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Journal of Dairy Science Vol. 42 No. 1 110-114
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Pathways of Glucose Utilization in Epididymal and Testicular Sperm Cells1

S. H. Wu, F. F. Mckenzie, S. C. Fang and J. S. Butts

Departments of Dairy and Animal Husbandry and Agricultural Chemistry, Oregon State College, Corvallis

ABSTRACT

Pathways of glucose utilization in epididymal and testicular sperm cells were investigated, using C14-labeled glucose as a tracer. An equal contribution to CO2 from the two substrates in epididymal spermatozoa, and a preferential recovery of CO2 from glucose-1-C14, as compared with glucose-6-C14 in testicular sperm cells, were observed. Results suggest that in epididymal spermatozoa the basic mechanism of glucose utilization is that of the Embden-Meyerhof scheme; whereas, in the testicular sperm cells, glucose may be metabolized via alternative pathways.

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1 Technical Paper No. 1120, Oregon Agricultural Experiment Station.






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