Expression and localization of RLF/ INSL3 receptor RXFP2 in boar testes
Kohsaka, T.; Sagata, D.; Minagawa, I.; Kohriki, H.; Pitia, A.M.; Sugii, Y.; Morimoto, M.; Uera, N.; Shibata, M.; Sasada, H.; Hasegawa, Y.
Italian Journal of Anatomy and Embryology 118(1 Suppl): 23-25
2013
ISSN/ISBN: 1122-6714 PMID: 24640564 Document Number: 664493
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.