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Declined expressing mRNA of beta-defensin 108 from epididymis is associated with decreased sperm motility in blue fox (Vulpes lagopus)
- Source :
- BMC Veterinary Research, BMC Veterinary Research, Vol 17, Iss 1, Pp 1-6 (2021)
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2021.
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Abstract
- Background Fecundity is important for farm blue fox (Vulpes lagopus), who with asthenospermia have be a problem in some of farms in China. A key symptom of asthenospermia is decreased sperm motility. The decreased secreting beta-defensin108 (vBD108) of blue fox is speculated be related to asthenospermia. To clarify this idea, the mRNA expression of vBD108 in testis and epididymis of blue foxes with asthenospermia were detected and compared to the healthy one. The antibody was prepared and analyzed by immunohistochemistry. Results The vBD108 in testis and epididymis was found both in blue fox with asthenospermia and healthy group by the method of immunohistochemistry. The expression of vBD108 mRNA in testes (P P Conclusions These results suggested that vBD108 deficiency may related to blue fox asthenospermia. Meanwhile, the study on the blue fox vBD108 provides a hopeful direction to explore the pathogenesis of blue fox asthenospermia in the future.
- Subjects :
- Male
beta-Defensins
Vulpes
animal diseases
Foxes
Pathogenesis
Andrology
03 medical and health sciences
Vulpes lagopus
0302 clinical medicine
parasitic diseases
medicine
Animals
RNA, Messenger
Animal Husbandry
Sperm motility
030304 developmental biology
Epididymis
0303 health sciences
Messenger RNA
lcsh:Veterinary medicine
030219 obstetrics & reproductive medicine
General Veterinary
biology
virus diseases
food and beverages
General Medicine
biology.organism_classification
Fertility
medicine.anatomical_structure
Beta defensin
Asthenozoospermia
asthenospermia
Sperm Motility
biology.protein
lcsh:SF600-1100
population characteristics
Immunohistochemistry
Antibody
vBD108
Research Article
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 17466148
- Volume :
- 17
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- BMC Veterinary Research
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....8c8735ab567d7b9f99249edd68130578