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Mating induces the expression of immune- and pH-regulatory genes in the utero-vaginal junction containing mucosal sperm-storage tubuli of hens

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Title
Mating induces the expression of immune- and pH-regulatory genes in the utero-vaginal junction containing mucosal sperm-storage tubuli of hens
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Reproduction, September 2015
DOI 10.1530/rep-15-0253
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Mohammad Atikuzzaman, Ratnesh Mehta Bhai, Jesper Fogelholm, Dominic Wright, Heriberto Rodriguez-Martinez

Abstract

The female chicken, as with other species with internal fertilization, can tolerate the presence of spermatozoa within specialized sperm-storage tubuli (SST) located in the mucosa of the utero-vaginal junction (UVJ) for days or weeks, without eliciting an immune response. To determine if the oviduct alters its gene expression in response to sperm entry, segments from the oviduct (UVJ, uterus, isthmus, magnum and infundibulum) of mated and unmated (control) hens, derived from an advanced inter-cross line between Red Junglefowl and White Leghorn, were explored 24 hours after mating using cDNA microarray analysis. Mating shifted the expression of fifteen genes in the UVJ (53.33% immune-modulatory and 20.00% pH-regulatory) and seven genes in the uterus, none of the genes in the latter segment overlapping the former (with the differentially expressed genes themselves being less related to immune-modulatory function). The other oviductal segments did not show any significant changes. These findings suggest sperm deposition causes a shift in expression in the UVJ (containing mucosal SST) and the uterus for genes involved in immune-modulatory and pH-regulatory functions, both relevant for sperm survival in the hen´s oviduct.

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Unknown 39 100%

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 11 28%
Researcher 9 23%
Student > Bachelor 3 8%
Professor 3 8%
Professor > Associate Professor 3 8%
Other 4 10%
Unknown 6 15%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 17 44%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 7 18%
Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine 4 10%
Psychology 2 5%
Computer Science 1 3%
Other 0 0%
Unknown 8 21%
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#20,657,128
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#1,609
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