The Study on the Localization of Acid Phosphatase Activity During Spermiogenesis in Chinese Mitten-Handed Crab, Eriocheir sinensis.

Abstract

Ultrastructural cytochemical techniques and electron microscopy were used for localization of acid phosphatase activity during spermiogenesis in Eriocheir sinernsis. The results showed that: Acid phosphatase was synthesized in the endoplasmic reticulum in the early spermatids. The acid phosphatase was found gradually in nucleus, the membrane of acrosomal vesicle, the cytoplasmic region and the acrosomal tubule. And then the reaction product particles became thicker during the spermiogenesis. In the mature sperm, acid phosphatase was localized in the percutor organ slightly, but it was massive and compact in the acrosomal tubule.