Kashir, Junaid, Nomikos, Michail, Lai, Francis ![]() ![]() |
Abstract
This review discusses the role that the sperm-specific phospholipase C zeta (PLCζ) is proposed to play during the fertilization of mammalian eggs. At fertilization, the sperm initiates development by causing a series of oscillations in cytosolic concentrations of calcium [Ca2] within the egg. PLCζ mimics the sperm at fertilization, causing the same pattern of Ca2+ release as seen at fertilization. Introducing PLCζ into mouse eggs also mimics a number of other features of the way in which the fertilizing sperm triggers Ca2+ oscillations. We discuss the localization of PLCζ within the egg and present a hypothesis about the localization of PLCζ within the sperm before the initiation of fertilization.
Item Type: | Article |
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Date Type: | Publication |
Status: | Published |
Schools: | Biosciences Medicine |
Subjects: | R Medicine > RG Gynecology and obstetrics |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
ISSN: | 0006-291X |
Date of Acceptance: | 7 April 2014 |
Last Modified: | 16 Nov 2022 23:34 |
URI: | https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/78512 |
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