The mitochondria of stallion spermatozoa are more sensitive than the plasmalemma to osmotic-induced stress: Role of c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) pathway

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 105-113

  García, Beatriz Macías ^a   Moran, Alvaro Miró ^b   Fernández, Lauro González ^b   Ferrusola, Cristina Ortega ^a   Rodriguez, Antolin Morillo ^a   Bolaños, Juan Maria Gallardo ^a   Da Silva, Carolina Maria Balao ^a   Martínez, Heriberto Rodríguez ^c   Tapia, Jose A ^b   Peña, Fernndo J ^a  

^a Veterinary Teaching Hospital   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Flow cytometry; JNK SAPK; Osmotic stress; Sperm

Indexed keywords

MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 9; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1;

ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL VIABILITY; CELL VOLUME; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPEROSMOTIC STRESS; HYPOOSMOTIC STRESS; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MITOCHONDRION; OSMOLALITY; OSMOMETER; OSMOTIC STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON; STALLION;

ANIMALS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HORSES; JNK MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; OSMOSIS; SPERMATOZOA; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84856965106     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: 19394640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2164/jandrol.110.011957     Document Type: Article

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