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New insights into the molecular mechanisms of sperm-egg interaction

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Nixon, B., Aitken, R. J., McLaughlin, E. A.·2007·Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

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At the moment of insemination millions of mammalian sperm cells are released into the female reproductive tract in order to find a single cell - the oocyte. The spermatozoa subsequently ignore the thousands of cells they make contact with during their journey to the site of fertilisation, until they reach the surface of the oocyte. At this point, they bind tenaciously to the acellular coat, known as the zona pellucida, that surrounds the oocyte and initiate the chain of cellular interactions that will culminate in fertilization. These exquisitely cell- and species-specific recognition events are among the most strategically important cellular interactions in biology. Understanding the cellular and molecular mechanisms that underpin them has implications for diagnosis of the aetiology of human infertility and the development of novel targets for fertility regulation. Herein, we describe two models indicating the plethora of highly orchestrated molecular interactions underlying successful sperm zona binding and sperm oocyte fusion.

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Authors
Nixon, B., Aitken, R. J., & McLaughlin, E. A.
Affiliations
University of Newcastle Australia (AU)
Corresponding author
Aitken, R. J.
Venue
Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences
Published
2007-04-20
Volume
64
Issue
14
Pages
1805-1823
ISSN
  • 1420-682X (ISSN-L)
  • 1420-9071
OpenAlex
W1980008727
Cited by
103
References
187
Citations by year
2024: 2 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 5 · 2016: 6 · 2015: 2 · 2014: 4 · 2013: 7 · 2012: 10
FWCI
15.10
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Reproductive Medicine › Sperm and Testicular Function
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Reproductive Biology and Fertility
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Physiology › Reproductive biology and impacts on aquatic species
Keywords
sperm-egg interaction, fertilisation (biology), zona pellucida, sperm-egg binding, sperm-egg fusion, sperm-egg recognition, species-specific recognition, infertility, fertility control, oocytes
MeSH terms
Animals, Female, Fertilization, Male, Models, Biological, Oocytes, Proteins, Sperm Capacitation, Sperm Maturation, Sperm-Ovum Interactions, Spermatozoa, Zona Pellucida, Membrane Microdomains, Systems Biology, Mice

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