Ca2+ ionophore A23187 can make mouse spermatozoa capable of fertilizing in vitro without activation of cAMP-dependent phosphorylation pathways

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 46, 2013, Pages 18543-18548

  Tateno, Hiroyuki ^a   Krapf, Dario ^b   Hino, Toshiaki ^a   Sánchez Cárdenas, Claudia ^c   Darszon, Alberto ^c   Yanagimachi, Ryuzo ^d   Visconti, Pablo E ^e  

^a ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ROSARIO   (Argentina)

^c INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium; Sperm capacitation

Indexed keywords

CALCIMYCIN; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; N [2 (4 BROMOCINNAMYLAMINO)ETHYL] 5 ISOQUINOLINESULFONAMIDE;

ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CENTRIFUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUMULUS CELL; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

CALCIUM; SPERM CAPACITATION;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CALCIMYCIN; CALCIUM; CYCLIC AMP; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; MALE; MICE; PHOSPHORYLATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERM CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 84887453683     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1317113110     Document Type: Article

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