Journal article
Characterization of a novel role for the dynamin mechanoenzymes in the regulation of human sperm acrosomal exocytosis
Wei Zhou, Amanda L Anderson, Adrian P Turner, Geoffry N De Iuliis, Adam McCluskey, Eileen A McLaughlin, Brett Nixon
MOLECULAR HUMAN REPRODUCTION | OXFORD UNIV PRESS | Published : 2017
Abstract
STUDY QUESTION: Does dynamin regulate human sperm acrosomal exocytosis? SUMMARY ANSWER: Our studies of dynamin localization and function have implicated this family of mechanoenzymes in the regulation of progesterone-induced acrosomal exocytosis in human spermatozoa. WHAT IS KNOWN ALREADY: Completion of an acrosome reaction is a prerequisite for successful fertilization in all studied mammalian species. It follows that failure to complete this unique exocytotic event represents a common aetiology in the defective spermatozoa of male infertility patients that have failed IVF in a clinical setting. Recent studies have implicated the dynamin family of mechanoenzymes as important regulators of t..
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Funding Acknowledgements
National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia Project Grant (APP1103176 B.N. and E.A.M).