Supervision of Student Theses

Supervision of Student Theses
Diploma thesis
1.
G. Oberländer: Experimentelle Untersuchungen zur Befruchtungsphysiologie der männlichen Ratte (Rattus norvegicus) unter
Verwendung der Fertilitätshemmers Ornidazol. 1991. Experimental studies on the physiology of fertilisation in the male rat
(Rattus norvegicus) under the influence of the antifertility compound ornidazole. 1991.
2.
S. Weydert. Vergleichende Untersuchungen zur Spermienreifung bei Cavia aperea und Galea musteloides, zwei
Meerschweinchenarten mit unterschiedlingem Paarungssystem. 1998. Comparative studies of sperm maturation in Cava
aperea and Galea musteloides, two guinea pig species with different mating systems. 1998.
M.D. theses
1.
T. Gudermann. Sekretion von myo-Inositol und L-carntine in das Lumen der Cauda epididymidis der Ratte. 1989. Secretion of
carnitine and inositol into the lumen of the cauda epididymidis of rat. 1989.
2.
A. Burgert. Direktionale Molekültransport durch kultivierte Nebenhodenepithel der Ratte. 1993. Directional molecular
transport across cultured epididymal epithelial cells. 1993.
3.
D. Wenker. Zellkultur des Nebenhodenepithels der maturen Ratte auf einer permeablen Filtermembran. 1993. Culture of adult
rat epididymal epithelial cells on a permeable membrane. 1993.
4.
R. Meyer. Anzüchtung immaturer Rattennebenhodenepithelzellen in einer statischen Monolayerkultur auf permeablen Trägern.
1994. Secretory activity of rat epididymal epithelial cells in static monolayer culture on permeable supports. 1994.
5.
K. Mennicke. Vergleich der Morphologie und Motilität von humanen Spermien bei verschiedene Gefriermethoden mit
computerassistierte Spermienanalyse. 1994. Comparison of the morphology and motility of human sperm after different
freezing protocols with computer-aided sperm analysis. 1994.
6.
U. Oberdieck. Einfluss von Karenzzeit und Ejakulatfrequenz auf die Zusammensetzung des Ejakulats. 1996. Influence of
abstinence time and ejaculation frequency on the composition of the ejaculate. 1996.
7.
M. Wulfhorst. Modifikation der Aufthaumethode. 1997. Modification of thawing methods. 1997.
8.
M. Suter. Immunohistochemische Darstellung des “Contraception associated protein 1”, CAP1. 2001. Immunocytochemical
localisation of ‘Contraception associated protein 1’, CAP1. 2002.
9.
C. Avram. Relationship of the proto-oncogene c-ros to the development of the initial segment in the murine epididymis. In
preparation
10. M. Anapolski. Studies on the regulation of sperm volume in fertile wild type and infertile c-ros knockout mice and
observations on human spermatozoa. submitted.
11. S. Fetic. Cytoplasmic droplets of human spermatozoa observed in wet and fixed preparations and their involvement in volume
regulation of human spermatozoa. Work in progress
Dr.rer.nat. theses
1.
M. Hölpert. Über die Messung von -laktalbumin, Galaktosytransferase und pyrophosphatase im Nebenhoden der Ratte. 1993.
Measurement of -lactalbumin, galactosyltransferase and pyrophosphatase in the rat epididymis. 1993.
2.
S. Raczek. Proteinsynthese und Sekretion von Nebenhodenepithelzellen der Ratte und des Menschen in der in vitro Kulture.
1993. Protein synthesis and secretion on epididymal epithelial cells from the rat and man in in vitro culture. 1993.
3.
A. Wagenfeld. Zur Physiologie der Fertilität. Experimentelle Untersuchungen am Nebenhoden fertiler und infertiler Ratten.
1997. On the physiology of fertilisation. Experimental studies of the epididymis of fertile and infertile rats. 1997.
4.
W. Bone. Untersuchungen zur Glycolyse von Säugerspermien und der Bedeutung für die Fertilität. 1999. Studies on glycolysis
by vertebrate sperm and its importance for fertility. 1999.
5.
J. Barfield. Volume regulating sperm channels as contraceptive targets.
Publications in Journals (175, 65 as first author)
1.
Gago C, Tablado L, Yeung C-H, Pérez-Sánchez F, Cooper TG, Soler C (1999) Morphological characterization of ejaculated
monkey (Macaca fascicularis) spermatozoa. Am J Primatol, 47, 105-115
2.
Cooper TG, Atkinson AD, Nieschlag E (1999) Experience with external quality control in spermatology. Human Reproduction,
14, 765-769
3.
