Flow cytometry analysis reveals a decrease in intracellular sodium during sperm capacitation

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 473-485

  Escoffier, Jessica ^a   Krapf, Dario ^b   Navarrete, Felipe ^a   Darszon, Alberto ^c   Visconti, Pablo E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b Instituto de Biologia Molecular y Celular de Rosario   (Argentina)

^c INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Capacitation; CFTR; ENaC; Flow cytometry; Hyperpolarization; Membrane potential; Sodium

Indexed keywords

AMILORIDE; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; EPITHELIAL SODIUM CHANNEL; GENISTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; SODIUM; TRANSMEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE REGULATOR;

ACROSOME; ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME REGULATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HYPERPOLARIZATION; MALE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SODIUM CELL LEVEL; SODIUM TRANSPORT; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION;

AMILORIDE; ANIMALS; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASES; EPITHELIAL SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENISTEIN; MALE; MICE; SODIUM; SPERM CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOA;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84858141674     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: 14779137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.093344     Document Type: Article

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