Characterization of boar seminal plasma proteins that might be involved in the formation of oviductal reservoir

0191559 - UMG-J 20033059 RIV BG eng C - Conference Paper (international conference)
Jelínková, Petra - Liberda, J. - Maňásková, Pavla - Ryšlavá, H. - Jonáková, Věra - Tichá, M.
Characterization of boar seminal plasma proteins that might be involved in the formation of oviductal reservoir.
10 th Jubilee international Symposium of Immunology of Reproduction of the international Coordination Comittee for Immunology of Reproduction. Final program and abstract book. 2003, s. 135.
[Jubilee international Symposium of Immunology of Reproduction /10./. Varna, Bulharsko (BG), 04.09.2003-06.09.2003]
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z5052915
Keywords : boar seminal plasma proteins, sperm oviductal reservoir, mannan-binding proteins
Subject RIV: CE - Biochemistry

Male and female intercommunication in mammals does not only occur at the level of the sperm and the egg but also between the sperm and the somatic cells that sperm meet during their journey through the female genital tract. After reaching oviduct, sperm are trapped in the isthmic region of the oviduct by carbohydrate-mediated binding to the oviductal mucosa. It is supposed that proteins of the sperm surface bind to carbohydrate moiety on the surface of the mucosa. Saccharide specificity of this interaction varies among species. In the pig, epithelial cells expose oligomannosyl residues that might serve as ligand for sperm surface proteins.
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