Yeung C-H, Weinbauer GF, Cooper TG (1999) Effect of acute androgen withdrawal by GnRH antagonist on epididymal sperm
motility and morphology in the cynomolgus monkey. J Androl, 20, 72-79
4.
Jones AR, Cooper TG. (1999) A re-appraisal of the post-testicular antifertility action and toxicity of chlorinated antifertility
compounds. Int J Androl, 22, 130-138
5.
Rolf C, Cooper TG, Yeung C-H, Nieschlag E (1999) Antioxidant treatment of patients with asthenozoospemia or moderate
oligoasthenozoospermia with high dose vitamin C and vitamin E: a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind study.
Human Reproduction, 14, 1028-1033
6.
Cooper TG, Yeung CH (1999) Recent chemical approaches to post-testicular, epididymal contraception. Human Reproduction
Update, 5, 141-152
7.
Cooper TG, Yeung CH (1999) Approaches to post-testicular contraception. Asian Journal of Andrology, 1, 29-36
8.
Yeung CH, Weinbauer GF, Cooper TG (1999) Responses of monkey epididymal sperm of different maturational status to
secondary messengers mediating protein tyrosine kinase phosphorylation, acrosome reaction and motility. Mol Reprod
Develop, 54, 194-202
9.
Yeung C-H, Sonnenberg-Riethmacher, E, Cooper, TG (1999) Infertile spermatozoa of c-ros tyrosine kinase receptor knockout
mice show flagellar angulation and maturational defects in cell volume regulatory mechanisms. Biol Reprod, 61, 1062-1069
10. Cooper TG (1999) Immunology of the epididymis. Andrologia 31, 322
11. Seiler P, Cooper TG, Yeung C-H, Nieschlag E (1999) Regional variation in macrophage expression by murine epididymal
basal cells and their regulation by testicular factors. J Androl, 20, 738-746
12. Bone W, Jones NG, Kamp G, Yeung, CH, Cooper TG. (2000) Effect of ornidazole on fertility of male rats: inhibition of a
glycolysis-related motility pattern and zona binding required for fertilisation in vitro. J Reprod Fert, 118, 127-135
13. Cooper TG, S Weydert, C-H Yeung, C Künzl, N Sachser (2000). Maturation of epididymal spermatozoa in the
non-domesticated guinea pigs Cavia aperea and Galea musteloides, J Androl, 21, 154-163.
14. Seiler P, Cooper TG, Nieschlag E (2000) Sperm number and condition affect the number of basal cells and their expression of
macrophage antigen in the murine epididymis. Int J Androl, 23, 65-76.
15. Soler C, Pérez-Sánchez F, Schulze H, Bergmann M, Oberpenning F, Yeung C-H, Cooper TG (2000) Objective evaluation of
the morphology of human epididymal sperm heads. Int J Androl, 23, 77-84
16. Gago C, Soler C, Pérez-Sánchez F, Yeung C-H, Cooper TG (2000) Effects of Cetrorelix on sperm morphology during
migration through the epididymis in the cynomolgus macaque (Macaca fascicularis). Am J Primatol, 51, 103-117
17. Cooper TG, Jones AR (2000) The metabolism of the putative antifertility agents 3-36chloro-1-hydroxypropanone and its
dimethyl ketal in the male rat. Int J Androl, 23, 243-247
18. von Eckardstein S, Cooper TG, K. Rutsch, D. Meschede, J. Hörst, E. Nieschlag (2000) Seminal plasma characteristics as
indicators of cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene mutations in men with obstructuve
azoospermia. Fertil Steril, 73, 1226-1231
19. Yeung C-H, Wagenfeld A, E. Nieschlag & Cooper TG (2000) The cause of infertility of c-ros tyrosine kinase knockout male
mice. Biol Reprod, 63, 612-618
20. Bone W and Cooper TG (2000) In vitro inhibition of rat cauda epididymal sperm glycolytic enzymes by ornidazole,
-chlorohydrin and 1-chloro-3-hydroxypropanone. Int J Androl, 23, 243-247
21. Cooper TG (2000) Die Reifung humaner Spermien im Nebenhoden. Reproduktionsmedizin. 16, 299-309
22. Wagenfeld A, Yeung, C-H, Shivaji S, Sundareswaran VR, Aragi H, Cooper TG (2000) Expression and cellular localization of
contraception asociated protein 1. J Androl, 21, 954-963.
