期刊名称:Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
印刷版ISSN:0027-8424
电子版ISSN:1091-6490
出版年度:1971
卷号:68
期号:5
页码:951-955
DOI:10.1073/pnas.68.5.951
语种:English
出版社:The National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
摘要:A large (86S) glycoprotein isolated from rabbit seminal plasma acts on sperm cells to block fertilization. The proportion of fertilized eggs recovered from does 1 day after tubal insemination of sperm 5-6 hr before or 2-3 hr after ovulation was significantly depressed when uterine-capacitated spermatozoa were exposed to this substance at concentrations of 20-72 {micro}g of protein/ml. Rabbit seminal plasma was estimated to have about 2 mg/ml of this factor. Another large glycoprotein ([~]138S) is also present in rabbit seminal plasma; the function of this molecule awaits elucidation.