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Zona Pellucida

 
 
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Disease relevance of Zona Pellucida

 

High impact information on Zona Pellucida

  • We report the identification of SED1, a protein required for mouse sperm binding to the egg zona pellucida [6].
  • In the mouse, the zona pellucida (ZP) glycoprotein ZP3 both binds intact sperm and induces acrosomal exocytosis [7].
  • Antisera from immunized females had high titres, specifically recognized PH-20 in sperm extracts, and blocked sperm adhesion to the egg zona pellucida in vitro [8].
  • These receptors include the receptor tyrosine kinases that mediate the actions of growth factors such as epidermal growth factor, insulin, insulin-like growth factor as well as receptors for atrial natiuretic hormone or the zona pellucida protein (ZP3) and integrins [9].
  • Interaction of a tyrosine kinase from human sperm with the zona pellucida at fertilization [10].
 

Chemical compound and disease context of Zona Pellucida

 

Biological context of Zona Pellucida

  • Oocyte-specific gene expression: molecular characterization of a cDNA coding for ZP-3, the sperm receptor of the mouse zona pellucida [15].
  • The structural defect is more severe than that observed in Zp1-null mice, which have decreased fecundity, but not quite as severe as that observed in Zp3-null mice, which never form a visible zona pellucida and are sterile [16].
  • These data indicate that the delayed sperm penetration of the zona pellucida in the Acr-/- mouse results from the altered rate of protein dispersal from the acrosome and provide the first evidence that the major role of acrosin is to accelerate the dispersal of acrosomal components during acrosome reaction [17].
  • Although Acr-/- mouse sperm lacking the acrosin protease activity still penetrated the zona pellucida and fertilized the egg, the mutant sperm exhibited a delay in penetration of the zona pellucida solely at the early stages after insemination [17].
  • Exons 2-7 share homology with the zona pellucida protein genes rc55 of rabbit and zp-2 of mouse, and the positions of intron boundaries are conserved in the wf female and mouse zp-2 genes [18].
 

Anatomical context of Zona Pellucida

 

Associations of Zona Pellucida with chemical compounds

 

Gene context of Zona Pellucida

  • The 13 SRCR domains are followed by two C1r/C1s Uegf Bmp1 domains separated by a 14th SRCR domain and a zona pellucida domain. gp-340 seems to be an alternative spliced form of DMBT1 [27].
  • An observed post-fertilization persistence of mouse sperm binding to "humanized" zona pellucida correlates with uncleaved ZP2 [28].
  • FIGalpha, a germ cell specific transcription factor involved in the coordinate expression of the zona pellucida genes [29].
  • The mouse zona pellucida contains three glycoproteins, ZP1, ZP2, and ZP3, which are conserved in rat and human [30].
  • Mouse Zp1 encodes a zona pellucida protein homologous to egg envelope proteins in mammals and fish [31].
 

Analytical, diagnostic and therapeutic context of Zona Pellucida

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