Receptor-mediated endocytosis of transferrin by Sertoli cells of the rat

Biology of Reproduction
C Morales, Y Clermont

Abstract

Binding of 125I-transferrin (125I-Tf) to the plasma membrane of Sertoli cells and its endocytosis were analyzed by means of light- and electron-microscope quantitative radioautography. Five minutes after 125I-Tf was injected into the interstitial space of the testis, a strong labeling of the basal aspect of the seminiferous epithelium was observed in light-microscope radioautographs. Injection of the same dose of 125I-Tf plus a 200-fold excess of cold transferrin resulted in a marked diminution of the radioautographic reaction, indicating that the initial strong labeling with radiolabeled transferrin was specific. These results were consistent with the localization of immunoreactive fluorescence of transferrin receptor at the base of the seminiferous epithelium. In electron-microscope radioautographs of tubules collected at 5 min after injection, the membrane of Sertoli cells facing the basement membrane was well labeled with 125I-Tf. At 15 and 30 min, the plasma membrane was less intensely labeled, but the silver grains were then seen overlying multivesicular bodies with an electron-lucent matrix, identified as endosomes. This population of endosomes was always seen at a short distance from the basal membrane of Sertoli cells....Continue Reading

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