Atrial natriuretic peptide induces acrosomal exocytosis of human spermatozoa.

Autor: Rotem, Ronit, Zamir, Nadav, Keynan, Nurit, Barkan, Dalit, Breitbart, Haim, Naor, Zvi
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Zdroj: American Journal of Physiology: Endocrinology & Metabolism; Feb98, Vol. 37 Issue 2, pE218, 6p, 9 Graphs
Abstrakt: Presents evidence that atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) stimulates acrosomal exocytosis of capacitated human spermatozoa. Importance of acrosomal exocytosis of mammalian spermatozoa in fertilization; Inhibition of ANP-stimulated acrosome reaction by activation of ANP receptor antagonist, anantin; Effects of protein kinase C activation and stimulation of particulate guanylyl cyclase.
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