Genetic loss of Faah compromises male fertility in mice

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 235-242

  Sun, Xiaofei ^a   Wang, Haibin ^a   Okabe, Masaru ^b   Mackie, Kenneth ^c   Kingsley, Philip J ^a   Marnett, Lawrence J ^a   Cravatt, Benjamin F ^d   Dey, Sudhansu K ^a,e  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anandamide; CNR1; FAAH; Male fertility; Mouse; Sperm; Sperm capacitation; Sperm motility and transport

Indexed keywords

ANANDAMIDE; CANNABINOID 1 RECEPTOR; CANNABIS; ENDOCANNABINOID; FATTY ACID AMIDASE;

ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAAH GENE; GENE LOSS; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

AMIDOHYDROLASES; ANIMALS; ARACHIDONIC ACIDS; ENDOCANNABINOIDS; GENE DELETION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; POLYUNSATURATED ALKAMIDES; RECEPTOR, CANNABINOID, CB1; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; UROGENITAL SYSTEM;

CANNABIS SATIVA; MUS;

EID: 59949100369     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.108.072736     Document Type: Article

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