Abstract：
:The expression of corticosteroids and regional expression 16 (CR16) and neural Wiscott-Aldrich syndrome protein (N-WASP) was studied in the testes of men with idiopathic azoospermia by (1) immunohistochemistry and Western blot to detect the expression of CR16 and N-WASP protein, (2) reverse transcription with the polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) to determine the amounts of CR16 and N-WASP mRNA, and (3) double-staining immunofluorescence and laser scanning confocal microscopy (LSCM) to demonstrate the co-localization of CR16 and N-WASP proteins. Immunohistochemistry revealed CR16 and N-WASP proteins in the Sertoli cells, specifically in the Sertoli cell-spermatogenic cell junctions (SspJs) in the epithelium of the seminiferous tubules. RT-PCR indicated that the relative amounts of CR16 and N-WASP mRNA were significantly decreased in men with idiopathic azoospermia, although the ratio of CR16 and N-WASP mRNA was approximately 1:1 in both groups of men. Western blot showed the presence of the CR16 monomer and N-WASP in all tissues examined, but the relevant bands were paler in men with idiopathic azoospermia than those in healthy men. The distribution of CR16 and N-WASP was similar in the epithelium of seminiferous tubules based on double-staining immunofluorescence and LSCM, thereby suggesting that CR16 and N-WASP were co-localized in the SspJs as a CR16/N-WASP complex. The decreased levels of CR16 and N-WASP in the testes of men with idiopathic azoospermia compared with healthy men and the co-localization at the SspJs as a CR16/N-WASP complex in the epithelium of seminiferous tubules suggest that CR16 and N-WASP play a role in the pathogenesis of azoospermia.
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Cell Tissue Resjournal_title
Cell and tissue researchauthors
Xiang W,Wen Z,Pang W,Hu L,Xiong C,Zhang Ydoi
10.1007/s00441-011-1159-9subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2011-06-01 00:00:00pages
519-26issue
3eissn
0302-766Xissn
1432-0878journal_volume
344pub_type
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