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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | The fluorescent dye 3,3'-dihexyloxacarbocyanine iodide, Di0C6(3), selectively stains the midpiece and apical region of the heads of murid rodent spermatozoa |
Author: | Breed, W. Sarafis, V. |
Citation: | Biotechnic and Histochemistry: a journal for microtechnic and histochemistry, 1995; 70(6):294-296 |
Publisher: | Williams and Wilkins |
Issue Date: | 1995 |
ISSN: | 1052-0295 1473-7760 |
Statement of Responsibility: | W. G. Breed and V. Sarafis |
Abstract: | Fluorescence microscopy of caudal epididymal spermatozoa stained with 3, 3′ dihexyloxacarbocyanine iodide (DiOC6(3)) showed intense fluorescence along the concave surface of the apical hook of spermatozoa of Rattus species and along the upper concave margin of the sperm head in Mus musculus In the spermatozoa of Hydromys chrysogaster, Melomys cervinipes, and Pseudomys australis, the two ventral processes also fluoresced brightly. In P. australis, fluorescence in the apical hook of sperm heads was largely localized to its upper and lower surfaces. The sperm of N. alexis did not show consistent positive fluorescence. The localization of fluorescence in these spermatozoa after staining with DiOC6(3) was mainly restricted to regions where a large accumulation of perinuclear theca material lies beneath the plasmalemma. The reason for this remains to be determined, but DiOC6(3) may be useful for quickly demonstrating areas of abundant perinuclear thecal material in sperm heads of eutherian mammals by light microscopy. |
Keywords: | Spermatozoa murid rodents DiOCc(3) |
DOI: | 10.3109/10520299509108335 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/10520299509108335 |
Appears in Collections: | Anatomical Sciences publications Aurora harvest 5 Environment Institute publications |
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