ReviewSeminars in cell & developmental biology2014
The regulation of spermatogenesis and sperm function in nematodes.
Review in Seminars in cell & developmental biology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 53 papers.
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- DDI-4 induces a temperature-sensitive exocytotic remodeling during C. elegans spermiogenesis via nsun-2-dependent sphingosine signaling.PLoS genetics · 2026Article
- Origins of Self-Fertility in ThreeBiology · 2026Review
- The intrinsically disordered protein SPE-56 is required for acrosomal-like exocytosis and fertility in Caenorhabditis elegans.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Sperm activation for fertilization requires robust activity of the TAT-5 lipid flippase.Developmental biology · 2025Article
- The Caenorhabditis elegans spe-21 gene that encodes a palmitoyltransferase is necessary for spermiogenesis.Developmental biology · 2025Article
- The novel HRD motif kinase SPE-60 is required for sperm development and motility in Caenorhabditis elegans.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Spatiotemporal single-cell architecture of gene expression in the Caenorhabditis elegans germ cells.Cell discovery · 2025Article
- UtilizingJournal of developmental biology · 2025Review
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- Zinc and Its Impact on the Function of the Testicle and Epididymis.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Review
- Sperm bud mitochondria to adjust the numbers.Nature cell biology · 2023Article
- A paternal protein facilitates sperm RNA delivery to regulate zygotic development.Science China. Life sciences · 2023Article
- The EGF-motif-containing protein SPE-36 is a secreted sperm protein required for fertilization in C. elegans.Current biology : CB · 2023Article
- Spermiogenesis inBiomolecules · 2023Review
- Male-specific roles of lincRNA inFrontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2023Article
- Mitochondrial succinate dehydrogenase function is essential for sperm motility and male fertility.iScience · 2022Article
- GLH-1/Vasa represses neuropeptide expression and drives spermiogenesis in the C. elegans germline.Developmental biology · 2022Article
- NHR-23 and SPE-44 regulate distinct sets of genes during Caenorhabditis elegans spermatogenesis.G3 (Bethesda, Md.) · 2022Article
- Spermatozoan Metabolism as a Non-Traditional Model for the Study of Huntington's Disease.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022Review
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Abstract
In the nematode C. elegans, both males and self-fertile hermaphrodites produce sperm. As a result, researchers have been able to use a broad range of genetic and genomic techniques to dissect all aspects of sperm development and function. Their results show that the early stages of spermatogenesis are controlled by transcriptional and translational processes, but later stages are dominated by protein kinases and phosphatases. Once spermatids are produced, they participate in many interactions with other cells - signals from the somatic gonad determine when sperm activate and begin to crawl, signals from the female reproductive tissues guide the sperm, and signals from sperm stimulate oocytes to mature and be ovulated. The sperm also show strong competitive interactions with other sperm and oocytes. Some of the molecules that mediate these processes have conserved functions in animal sperm, others are conserved proteins that have been adapted for new roles in nematode sperm, and some are novel proteins that provide insights into evolutionary change. The advent of new techniques should keep this system on the cutting edge of research in cellular and reproductive biology.
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