Control of superoxide and nitric oxide formation during human sperm capacitation

Free Radical Biology and Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1420-1427

  de Lamirande, Eve ^a   Lamothe, Geneviève ^a   Villemure, Michèle ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fertility; Free radicals; Nitric oxide; Nitric oxide synthase; Oxidases; Reactive oxygen species; Sperm capacitation; Spermatozoa; Superoxide anion; Zinc

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITOR; DIAMIDE; DIPHENYLIODONIUM SALT; EDETIC ACID; N ETHYLMALEIMIDE; N(G) METHYLARGININE; N,N,N',N' TETRAKIS(2 PYRIDYLMETHYL)ETHYLENEDIAMINE; NITRIC OXIDE; OXYGEN; PROTEIN KINASE B INHIBITOR; PROTEIN KINASE C INHIBITOR; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE INHIBITOR; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; SUPEROXIDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; ZINC;

ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; EXTRACELLULAR CALCIUM; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTEGRATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION;

BIPHENYL COMPOUNDS; CALCIUM; CHELATING AGENTS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; HUMANS; MALE; NADP; NITRIC OXIDE; OMEGA-N-METHYLARGININE; ONIUM COMPOUNDS; PROTEIN KINASES; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; REPRODUCTIVE CONTROL AGENTS; SPERM CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOA; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; SUPEROXIDES; ZINC;

EID: 64649101898     PISSN: 08915849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2009.02.022     Document Type: Article

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