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Published-Ahead-of-Print February 1, 2006, DOI:10.2164/jandrol.05165
Journal of Andrology, Vol. 27, No. 3, May/June 2006
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DOI: 10.2164/jandrol.05165

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Expression of Orphan Receptors TR2, TR3, TR4, and p53 in Heat-Treated Testis of Cynomolgus Monkeys (Macaca fascicularis)

XUE-SEN ZHANG*, JIN-XIANG YUAN*, TAO LIU*, YAN-HE LUE{dagger}, XUAN JIN*, SHI-XIN TAO*, ZHAO-YUAN HU*, AMIYA P. SINHA HIKIM{dagger}, RONALD S. SWERDLOFF{dagger}, CHRISTINA WANG{dagger} AND YI-XUN LIU*

From the * State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijing, China; and the {dagger} Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, Harbor-University of California-Los Angeles Medical Center, and Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute, Torrance, California.

Correspondence to: Yi-Xun Liu, Professor, State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 25, Bei Si Huan Xi Lu, Beijing 100080, China (e-mail: liuyx{at}ioz.ac.cn).


To investigate the possible role of testicular orphan receptors (TR) TR2, TR3, and TR4 in the process of germ cell apoptosis in the heat-treated testis of monkey, we have examined the spatiotemporal expression of the 3 TR mRNAs in relation to p53 mRNA levels in the monkey testis by in situ hybridization and reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction techniques. The results showed that TR2 mRNA was confined to spermatocytes; TR4 and TR3 mRNAs were expressed in both spermatocytes and spermatids. The heat treatment did not change TR2 mRNA level but significantly reduced TR4 mRNA expression in spermatocytes on days 3 and 8 after the heat treatment. TR3 mRNA expression was affected by the heat treatment in a time-dependent manner, with the lowest level on day 30 after the heat shock. Low to moderate signal for p53 mRNA was detected in spermatocytes before treatment, which increased dramatically on days 3, 8, and 30 after the heat shock. The coincident expression of the testicular TR3 and p53 mRNA, spatially and time dependently, implied that the decrease in TR3 expression in the heat-treated testis might be closely related to the p53 signal pathway, whereas the temporal decrease in TR4 production in the testis at the early stage indicated that this orphan receptor might be also involved in germ cell apoptosis. The data suggest that TR3, TR4, and p53 could be important regulators of germ cell apoptosis induced by the heat treatment, whereas TR2 might not be a key regulator in this process.

     Key words: Heat shock, spermatogenesis, primate






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