Sperm Acrosome Biogenesis and Function During Fertilization

1. The Acrosome Reaction: A Historical Perspective
Masaru Okabe

2. The Acrosomal Matrix
James A. Foster, George L. Gerton

3. Role of Ion Channels in the Sperm Acrosome Reaction
Carmen Beltrán, Claudia L. Treviño, Esperanza Mata-Martínez, Julio C. Chávez, Claudia Sánchez-Cárdenas, Mark Baker, Alberto Darszon

4. The Molecules of Sperm Exocytosis
Silvia A. Belmonte, Luis S. Mayorga, Claudia N. Tomes

5. Sperm Capacitation and Acrosome Reaction in Mammalian Sperm
Cintia Stival, Lis del C. Puga Molina, Bidur Paudel, Mariano G. Buffone, Pablo E. Visconti, Dario Krapf

6. Lipid Regulation of Acrosome Exocytosis
Roy Cohen, Chinatsu Mukai, Alexander J. Travis

7. Role of Actin Cytoskeleton During Mammalian Sperm Acrosomal Exocytosis
Ana Romarowski, Guillermina M. Luque, Florenza A. Spina, Dario Krapf, Mariano G. Buffone

8. Site of Mammalian Sperm Acrosome Reaction
Noritaka Hirohashi

9. Acrosome Reaction as a Preparation for Gamete Fusion
Patricia S. Cuasnicú, Vanina G. Da Ros, Mariana Weigel Muñoz, Débora J. Cohen

Keywords: Biomedicine, Human Physiology, Molecular Medicine, Reproductive Medicine, Urology