Impaired spermatogenesis in the twitcher mouse: A morphological evaluation from the seminiferous tubules to epididymal transit

References

• Bellvé, A.R., Cavicchia, J.C., Millette, C.F., O’Brien, D.A., Bhatnagar, Y.M. and Dym, M. (1977) Spermatogenic cells of the prepuberal mouse. Isolation and morphological characterization. J Cell Biol 74:68–85.
   Google Scholar
• Belmonte, S.A., Romano, P., Sartor, T. and Sosa, M.A. (2002) Compartmentalization of lysosomal enzymes in cauda epididymis of normal and castrated rats. Arch Androl 48:193–201.
   Google Scholar
• Bou Khalil, M., Chakrabandhu, K., Xu, H., Weerachatyanukul, W., Buhr, M., Berger, T., et al. (2006) Sperm capacitation induces an increase in lipid rafts having zona pellucida binding ability and containing sulfogalactosylglycerolipid. Dev Biol 290:220–235.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Butler, A., He, X., Gordon, R. E., Wu, H.-S., Gatt, S. and Schuchman, E.H. (2002) Reproductive pathology and sperm physiology in acid sphingomyelinase-deficient mice. Am J Pathol 161:1061–1075.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Chigurupati, S., Son, T.G., Hyun, D.H., Lathia, J.D., Mughal, M.R., Savell, J., et al. (2008) Lifelong running reduces oxidative stress and degenerative changes in the testes of mice. J Endocrinol 199:333–341.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Comiter, C.V, Bruning, C.O. and Morgentaler, A. (1995) Detached ciliary tufts in the epididymis: a lesson in applied anatomy. Urology 46:740–742.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• De Kretser, D.M. and Baker, H.W. (1999) Infertility in men: recent advances and continuing controversies. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 84:3443–3450.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Fujimoto, H., Tadano-Aritomi, K., Tokumasu, A., Ito, K., Hikita, T., Suzuki, K., et al. (2000) Requirement of seminolipid in spermatogenesis revealed by UDP-galactose: Ceramide galactosyltransferase-deficient mice. J Biol Chem 275:22623–22626.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• González-Jiménez, M.A. and Villanueva-Díaz, C.A. (2006) Epididymal stereocilia in semen of infertile men: evidence of chronic epididymitis? Andrologia 38:26–30.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Goto-Inoue, N., Hayasaka, T., Zaima, N. and Setou, M. (2009) The specific localization of seminolipid molecular species on mouse testis during testicular maturation revealed by imaging mass spectrometry. Glycobiol 19:950–957.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Holden, C.A., McLachlan, R.I., Pitts, M., Cumming, R., Wittert, G., Agius, P.A., et al. (2005) Men in Australia Telephone Survey (MATeS): a national survey of the reproductive health and concerns of middle-aged and older Australian men. Lancet 366:218–224.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Honke, K., Hirahara, Y., Dupree, J., Suzuki, K., Popko, B., Fukushima, K., et al. (2002) Paranodal junction formation and spermatogenesis require sulfoglycolipids. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 99:4227–4232.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Ishizuka, I. (1997) Chemistry and functional distribution of sulfoglycolipids. Prog Lipid Res 36:245–319.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Jamsai, D. and O’Bryan, M.K. (2011) Mouse models in male fertility research. Asian J Androl 13:139–151.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kobayashi, T., Yamanaka, T., Jacobs, J.M., Teixeira, F. and Suzuki, K. (1980) The Twitcher mouse: an enzymatically authentic model of human globoid cell leukodystrophy (Krabbe disease). Brain Res 202:479–483.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Luddi, A., Strazza, M., Carbone, M., Moretti, E. and Costantino-Ceccarini, E. (2005) Galactosylceramidase deficiency causes sperm abnormalities in the mouse model of globoid cell leukodystrophy. Exp Cell Res 304:59–68.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Michaelis, M., Langhammer, M., Hoeflich, A., Reinsch, N., Schoen, J. and Weitzel, J.M. (2013) Initial characterization of an outbreed mouse model for male factor (in)fertility. Andrology 1:772–778.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Puggioni, E., Governini, L., Gori, M., Belmonte, G., Piomboni, P., Costantino-Ceccarini, E., et al. (2015) Morphological and molecular characterisation of Twitcher mouse spermatogenesis: an update. Reprod Fertil Dev 2015 Feb 10. doi: 10.1071/RD14279. Epub ahead of print.
   Google Scholar
• Russell, L.D., Ettlin, R.A., Sinha Hikim, A.P. and Clegg, E.D. (1990) Mammalian spermatogenesis. In Histological and Histopathological Evaluation of the Testis (pp. 1–40), Cache River Press: Clearwater.
   Google Scholar
• Sakai, N., Inui, K., Tatsumi, N., Fukushima, H., Nishigaki, T. Taniike, M., et al. (1996) Molecular cloning and expression of cDNA for murine galactocerebrosidase and mutation analysis of the twitcher mouse, a model of Krabbe’s disease. J Neurochem 66:1118–1124.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Trasler, J., Saberi, F., Somani, I. H., Adamali, H. I., Huang, J. Q., Fortunato, S. R., et al. (1998) Characterization of the testis and epididymis in mouse models of human Tay Sachs and Sandhoff diseases and partial determination of accumulated gangliosides. Endocrinol 139:3280–3288.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Tulsiani, D.R.P., Abou-Haila, A., Loeser, C.R., and Pereira, B.M.J. (1998a) The Biological and Functional Significance of the Sperm Acrosome and Acrosomal Enzymes in Mammalian Fertilization. Exp Cell Res 240:151–164.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Tulsiani, D.R., Orgebin-Crist, M.C. and Skudlarek, M.D. (1998b) Role of luminal fluid glycosyltransferases and glycosidases in the modification of rat sperm plasma membrane glycoproteins during epididymal maturation. J Reprod Fertil Suppl 53:85–97.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Wenger, D.A., Suzuki, K., Suzuki, Y. and Suzuki, K. (2001) Galactosylceramide lipidosis: globoidcell leukodystrophy (Krabbedisease). In Metabolic and Molecular Basis of Inherited Disease ed. C.R. Scriver, A.L. Beaudet, W.S. Sly and D. Valle, McGraw- Hill Press, NewYork, pp 3669–3694.
   Google Scholar
• Xu, H., Kongmanas, K., Kadunganattil, S., Smith, C. E., Rupar, T., Goto-Inoue, N., et al. (2011) Arylsulfatase A deficiency causes seminolipid accumulation and a lysosomal storage disorder in Sertoli cells. J Lipid Res 52:2187–2197.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Yanagimachi, R., Harper, M.J.K., De Kretser, D.M. and Kerr, J.B. (1994) Mammalian fertilization, gamete and zygote transport, and cytology of the testis. In The Physiology of Reproduction 2nd ed. Ed. E. Knobil, J.D. and Neill, Raven Press, New York, pp 189–206.
   Google Scholar
• Zhu, L.J., Zong, S.D., Phillips, D.M., Moo-Young, A.J, and Bardin, C.W. (1997) Changes in the distribution of intermediate filaments in rat Sertoli cells during the seminiferous epithelium cycle and postnatal development. Anat Rec 248:391–405.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar