
OBJECTIVE: To explore the functional role of vacuolar H(+)-ATPase in the pH regulation of epididymal fluid and its effect on sperm motility.
DESIGN: Experimental study.
SETTING: Physiology laboratory in a university.
ANIMAL(S): Immature male Sprague-Dawley rats.
INTERVENTION(S): The H(+)-ATPase inhibitor was applied to the primary culture of epididymal cells.
MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S): The intracellular luminal fluid pH and sperm percent motility were recorded.
RESULT(S): Double immunofluorescence of H(+)-ATPase and carbonic anhydrase II in primary culture of cauda epididymal epithelial cells showed that the system was a suitable model for investigation of acid secretion by clear cells. Clear cells were pharmacologically distinct from principal cells in acid/base transportation. The intracellular pH recovery from cellular acidification was suppressed by the H(+)-ATPase inhibitor bafilomycin A1(100 nM) and the Na(+)/H(+) exchanger inhibitor amiloride (1 mM) by 85% and 54%, respectively. These results suggest that, in addition to Na(+)/H(+) exchanger, clear cells actively pump proton from cytoplasm into extracellular space through H(+)-ATPase. In addition, inhibition of H(+)-ATPase by bafilomycin A1 blocked the acidification of luminal fluid with IC(50) values of 12 nM, which supports that H(+)-ATPase acidifies the luminal fluid. We also confirm that the acid fluid regulates rat cauda sperm motility.
CONCLUSION(S): The present work shows that clear cells, the minority cell type of epididymal cell population, play an important role in the pH regulation of epididymal fluid by H(+)-ATPase.
DESIGN: Experimental study.
SETTING: Physiology laboratory in a university.
ANIMAL(S): Immature male Sprague-Dawley rats.
INTERVENTION(S): The H(+)-ATPase inhibitor was applied to the primary culture of epididymal cells.
MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S): The intracellular luminal fluid pH and sperm percent motility were recorded.
RESULT(S): Double immunofluorescence of H(+)-ATPase and carbonic anhydrase II in primary culture of cauda epididymal epithelial cells showed that the system was a suitable model for investigation of acid secretion by clear cells. Clear cells were pharmacologically distinct from principal cells in acid/base transportation. The intracellular pH recovery from cellular acidification was suppressed by the H(+)-ATPase inhibitor bafilomycin A1(100 nM) and the Na(+)/H(+) exchanger inhibitor amiloride (1 mM) by 85% and 54%, respectively. These results suggest that, in addition to Na(+)/H(+) exchanger, clear cells actively pump proton from cytoplasm into extracellular space through H(+)-ATPase. In addition, inhibition of H(+)-ATPase by bafilomycin A1 blocked the acidification of luminal fluid with IC(50) values of 12 nM, which supports that H(+)-ATPase acidifies the luminal fluid. We also confirm that the acid fluid regulates rat cauda sperm motility.
CONCLUSION(S): The present work shows that clear cells, the minority cell type of epididymal cell population, play an important role in the pH regulation of epididymal fluid by H(+)-ATPase.