PUBLICATION
Zebrafish sperm outsource activation to eggs' protease-activated receptors
- Authors
- Fissore, R.A., Lopes, E.M., Carpentiero, F.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-250619-2
- Date
- 2025
- Source
- PLoS Biology 23: e3003214e3003214 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Keywords
- none
- MeSH Terms
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- Animals
- Calcium/metabolism
- Calcium Signaling
- Female
- Male
- Ovum*/metabolism
- Receptors, Proteinase-Activated*/metabolism
- Spermatozoa*/metabolism
- Spermatozoa*/physiology
- Zebrafish*/embryology
- Zebrafish*/metabolism
- Zebrafish Proteins/metabolism
- PubMed
- 40531842 Full text @ PLoS Biol.
Citation
Fissore, R.A., Lopes, E.M., Carpentiero, F. (2025) Zebrafish sperm outsource activation to eggs' protease-activated receptors. PLoS Biology. 23:e3003214e3003214.
Abstract
The calcium surge that starts embryogenesis varies across species and is elusive in many. A new study in PLOS Biology shows that zebrafish eggs self-activate, initiating a protease-activated receptor calcium wave and uncovering a novel pathway in egg activation.
Genes / Markers
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping