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ReviewPharmacogenomics2008

Differential sensitivity of mouse strains to an N-alkylated imino sugar: glycosphingolipid metabolism and acrosome formation.

Aarnoud C van der Spoel, Richard Mott, Frances M Platt

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Review in Pharmacogenomics, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact, top 86% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Aarnoud C van der SpoelDepartment of Pharmacology, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QT, UK. aarnoud.vanderspoel@pharm.ox.ac.uk
Richard Mott
Frances M Platt
University of Oxford · GBCentre for Human Genetics · GB

Funding

Glycosphingolipids as targets for male contraceptionU01HD045861 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD · PI PLATT, FRANCES MARY · 2004 to 2008
$841k
NICHD NIH HHS U01 HD045861Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This review deals with the pharmacological properties of an alkylated monosaccharide mimetic, N-butyldeoxynojirimycin (NB-DNJ). This compound is of pharmacogenetic interest because one of its biological effects in mice - impairment of spermatogenesis, leading to male infertility - depends greatly on the genetic background of the animal. In susceptible mice, administration of NB-DNJ perturbs the formation of an organelle, the acrosome, in early post-meiotic male germ cells. In all recipient mice, irrespective of reproductive phenotype, NB-DNJ has a similar biochemical effect: inhibition of the glucosylceramidase beta-glucosidase 2 and subsequent elevation of glucosylceramide, a glycosphingolipid. The questions that we now need to address are: how can glucosylceramide specifically affect early acrosome formation, and why is this contingent on genetic factors? Here we discuss relevant aspects of reproductive biology, the metabolism and cell biology of sphingolipids, and complex trait analysis; we also present a speculative model that takes our observations into account.

Indexed as

AcrosomePharmacogeneticsSpermatogenesis1-DeoxynojirimycinAnimalsGlycoside Hydrolase InhibitorsGlycosphingolipidsMaleMiceMice, Inbred StrainsModels, MolecularMolecular StructureSpecies SpecificitySpermatozoa1-DeoxynojirimycinGlycoside Hydrolase InhibitorsGlycosphingolipidsmiglustat

Identifiers

PMID18518850
PMCPMC2749735
OpenAlexW2155348467

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