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ArticleScientific reports2015

Slc15a1 is involved in the transport of synthetic F5-peptide into the seminiferous epithelium in adult rat testes.

Linlin Su, Yufei Zhang, Yan C Cheng, Will M Lee, Keping Ye, Dahai Hu

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Article in Scientific reports, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Eight-gene signature predicts recurrence in lung adenocarcinoma.Cancer biomarkers : section A of Disease markers · 2020
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  5. Cell polarity and cytoskeletons-Lesson from the testis.Seminars in cell & developmental biology · 2018
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  6. Regulation of the blood-testis barrier by a local axis in the testis: role of laminin α2 in the basement membrane.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2017
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 6 institutions in 3 countries.

Linlin SuDepartment of Burns and Cutaneous Surgery, Xijing Hospital, the Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710032, China.
Yufei ZhangHeilongjiang Key Laboratory of Anti-fibrosis Biotherapy, Mudanjiang Medical University, Mudanjiang, Heilongjiang 157011, China.
Yan C ChengThe Mary M. Wohlford Laboratory for Male Contraceptive Research, Population Council, Center for Biomedical Research, New York, NY 10065, USA.
Will M LeeSchool of Biological Sciences, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Keping YeDepartment of Anesthesiology, Taizhou First People's Hospital, Taizhou, Zhejiang 318020, China.
Dahai HuDepartment of Burns and Cutaneous Surgery, Xijing Hospital, the Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710032, China.
Air Force Medical University · CNMudanjiang Medical University · CNPopulation Council · USTaizhou First People's Hospital · CNUniversity of Hong Kong · HKXijing Hospital · CN

Funding

SPECIALIZED CONTRACEPTIVE DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH CENTERU54HD029990 · NICHD · POPULATION COUNCIL · PI WARE, REGINE SITRUK · 1992 to 2016
$27.7M
The biology of blood-testis barrier dynamicsR01HD056034 · NICHD · POPULATION COUNCIL · PI CHENG, C. YAN · 2009 to 2018
$3.4M
NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD056034NICHD NIH HHS U54 HD029990
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Spermiation and BTB restructuring, two critical cellular events that occur across seminiferous epithelium in mammalian testis during spermatogenesis, are tightly coordinated by biologically active peptides released from laminin chains. Our earlier study reported that F5-peptide, synthesized based on a stretch of 50 amino acids within laminin-γ3 domain IV, could reversibly induce the impairment of spermatogenesis, disruption of BTB integrity, and germ cell loss, and thus is a promising male contraceptive. However, how F5-peptide when administered intratesticularly enters seminiferous tubules and exerts effects beyond BTB is currently unknown. Here we demonstrated that Slc15a1, a peptide transporter also known as Pept1, was predominantly present in peritubular myoid cells, interstitial Leydig cells, vascular endothelial cells and germ cells, while absent in Sertoli cells or BTB site. The steady-state protein level of Slc15a1 in adult rat testis was not affected by F5-peptide treatment. Knockdown of Slc15a1 by in vivo RNAi in rat testis was shown to prevent F5-peptide induced disruptive effects on spermatogenesis. This study suggests that Slc15a1 is involved in the transport of synthetic F5-peptide into seminiferous epithelium, and thus Slc15a1 is a novel target in testis that could be genetically modified to improve the bioavailability of F5-peptide as a prospective male contraceptive.

Indexed as

AnimalsBiological TransportBlood-Testis BarrierContraceptive Agents, MaleEndothelial CellsGerm CellsLamininLeydig CellsMalePeptidesPeptide Transporter 1RatsRats, Sprague-DawleySeminiferous EpitheliumSertoli CellsSpermatogenesisContraceptive Agents, MaleLamininPeptidesPeptide Transporter 1Slc15a1 protein, ratSymporters

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PMID26537751
PMCPMC4633691
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