Moving to the beat: a review of mammalian sperm motility regulation.
Because it is generally accepted that a high percentage of poorly motile or immotile sperm will adversely affect male fertility, analysis of sperm motility is a central part of the evaluation of male fertility. In spite of its importance to fertility, poor sperm motility remains only a description of a pathology whose underlying cause is typically poorly understood. The present review is designed to bring the clinician up to date with the most current understanding of the mechanisms that regulate sperm motility and to raise questions about how aberrations in these mechanisms could be the underlying causes of this pathology.
Department of Clinical Studies, Center for Animal Transgenesis and Germ Cell Research, University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, New Bolton Center, Kennett Square, PA 19348, USA. rmturner@mail.vet.upenn.edu
Regina M
RM
Turner
D000818:Animals; D020013:Calcium Signaling; D017868:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008322:Mammals / Q000502:physiology*; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000378:metabolism; D013081:Sperm Motility / Q000502:physiology*; D013094:Spermatozoa / Q000648:ultrastructure
D017868:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases