Activity of the Na,K-ATPase α4 isoform is regulated during sperm capacitation to support sperm motility

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1047-1057

  Jimenez, Tamara ^a   Sánchez, Gladis ^a   Blanco, Gustavo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ion transport; Ouabain; Sperm hyperactivation

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OUABAIN; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ATP1A4 PROTEIN, RAT; ENZYME INHIBITOR; RUBIDIUM; SODIUM;

ACROSOME; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOTINYLATION; CELL MEMBRANE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HYPERPOLARIZATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SODIUM CELL LEVEL; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; UPREGULATION; ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMAL; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYMOLOGY; HYDROLYSIS; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; METABOLISM; SPERMATOZOON; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TIME; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ACROSOME REACTION; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; BIOTINYLATION; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL MEMBRANE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME INHIBITORS; HYDROLYSIS; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; OUABAIN; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RUBIDIUM RADIOISOTOPES; SODIUM; SODIUM-POTASSIUM-EXCHANGING ATPASE; SPERM CAPACITATION; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; TIME FACTORS; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84874437821     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: 19394640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2164/jandrol.111.015545     Document Type: Article

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