title: Expression and localization of RLF/ INSL3 receptor RXFP2 in boar testes.
abstract: 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.
authors.forename: Tetsuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kohsaka
authors.forename: Dai
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sagata
authors.forename: Itaru
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Minagawa
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kohriki
authors.forename: Ali Mohammed
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Pitia
authors.forename: Yusuke
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sugii
authors.forename: Masashi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Morimoto
authors.forename: Naoto
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Uera
authors.forename: Masatoshi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shibata
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sasada
authors.forename: Yoshihisa
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hasegawa
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D007328:Insulin / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D011506:Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D043562:Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology*; D034421:Sus scrofa; D013737:Testis / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D007328:Insulin; C084797:Leydig insulin-like protein; D011506:Proteins; C472867:RXFP2 protein, human; D043562:Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled