Activation of extracellular signal-related kinases 1 and 2 in Sertoli cells in experimentally cryptorchid rhesus monkeys |
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Authors: | Zhang Xue-Sen Zhang Zhi-Hong Guo Shu-Hua Yang Wei Zhang Zhu-Qiang Yuan Jin-Xiang Jin Xuan Hu Zhao-Yuan Liu Yi-Xun |
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Institution: | State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 25 Bei Si Huan Road West, Beijing 100081, China. |
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Abstract: | Aim:To assess the spatiotemporal changes in the expression of extracellular signal-regulated kinases 1 and 2(ERK1/ 2),c-Jun N-terminal kinases(JNK)and p38 mitogen-activated protein kinases(MAPK)in response to heat stress in the cryptorchid testis,and to investigate a possible relation to Sertoli cell dedifferentiation.Methods:Immunohis- tochemistry and western blot were used to examine the expression and activation of ERK1/2,p38 and JNK in the cryptorchid testis at various stages after experimental cryptorchidism.Results:The abdominal temperature did not obviously change the total ERK1/2 expression but significantly activated phospho-ERK1/2 in the Sertoli cells of the cryptorchid testis.Heat stress increased total JNK expression in the Sertoli cells of the cryptorchid testis but did not activate phospho-JNK.Neither total p38 nor phospho-p38 was induced by heat stress in the Sertoli cells of the cryptorchid testis.Changes in the spatiotemporal expression of cytokeratin 18(CK18),a marker of immature or undifferentiated Sertoli cells,were induced in the cryptorchid testis in a pattern similar to the activation of ERK1/2. Conclusion:The activation of ERK1/2 in the testis may be related to dedifferentiation of Sertoli cells under heat stress induced by experimental cryptorchidism. |
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Keywords: | rhesus monkey cryptorchidism Sertoli cell dedifferentiation extracellular signal-regulated kinases 1 and 2 |
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