Vol 118, No 1 (Supplement) 2013
Original Article

Expression and localization of RLF/ INSL3 receptor RXFP2 in boar testes

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  • Tetsuya Kohsaka,
  • Dai Sagata,
  • Itaru Minagawa,
  • Hiroshi Kohriki,
  • Ali Mohammed Pitia,
  • Yusuke Sugii,
  • Masashi Morimoto,
  • Naoto Uera,
  • Masatoshi Shibata,
  • Hiroshi Sasada,
  • Yoshihisa Hasegawa

Published 2014-01-11

Keywords

  • RLF/INSL3,
  • RXFP2,
  • expression,
  • localization,
  • testis

How to Cite

Kohsaka, T., Sagata, D., Minagawa, I., Kohriki, H., Pitia, A. M., Sugii, Y., Morimoto, M., Uera, N., Shibata, M., Sasada, H., & Hasegawa, Y. (2014). Expression and localization of RLF/ INSL3 receptor RXFP2 in boar testes. Italian Journal of Anatomy and Embryology, 118(1), 23–25. Retrieved from https://oajournals.fupress.net/index.php/ijae/article/view/3215
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Abstract

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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