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• W2120778635 abstract "Beta-hexosaminidase (Hex) is a lysosomal enzyme that exists as two major isoenzymes: Hex A (subunit structure, alphabeta) and Hex B (betabeta). The presence of Hex in the testis and epididymis suggests important roles for the enzyme and its substrates in male fertility and reproductive functions. Disruption of the Hexb gene encoding the beta-subunit of Hex has led to the generation of a mouse model of human Sandhoff disease that survives to adulthood, enabling us to analyze the effects of Hex A and Hex B deficiency on epithelial cellular morphology of the male reproductive tract. At 1 and 3 months of age, the testes, efferent ducts, and epididymides of Hex-deficient (Hexb -/-) and wild-type (Hexb +/+) mice were perfuse fixed and analyzed by routine light and electron microscopy (LM and EM, respectively) as well as with immunocytochemistry employing antibodies to lysosomal proteins. In the testis, the morphological appearance and topographical arrangement of the cell types of the seminiferous epithelium of Hexb -/- mice were similar to those of wild-type animals at both ages. Both Sertoli and germ cells appeared to be unaffected. However, at both ages, myoid cells and macrophages showed an increased number of lysosomes in their cytoplasm as compared with the number seen in controls. The epithelial cells of the efferent ducts also showed an accumulation of lysosomes that increased with age as compared with controls. Principal cells of the entire epididymis revealed an increase in the size and number of lysosomes at 1 month of age as compared with those of controls, and by 3 months, these lysosomes often filled the supranuclear and basal regions of the cells. Narrow cells of the distal initial segment and intermediate zone, normally slender cells showing several lysosomes, became greatly enlarged and entirely filled with lysosomes in Hexb -/- mice. Clear cells of the caput, corpus, and cauda regions also showed a progressive increase in the size and number of lysosomes with age as compared with controls; the clear cells of the mutant mice were often enlarged and at times bulged into the lumen. Some basal cells of each epididymal region in Hexb -/- mice were similar to controls at 1 and 3 months, showing few lysosomes, while others showed an accumulation of lysosomes. Lysosomes of all affected epithelial cells were of varying sizes, but many large ones were present, apparently resulting from lysosomal fusion. Although pale stained, their identification as lysosomes was confirmed by EM immunocytochemistry with anti-cathepsin D and anti-Hex A antibodies. Predominantly in the proximal initial segment, large, pale cellular aggregates were noted in the LM analysis at the base of the epithelium, which by EM analysis were identified as belonging to two different cell types, narrow cells and halo cells. Taken together, these data reveal an increase in the size and number of lysosomes in all epithelial cell types lining the efferent ducts and entire epididymis as well as in myoid cells and macrophages of the testis. In the light of data showing epididymal defects restricted predominantly to the initial segment in Hexa -/- (Hex A-deficient) mice, our data on the Hexb -/- mice demonstrate a major role for Hex that can be fulfilled by either Hex A or Hex B in the epididymis." @default.
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• W2120778635 title "I. Abnormalities in cells of the testis, efferent ducts, and epididymis in juvenile and adult mice with beta-hexosaminidase A and B deficiency." @default.
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