Yuchuan Zhou, Fei Wu, Man Zhang, Zuquan Xiong, Qianqian Yin, Yanfei Ru, Huijuan Shi, Jinsong Li, Shanhua Mao, Yanliang Li, Xinyi Cao, Renming Hu, Chong Wee Liew, Qiang Ding, Xuanchun Wang, Yonglian Zhang
Infertility is a severe public health problem worldwide that prevails up to 15% in reproductive-age couples, and male infertility accounts for half of total infertility. Studies on genetically modified animal models have identified lots of genes involved in the pathogenesis of male infertility. The underlying causes, however, remain largely unclear. In this study, we provide evidence that EMC10, one subunit of endoplasmic reticulum (ER) membrane protein complex (EMC), is required for male fertility. EMC10 is significantly decreased in spermatozoa from patients with asthenozoospermia and positively associated with human sperm motility...
April 6, 2018: Journal of Molecular Cell Biology