論文

査読有り 国際誌
2022年1月31日

Dkk3/REIC Deficiency Impairs Spermiation, Sperm Fibrous Sheath Integrity and the Sperm Motility of Mice.

Genes
  • Ruizhi Xue
  • Wenfeng Lin
  • Hirofumi Fujita
  • Jingkai Sun
  • Rie Kinoshita
  • Kazuhiko Ochiai
  • Junichiro Futami
  • Masami Watanabe
  • Hideyo Ohuchi
  • Masakiyo Sakaguchi
  • Zhengyan Tang
  • Peng Huang
  • Yasutomo Nasu
  • Hiromi Kumon
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記述言語
英語
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研究論文(学術雑誌)
DOI
10.3390/genes13020285

The role of Dickkopf-3 (Dkk3)/REIC (The Reduced Expression in Immortalized Cells), a Wnt-signaling inhibitor, in male reproductive physiology remains unknown thus far. To explore the functional details of Dkk3/REIC in the male reproductive process, we studied the Dkk3/REIC knock-out (KO) mouse model. By examining testicular sections and investigating the sperm characteristics (count, vitality and motility) and ultrastructure, we compared the reproductive features between Dkk3/REIC-KO and wild-type (WT) male mice. To further explore the underlying molecular mechanism, we performed RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) analysis of testicular tissues. Our results showed that spermiation failure existed in seminiferous tubules of Dkk3/REIC-KO mice, and sperm from Dkk3/REIC-KO mice exhibited inferior motility (44.09 ± 8.12% vs. 23.26 ± 10.02%, p < 0.01). The Ultrastructure examination revealed defects in the sperm fibrous sheath of KO mice. Although the average count of Dkk3/REIC-KO epididymal sperm was less than that of the wild-types (9.30 ± 0.69 vs. 8.27 ± 0.87, ×106), neither the gap (p > 0.05) nor the difference in the sperm vitality rate (72.83 ± 1.55% vs. 72.50 ± 0.71%, p > 0.05) were statistically significant. The RNA-seq and GO (Gene Oncology) enrichment results indicated that the differential genes were significantly enriched in the GO terms of cytoskeleton function, cAMP signaling and calcium ion binding. Collectively, our research demonstrates that Dkk3/REIC is involved in the process of spermiation, fibrous sheath integrity maintenance and sperm motility of mice.

リンク情報
DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/genes13020285
PubMed
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35205329
PubMed Central
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8872165
ID情報
  • DOI : 10.3390/genes13020285
  • PubMed ID : 35205329
  • PubMed Central 記事ID : PMC8872165

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