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Molecular demarcation of surface domains as established by label- fracture cytochemistry of boar spermatozoa

FW Kan and P Pinto da Silva

We used "label-fracture" (J Cell Biol 99:1156, 1984) to establish high- resolution maps of wheat germ agglutinin (WGA) and concanavalin A (ConA) receptor sites on the cell surface of boar spermatozoa and to investigate the possible association of these receptors to integral membrane components. Label-fracture reveals intense WGA labeling over the region of the plasma membrane that overlies the acrosome, including the equatorial segment. The density of WGA receptors decreases from the post-acrosomal area to the posterior ring. The WGA receptor domain changes abruptly into a microdomain with an unusually high density of WGA receptors over a sharply delimited, particle-free zone at the base of the head. Over the tail, the density of WGA receptors in the tail is high and uniform over the midpiece, annulus, and principal piece, but narrow patches of rectilinear arrays of pits close to the annulus are not labeled. Labeling of the entire sperm head by ConA is both intense and uniform, except for the particle-free zone at the base of the head, which is barren of receptors. Over the tail, ConA labeling is strong over the midpiece, absent over the annulus, and sparse over the principal piece and the end piece. In contrast to WGA, ConA receptors co-distribute with the intramembrane particles. Our results confirm the potential of label-fracture for high-resolution mapping of the distribution of cell surface receptors. They show that in this specialized cell membrane domains can be sharply defined, i.e., apparent without free lateral diffusion of components.

Volume 35, Issue 10, pp. 1069-1078, 10/01/1987
Copyright © 1987 by The Histochemical Society


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