Unique lipids of primate spermatozoa: desmosterol and docosahexaenoic acid.
DS Lin, WE Connor, DP Wolf, M Neuringer… - Journal of lipid …, 1993 - ASBMB
Spermatozoa represent a tissue readily accessible for study after various exogenous
perturbations. To characterize the lipid composition of monkey sperm and to establish a
baseline from which dietary or pharmaceutical influences may then be evaluated, we
collected semen samples from five rhesus monkeys by electroejaculation and analyzed the
sperm for sterols, fatty acid composition, and the molecular species of the ethanolamine
glycerophospholipids. Two sterols were identified: cholesterol, 41%, and desmosterol, 59 …
perturbations. To characterize the lipid composition of monkey sperm and to establish a
baseline from which dietary or pharmaceutical influences may then be evaluated, we
collected semen samples from five rhesus monkeys by electroejaculation and analyzed the
sperm for sterols, fatty acid composition, and the molecular species of the ethanolamine
glycerophospholipids. Two sterols were identified: cholesterol, 41%, and desmosterol, 59 …
