Morphological evidence for calcium stores at Sertoli-Sertoli and Sertoli-spermatid interrelations

Abstract

Potassium pyroantimonate technique has been employed to localize calcium ultrastructurally at Sertoli-Sertoli and Sertoli-spermatid junctional specializations. Identification of Ca++ as the major cation precipitated was performed by EGTA sensitivity and X-ray microprobe analysis. Ca++ deposits have been demonstrated in the endoplasmic reticulum cisternae underlying junctional complexes and along the plasma membranes of both Sertoli and germ cells.