23. Yeung CH, S Schröter, C Kirchhoff, Cooper TG (2000) Maturational changes of the CD52-like epididymal glycoprotein on
cynomolgus monkey sperm and their apparent reversal in capacitation conditions. Mol Reprod Dev 57, 280-289
24. Bharadwaj A, Sengupta A, Ghosh I, Cooper TG, Weinbauer GF, Brinkworth M, Nieschlag E, Ghebrehiwet B, Peerschke EIB,
Datta K (2000) Stage specific expression of the proprotein form of HABP1 during spermatogenesis in the rat. Mol Reprod
Develop, 62, 223-23
25. Bone W, Jones AR, Morin C, Nieschlag E, Cooper TG (2001) Susceptibility to inhibition of glycolytic enzyme activity and
motility of spermatozoa from the rat, mouse and man by proven and putative chlorinated antifertility compounds in vitro. J
Androl 22, 464-470
26. Cooper TG (2001) Epididymal maturation of human spermatozoa. Chinese Nat J Androl 7, 1-9.
27. Derr P, Yeung C-H, Cooper TG, Kirchhoff C (2001) Synthesis and glycosylation of CD52, the major ‘maturation-associated’
antigen of rat spermatozoa, in the cauda epididymidis. Reproduction 121, 435-446.
28. Yeung CH, Pérez-Sánchez F, Schröter S, Kirchhoff C, Cooper TG (2001) Changes of the major sperm maturation-associated
epididymal protein HE5 (CD52) on human ejaculated spermatozoa during incubation. Mol Human Reprod 7, 617-624.
29. Yeung C-H, Cooper TG (2001) Effects of the ion-channel blocker quinine on human sperm volume, kinematics and mucus
penetration, and the involvement of potassium channels. Mol Human Reprod 7, 819-828.
30. Cooper TG, Yeung C-H, Jones R, Orgebin-Crist, M-C, Robaire B (2002) Rebuttal of a role for the epididymis in sperm quality
control by phagocytosis of defective sperm. J Cell Sci, 115, 5-7.
31. Holschbach C, Nieschlag E, Cooper TG (2002) Possible extratubular origin of epididymal basal cells. Reproduction 121,
517-525.
32. Bone W, Jones AR, Nieschlag E, Cooper TG (2002) The effect of (R,S)-ornidazole on the fertility of male mice and the
excretion and metabolism of 36Cl-(R,S) a-chlorohydrin in male mice and rats. Int J Androl, 25, 94-99.
33. Jones AR, Morin C, Bone W, Nieschlag E, Cooper TG (2002) Lack of antifertility properties of novel halogenated glycolytic
inhibitors and the urinary excretion and metabolism of 1,6-dichloro-1,6-dideoxy-fructofuronose in the male rat. Int J Androl,
25, 168-174.
34. Christova Y, James PS, Cooper TG, Jones R (2002) Lipid diffusion in the plasma membrane of mouse spermatozoa. Changes
during epididymal maturation, effects of pH, osmotic pressure and knockout of the c-ros gene, J Androl, 23, 384-392.
35. Cooper TG (2002) Recent advances in sperm maturation in the human epididymis. Andrologie 12, 38-51.
36. Cooper TG (2002) Données récentes sur la maturation des spermatozoïdes dans l’epididyme humain. Andrologie 12, 52-67.
37. Yeung CH, Anapolski M, Cooper TG (2002) Measurement of volume changes in mouse spermatozoa using an electronic
sizing analyser and a flow cytometer: validation and application to an infertile mouse model. J Androl, 23, 522-528.
38. Yeung CH, Anapolski M, Sipilä P, Wagenfeld A, Poutanen M, Huhtaniemi I, Nieschlag E, Cooper TG (2002) Sperm volume
regulation: maturational changes in fertile and infertile transgenic mice and association with kinematics and tail angulation.
Biol Reprod, 67, 269-275.
39. Cooper TG, Vreeburg J, Björndahl L, Nieschlag E (2002). Semen analysis and external quality control schemes for semen
analysis need global standardisation. Int J Androl, 25:306-311.
40. Wagenfeld A, Yeung C-H, Lehnert W, Nieschlag E, Cooper TG (2002) Lack of glutamate transporter EAAC1 in the
epididymis of infertile c-ros receptor tyrosine-kinase deficient mice. J Androl, 23:772-82.
41. Sipilä P, Cooper TG, Yeung C-H, Mustonen M, Penttinen J, Drevet J, Huhtaniemi I, Poutanen M (2002) Epididymal
dysfunction initiated by the expression of Simian Virus 40 T-antigen leads to angulated sperm flagella and infertility in
transgenic mice. Mol Endocrinol, 16, 2603-2617
42. Hohoff C, Solmsdorff K, Löttker P, Kemme K, Epplen JT, Cooper TG, Sachser N (2002). Monogamy in a new species of wild
guinea pigs. Naturwissenschaften, 89, 462-465.
