ReviewSeminars in cell & developmental biology2018
Cell polarity and planar cell polarity (PCP) in spermatogenesis.
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- Actin Cytoskeleton Dysregulation Links Testicular and Sperm Dysfunction in Type 1 Diabetes.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Article
- Cryo-EM structure and oligomerization of the human planar cell polarity core protein Vangl1.Nature communications · 2025Article
- Interacting Fat1 and Dchs Planar Cell Polarity Proteins Supported by Fjx1 Serve as Heterodimeric Intercellular Bridges Crucial to Support Spermatogenesis.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2025Review
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- PCP Protein Inversin Regulates Testis Function Through Changes in Cytoskeletal Organization of Actin and Microtubules.Endocrinology · 2022Article
- Planar cell polarity protein Dishevelled 3 (Dvl3) regulates ectoplasmic specialization (ES) dynamics in the testis through changes in cytoskeletal organization.Cell death & disease · 2019Article
- Src family kinases (SFKs) and cell polarity in the testis.Seminars in cell & developmental biology · 2018Review
- Regulation of spermatid polarity by the actin- and microtubule (MT)-based cytoskeletons.Seminars in cell & developmental biology · 2018Review
- Vangl2 regulates spermatid planar cell polarity through microtubule (MT)-based cytoskeleton in the rat testis.Cell death & disease · 2018Article
- NC1-peptide derived from collagen α3 (IV) chain is a blood-tissue barrier regulator: lesson from the testis.Asian journal of andrologyReview
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Abstract
In adult mammalian testes, spermatids, most notably step 17-19 spermatids in stage IV-VIII tubules, are aligned with their heads pointing toward the basement membrane and their tails toward the tubule lumen. On the other hand, these polarized spermatids also align across the plane of seminiferous epithelium, mimicking planar cell polarity (PCP) found in other hair cells in cochlea (inner ear). This orderly alignment of developing spermatids during spermiogenesis is important to support spermatogenesis, such that the maximal number of developing spermatids can be packed and supported by a fixed population of differentiated Sertoli cells in the limited space of the seminiferous epithelium in adult testes. In this review, we provide emerging evidence to demonstrate spermatid PCP in the seminiferous epithelium to support spermatogenesis. We also review findings in the field regarding the biology of spermatid cellular polarity (e.g., head-tail polarity and apico-basal polarity) and its inter-relationship to spermatid PCP. Furthermore, we also provide a hypothetical concept on the importance of PCP proteins in endocytic vesicle-mediated protein trafficking events to support spermatogenesis through protein endocytosis and recycling.
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