Inactivation of AMPKα1 induces asthenozoospermia and alters spermatozoa morphology

Endocrinology

Volumn 153, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 3468-3481

  Tartarin, Pauline ^a   Guibert, Edith ^a   Touré, Aminata ^a,b,c   Ouiste, Claire ^a   Leclerc, Jocelyne ^a,b,c   Sanz, Nieves ^a,b,c   Brière, Sylvain ^a   Dacheux, Jean Louis ^a   Delaleu, Bernadette ^a   McNeilly, Judith R ^d   McNeilly, Alan S ^d   Brillard, Jean Pierre ^a   Dupont, Joëlle ^a   Foretz, Marc ^a,b,c   Viollet, Benoit ^a,b,c   Froment, Pascal ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3BETA HYDROXY DELTA5 STEROID DEHYDROGENASE; AMP ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE ALPHA 1; ANDROGEN; CHOLESTEROL; FOLLITROPIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE KINASE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; STEROID 17ALPHA MONOOXYGENASE; STEROIDOGENIC ACUTE REGULATORY PROTEIN; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GERM CELL; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MITOCHONDRION; MORPHOLOGY; MOUSE; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS;

AMP-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; ASTHENOZOOSPERMIA; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; FERTILITY; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ORPHAN NUCLEAR RECEPTORS; OVARY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS;

EID: 84862740215     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 19457170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2011-1911     Document Type: Article

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