43. 2003
44. Xu Y-X, Wagenfeld A, Yeung C-H, Lehnert W, Nieschlag E, Cooper TG (2003a) Expression and location of the taurine
transporter in the epididymis of infertile c-ros receptor tyrosine kinase-deficient and fertile heterozygous mice. Mol Reprod
Develop, 64, 144-151
45. Yeung CH, Anapolski M, Depenbusch M, Zitzmann M, Cooper TG (2003) Human sperm volume regulation. Response to
physiological changes in osmolality, channel blockers and potential sperm osmolytes. Human Reprod, 18, 1029-1036
46. Cooper TG, Yeung C-H (2003a) Acquisition of volume regulatory response of sperm upon maturation in the epididymis and
the role of the cytoplasmic droplet. Microscopy Research & Technique, 61, 28-38.
47. Soler C, de Monserrat JJ, Gutiérrez R, Nuñez J, Nuñez F, Pérez-Sánchez F, Cooper TG (2003) Use of the Sperm-Class
Analyser® for objective assessment of human sperm morphology. Optimisation of sperm preparation. Int J Androl, 26,
262-270
48. Andersen OM, Yeung C-H, Vorum H, Wellner M, Andreassen TK, Erdmann B, Mueller E-C, Herz J, Otto A, Cooper TG,
Willnow TE (2003) Essential role of the Apolipoprotein E receptor-2 in sperm development. J Biol Chem, 278, 23989-23995
49. Cooper TG, Wagenfeld A, Cornwall GA, Hsia N, Chu ST, Orgebin-Crist M-C, Drevet J, Vernet P, Avram C, Nieschlag E,
Yeung C-H (2003) Gene and protein expression in the epididymis of infertile c-ros receptor tyrosine kinase-deficient mice.
Biol Reprod, 69, 1750-1762
50. Xu YX, Yeung C-H, Setiawan I, Avram C, Biber J, Wagenfeld A, Lang F, Cooper TG (2003b) Sodium-inorganic phosphate
cotransporter NaPi-IIb in the epididymis and its potential role in male fertility studied in a transgenic mouse model. Biol
Reprod, 69, 1135-1141
51. Byrne MM, Rolf C, Depenbusch M, Cooper TG, Nieschlag E (2003) Lack of effect of a single i.v. dose of oxytocin on sperm
output in severely oligozoospermic men. Human Reproduction 18, 2098-2102
52. Cooper TG (2003) Erfahrungen mit QuaDeGA. Med Review 9, 3-4.
53. Yeung CH, Anapolski M, Cooper TG (2004a) Effects of putative epididymal osmolytes and the ion channel blocker quinine on
sperm volume regulation of fertile and infertile transgenic mice. J Androl, 25, 216-233
54. Allen T, Bertshinger H, Cooper TG, Cowan P, Enright W, Fayrer-Hosken R, Foggin C, Grootenhuis A, Heesterbeck H,
Hildebrandt T, Hinds L, Hofmeyr M, Kahumbu P, Kamischke A, Kirkpatrick J, Lincoln G, Nett T, Stout T, Turkstra J, Whyte I.
(2004) Managing African elephant populations; act or let die? http://elephantpopulationcontrol.library.uu.nl/
55. Yeung CH, Breton S, Setiawan I, Xu Y, Lang F, Cooper TG (2004) Increased luminal pH in the epididymis of infertile c-ros
knockout mice and the exression of sodium-hydrogen exchangers and vacuolar proton pump H+-ATPase. Mol Reprod
Develop, 68, 159-168
56. Cooper TG, Yeung, CH, Wagenfeld A, Nieschlag E, Poutanen M, Huhtaniemi I, Sipilä P (2004) Mouse models of infertility
due to swollen spermatozoa. Mol Cell Endocr, 216, 55-63
57. Christova Y, James P, Mackie A, Cooper TG, Jones R (2004) Molecular diffusion in sperm plasma membranes during
epididymal maturation, Mol Cell Endocr, 216, 41-46.
58. Baart EB, van der Heijden GW, van der Hoeven FA, Bakker R, Cooper TG, de Boer P (2004) Reduced oocyte activation and
first cleavage rate after ICSI with spermatozoa from a sterile mouse chromosome mutant. Hum Reoprod 19, 1140-1147.
59. Avram CE, Cooper TG (2004) Development of the caput epididymidis studied by expressed proteins (a glutamate transporter,
a lipocalin and b-galactosidase) in the c-ros knockout and wild-type mice with prepubertally ligated efferent ducts. Cell Tiss
Res, 317, 23-34.
