Characterization of the mRNA profile in ejaculated spermatozoa from healthy fertile men / 中华男科学杂志
National Journal of Andrology
; (12): 900-903, 2006.
Article
in Zh
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| ID: wpr-289114
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WPRO
ABSTRACT
<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To explore the complexity of mRNA in the ejaculated sperm from healthy fertile men.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Semen samples were collected from 10 healthy fathers. The swim-up method was adopted to purify the sperm from possible contamination of somatic cells and the spermatozoal total RNA extracted by Trizol was used for SAGE library analysis.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>A totle of 21 052 SAGE raw tags were sequenced from 877 clones and 2 712 unique tags that occurred at least twice in the library were given further analysis. 19.7% of the unique tags had no match in the existing SAGE map, representing novel genes. Molecular function analysis revealed 67% of unique tags related to protein binding or nucleic acid binding categories, 41% to catalytic activity, 13% to message transducer activity, and 10% to transporter, structural and transcription regulator activity, respectively.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>There exists a complex repertoire of mRNAs in the ejaculated spermatozoa from fertile men.</p>
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Database:
WPRIM
Main subject:
Physiology
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Spermatozoa
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RNA, Messenger
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Expressed Sequence Tags
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Gene Expression Profiling
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Ejaculation
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Genetics
Limits:
Adult
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Humans
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Male
Language:
Zh
Journal:
National Journal of Andrology
Year:
2006
Type:
Article