MALE ANTIGEN DEFINED SEROLOGICALLY DOES NOT IDENTIFY A FACTOR RESPONSIBLE FOR TESTICULAR DEVELOPMENT

被引:15
作者
GOLDBERG, EH [1 ]
MCLAREN, A [1 ]
REILLY, B [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV LONDON UNIV COLL,MRC,MAMMALIAN DEV UNIT,LONDON NW1 2HE,ENGLAND
关键词
XXSXR' MALE MICE; SEROLOGICALLY DETECTED MALE ANTIGEN (SDMA);
D O I
10.1016/0165-0378(91)90055-U
中图分类号
R392 [医学免疫学]; Q939.91 [免疫学];
学科分类号
100102 ;
摘要
To test the proposal that the serologically detected male antigen (SDMA; which may or may not be the same as H-Y) was responsible for triggering the indifferent gonad to differentiate into the testis in mammals, H-Y negative sex-reversed XXSxr' male mice were investigated for the presence of SDMA. Serum from C57BL/6 female mice immunized against tissue from XXSxr' males did not contain SDMA specific antibody as detected by the complement-mediated sperm cytotoxicity assay. Thus, although SDMA is a male-specific factor and may play a role in male sex determination, it does not identify the testis-determining factor (TDF).
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