ArticleCell death & disease2018
Vangl2 regulates spermatid planar cell polarity through microtubule (MT)-based cytoskeleton in the rat testis.
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- Exploring the evolving function of soluble intercellular adhesion molecule-1 in junction dynamics during spermatogenesis.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2023Review
- MARK2 and MARK4 Regulate Sertoli Cell BTB Dynamics Through Microtubule and Actin Cytoskeletons.Endocrinology · 2022Article
- PCP Protein Inversin Regulates Testis Function Through Changes in Cytoskeletal Organization of Actin and Microtubules.Endocrinology · 2022Article
- FYN regulates cell adhesion at the blood-testis barrier and the apical ectoplasmic specializationFrontiers in immunology · 2022Article
- Cell non-autonomy amplifies disruption of neurulation by mosaic Vangl2 deletion in mice.Nature communications · 2021Article
- The Non-hormonal Male Contraceptive Adjudin Exerts its Effects via MAPs and Signaling Proteins mTORC1/rpS6 and FAK-Y407.Endocrinology · 2021Article
- Microtubule Cytoskeleton and Spermatogenesis-Lesson From Studies of Toxicant Models.Toxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology · 2020Review
- Combover interacts with the axonemal component Rsp3 and is required forDevelopment (Cambridge, England) · 2019Article
- Planar cell polarity protein Dishevelled 3 (Dvl3) regulates ectoplasmic specialization (ES) dynamics in the testis through changes in cytoskeletal organization.Cell death & disease · 2019Article
- Regulation of spermatid polarity by the actin- and microtubule (MT)-based cytoskeletons.Seminars in cell & developmental biology · 2018Review
- 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
During spermatogenesis, developing elongating/elongated spermatids are highly polarized cells, displaying unique apico-basal polarity. For instance, the heads of spermatids align perpendicular to the basement membrane with their tails pointing to the tubule lumen. Thus, the maximal number of spermatids are packed within the limited space of the seminiferous epithelium to support spermatogenesis. Herein, we reported findings that elongating/elongated spermatids displayed planar cell polarity (PCP) in adult rat testes in which the proximal end of polarized spermatid heads were aligned uniformly across the plane of the seminiferous epithelium based on studies using confocal microscopy and 3-dimensional (D) reconstruction of the seminiferous tubules. We also discovered that spermatid PCP was regulated by PCP protein Vangl2 (Van Gogh-like protein 2) since Vangl2 knockdown by RNAi was found to perturb spermatid PCP. More important, Vangl2 exerted its regulatory effects through changes in the organization of the microtubule (MT)-based cytoskeleton in the seminiferous epithelium. These changes were mediated via the downstream signaling proteins atypical protein kinase C ξ (PKCζ) and MT-associated protein (MAP)/microtubule affinity-regulating kinase 2 (MARK2). These findings thus provide new insights regarding the biology of spermatid PCP during spermiogenesis.
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