60. Avram CE, Yeung, C-H, Nieschlag E, Cooper TG (2004) Regulation of the initial segment of the murine epididymis by
dihydrotestosterone and testicular exocrine secretions studied by expression of specific proteins and gene expression. Cell
Tiss Res 317, 13-22.
61. Yeung CH, Barfield JP, Anapolski M, Cooper TG (2004) Volume regulation of mature and immature spermatozoa in a primate
model and possible ion channels involved. Human Reproduction, Epub ahead of print.
62. Cooper TG, Yeung CH, Fetic S, Sobhani A, Nieschlag E (2004) Cytoplasmic droplets are normal structures of human
spermatozoa but are not well preserved by routine procedures for assessing sperm morphology. Human Reproduction, Epub
ahead of print
Publications in Books (27, 16 as first author)
1.
Cooper TG (1999) Epididymis. Encyclopedia of Reproduction. Neill, J,D; Knobil, E, Editors. Academic Press, San Diego. Vol.
2, pp. 1-17
2.
Yeung C-H, Sonnenberg-Riethmacher E, Cooper TG (1998) Receptor tyrosine kinase c-ros knockout mice as a model for the
study of epididymal regulation of sperm function. The Epididymis: cellular and molecular aspects. Eds RC Jones, MK Holland,
C Doberska. J Reprod Fert Suppl 53, 137-147
3.
Cooper TG, Yeung C-H (1999) Sperm maturation in the primate epididymis. Weinbauer GF, Korte R (eds.) Reproduction in
nonhuman primates, Waxmann Verlag, Münster, 61-78
4.
Nieschag E, Weinbauer GF, Cooper TG, Wittkowski W (1999) Reproduktion. In Physiologie, Edn 3, pp. 521-539, Deetjen, P,
Speckmann, E-J (eds) Urban & Schwarzenberg, München.
5.
Weinbauer GFW, Cooper TG (2000) Assessment of male fertility impairment in the macaque model, Corte R; Weinbauer GF,
(eds.) Towards new horizons in primate toxicology, Waxman Verlag, Münster, pp.13-42
6.
Cooper TG, Yeung, C-H (2000) Physiologie der Spermienreifung und Fertilisation. In: Andrologie. Grundlagen und Klinik der
reproduktiven Gesundheit des Mannes. E. Nieschlag, H.M. Behre, editors. Springer, Berlin, pp. 69-90.in press
7.
Cooper TG Yeung, C-H (2000) Physiology of sperm maturation and fertilization. In Andrology. Male reproductive health and
dysfunction. Nieschlag E, Behre HM, Eds. Springer, Berlin, pp. 63-82.
8.
Cooper TG (2002) The epididymis as a target for male contraception. In The Epididymis. From molecules to clinical practice.
A comprehensive survey of the efferent ducts, the epididymis and the vas deferens. Robaire B, Hinton BT, eds. Kluwer
Academic/Plenum Publishers, New York, pp.483-502.
9.
Yeung C-H, Cooper TG (2002) Acquisition and development of sperm motility upon maturation in the epididymis. In The
Epididymis. From molecules to clinical practice. A comprehensive survey of the efferent ducts, the epididymis and the vas
deferens. Robaire B, Hinton BT, eds. Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, New York, pp.417-434.
10. Cooper TG (2002) Epididymal approaches to male contraception. In Andrology in the 21st century. Proceedings of the VIIth
International Congress of Andrology, Montréal. B. Robaire, H Chemes, C.R. Morales Eds. Medomond Medical Publications,
New Jersey, pp. 499-509.
11. Yeung C-H, Cooper TG (2002) Cell Volume Regulation by Mammalian Spermatozoa. In: Proceedings of the 9th International
Symposium on Spermatology (Cape Town, October 2002). Van der Horst, G; Franken, D; Bornman, R; De Jager, T; Dyer, S
(editors), Medimond Inc, Bologna, pp. 167-172.
12. Cooper TG, Yeung C-H (2003b) Approaches to post-testicular contraception: insights from the infertile c-ros knockout
mouse. In: The third international conference on the Epididymis. Hinton BT, Turner TT, eds., Van Doren Company,
Charlottesville. III. pp. 208-221.
13. Yeung, C-G, Cooper TG (2003) Developmental changes in signalling transduction factors in maturing sperm during
epididymal transit. In: Signal transduction and Gamete Function, Special Issue of Cellular and Molecular Biology. 49, 341-349,
Guest Editor S Shivaji.