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Abstract
The cis-unsaturated fatty acids oleic, arachidonic and cis-vaccenic stimulated the hamster sperm acrosome reaction in vitro (an exocytotic event which occurs in the sperm head and which is essential for fertilization). The trans-isomers of oleic and vaccenic acids did not stimulate the acrosome reaction, nor did the cis-unsaturated fatty acids petroselenic and docosahexaenoic or the saturated fatty acids lauric, myristic or stearic. This is the first report of a stimulatory effect of cis-unsaturated fatty acids on an exocytic event in an intact viable cell.Entities:
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Year: 1983 PMID: 6617881 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(83)81032-1
Source DB: PubMed Journal: FEBS Lett ISSN: 0014-5793 Impact factor: 4.124