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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1-2
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-3-5
pubmed:abstractText
Members of the dual specificity tyrosine phosphorylated and regulated kinase family (Dyrk) were shown to have a highly testis-abundant or testis-restricted expression pattern. Furthermore, for some members of the family an involvement in gene expression regulation by phosphorylating transcription factors has been shown. Since little is known about the complex regulation of germ cell differentiation in spermatogenesis, we analysed the possible involvement of Dyrk kinases in this process. ISH experiments showed specific distribution of Dyrk kinases mainly in postmeiotic germ cell. We identified Dyrk4 as a testis-specific kinase with a very restricted expression to stage VIII postmeiotic spermatids. In vitro and in vivo experiments proved the enzymatic activity and suggested the cytoplasmatic localisation of Dyrk4. Finally, analysis of a Dyrk4 deficient mouse line showed that Dyrk4 is dispensable for male fertility, hence suggesting a functional redundancy of some Dyrk isoforms during spermiogenesis.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0303-7207
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
267
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
80-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:17292540-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:17292540-COS Cells, pubmed-meshheading:17292540-Cercopithecus aethiops, pubmed-meshheading:17292540-DNA, Complementary, pubmed-meshheading:17292540-Fertility, pubmed-meshheading:17292540-Gene Expression Profiling, pubmed-meshheading:17292540-Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental, pubmed-meshheading:17292540-Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic, pubmed-meshheading:17292540-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:17292540-In Situ Hybridization, pubmed-meshheading:17292540-Isoenzymes, pubmed-meshheading:17292540-Male, pubmed-meshheading:17292540-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:17292540-Protein Transport, pubmed-meshheading:17292540-Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:17292540-Protein-Tyrosine Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:17292540-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:17292540-Spermatids, pubmed-meshheading:17292540-Spermatogenesis, pubmed-meshheading:17292540-Testis
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
The expression of the testis-specific Dyrk4 kinase is highly restricted to step 8 spermatids but is not required for male fertility in mice.
pubmed:affiliation
Corporate Research Business Area Gynecology and Andrology, Schering AG, Berlin, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article