Open AccessExpression and localization of RLF/ INSL3 receptor RXFP2 in boar testes.
Author(s) -
Tetsuya Kohsaka,
Dai Sagata,
Itaru Minagawa,
Hiroshi Kohriki,
Ali Mohammed Pitia,
Yusuke Sugii,
Masashi Morimoto,
Naoto Uera,
Masatoshi Shibata,
Hiroshi Sasada,
Yoshihisa Hasegawa
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
italian journal of anatomy and embryology = archivio italiano di anatomia ed embriologia
Language(s) - English
DOI - 10.1400/227399
This study investigated the possibility of the presence of specific receptor for relaxin-like factor (RLF)/insulin-like peptide 3 (INSL3) in boar testes. While RLF/INSL3 was produced by Leydig cells in the boar testis, its own receptor RXFP2 was expressed mainly in meiotic and post-meiotic germ cells, but not in Leydig cells, suggesting the existence of RLF/INSL3-RXFP2 signaling in germ cells of boars.
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