Formation and organization of the mammalian sperm head.

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  • Toshimori Kiyotaka
    Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine
  • Ito Chizuru
    Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine

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The formation and organization of a mammalian sperm head occurs through diverse cellular and molecular processes during spermiogenesis. Such cellular events include sequential changes in the nucleus and the acrosome-which is derived from the Golgi apparatus-in concert with prominent bundles of microtubules, the manchette. However, these complex processes are readily impaired by a variety of intrinsic and extrinsic factors, eventually causing various types of male infertility-such as teratozoospermia-which include the deformation of the acrosome and nucleus. In order to comprehend such idiopathic male infertility syndromes, it is important to clarify the mechanism involved in sperm head formation and organization. In addition to the manchette, two key structures in these events are the acroplaxome and the perinuclear theca. The acroplaxome forms the acrosome plate with periodic intermediate filament bundles of the marginal ring at the leading edge of the acrosome, and its nature has recently been characterized. The perinuclear theca, which is located in the perinuclear region in the sperm head, contains not only a cytoskeletal element to maintain the shape of the sperm head but also functional molecules leading to oocyte activation during fertilization.<BR>This review discusses recent developments regarding the formation and organization of the mammalian sperm head in relation to its relevant functions.

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