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Lack of androgen re...
Lack of androgen receptor SUMOylation results in male infertility due to epididymal dysfunction
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Zhang, F. P. (author)
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Malinen, M. (author)
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Mehmood, A. (author)
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Lehtiniemi, T. (author)
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Jaaskelainen, T. (author)
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Niskanen, E. A. (author)
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Korhonen, H. (author)
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Laiho, A. (author)
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Elo, L. L. (author)
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- Ohlsson, Claes, 1965 (author)
- Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Centre for Bone and Arthritis Research,Institutionen för medicin, avdelningen för invärtesmedicin och klinisk nutrition,Institute of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Nutrition
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Kotaja, N. (author)
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- Poutanen, Matti (author)
- Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Centre for Bone and Arthritis Research,Institutionen för medicin,Institutionen för medicin, avdelningen för invärtesmedicin och klinisk nutrition,Institute of Medicine,Institute of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Nutrition
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Sipila, P. (author)
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Palvimo, J. J. (author)
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- 2019-02-15
- 2019
- English.
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In: Nature Communications. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 2041-1723. ; 10:1
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- Androgen receptor (AR) is regulated by SUMOylation at its transactivation domain. In vitro, the SUMOylation is linked to transcriptional repression and/or target gene-selective regulation. Here, we generated a mouse model (ArKl) in which the conserved SUMO acceptor lysines of AR are permanently abolished (Ar-K381R, (K500R)) ArKl males develop normally, without apparent defects in their systemic androgen action in reproductive tissues. However, the ArKl males are infertile. Their spermatogenesis appears unaffected, but their epididymal sperm maturation is defective, shown by severely compromised motility and fertilization capacity of the sperm. Fittingly, their epididymal AR chromatin-binding and gene expression associated with sperm maturation and function are misregulated. AR is SUMOylated in the wild-type epididymis but not in the testis, which could explain the tissue-specific response to the lack of AR SUMOylation. Our studies thus indicate that epididymal AR SUMOylation is essential for the post-testicular sperm maturation and normal reproductive capability of male mice.
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- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Medicinska och farmaceutiska grundvetenskaper -- Medicinsk genetik (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Basic Medicine -- Medical Genetics (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- mouse epididymis
- response element
- gene
- sumo
- ubiquitin
- bioconductor
- integrity
- pathway
- health
- family
- Science & Technology - Other Topics
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Zhang, F. P.
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Malinen, M.
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Mehmood, A.
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Lehtiniemi, T.
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Jaaskelainen, T.
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Niskanen, E. A.
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Korhonen, H.
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Laiho, A.
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Elo, L. L.
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Ohlsson, Claes, ...
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Kotaja, N.
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Poutanen, Matti
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Sipila, P.
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Palvimo, J. J.
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and Medical Genetics
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University of Gothenburg