DOI: 10.1002/ame2.12186
Establishment of an oligoasthenospermia mouse model based on TAp73 gene suppression
Hong-Juan Liu1
Meng-Yun Deng1
Yan-Yan Zhu1
De-Ling Wu2
Xiao-Hui Tong1
Li Li1
Lei Wang1
Fei Xu1
Tong-Sheng Wang3
1.School of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine,Anhui University of Chinese Medicine,Hefei,China2.Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Chinese Medical Formula,School of Pharmacy,Anhui University of Chinese Medicine,Hefei,China3.School of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine,Anhui University of Chinese Medicine,Hefei,China;Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Chinese Medical Formula,School of Pharmacy,Anhui University of Chinese Medicine,Hefei,China
摘要：Background : Oligoasthenospermia is one of the main causes of male infertility. Researchers usually use chemical drugs to directly damage germ cells to prepare oligoasthenospermia models, which disregards the adhesion and migration between spermatogenic cells and Sertoli cells. TAp73 is a critical regulator of the adhesin of germ cell; thus, we sought to explore a novel oligoasthenospermia model based on TAp73 gene suppression. Methods : Mice in the Pifithrin-α group were injected intraperitoneally with 2.5 mg/kg Pifithrin-α ( TAp73 inhibitor) daily for 30 consecutive days. Reproductive hormone levels and epididymal sperm quality, as well as the network morphology of Sertoli cells were tested. Results : Sperm density, motility, and the relative protein and mRNA expression of TAp73 and Nectin 2 were obviously decreased in the Pifithrin-α group compared with the normal control group. No significant distinction was observed in the relative mRNA and protein expression of ZO- 1 . Furthermore, the tight junctions (TJs) and api-cal ectoplasmic specialization (ES) were destroyed in the Pifithrin-α group. Conclusion : The above results indicate that we successfully established a new oli-goasthenospermia mouse model. This study provides a foundation for further explo-ration of the roles of TAp73 genes during spermatogenesis and provides new research objects for further oligospermia research and future drug discovery.
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论文发表日期：2021-12-25
在线出版日期：2025-08-15（本平台首次上网日期，不代表文献的发表时间）
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