Publication Date:
2000-01-15
Description:
CD9 is a widely expressed cell surface molecule that belongs to the tetraspanin superfamily of proteins. The tetraspanins CD9, KAI-1/CD82, and CD63 are involved in metastasis suppression, an effect that may be related to their association with beta1 integrins. Knockout mice lacking CD9 were created to evaluate the physiological importance of CD9. CD9-/- females displayed a severe reduction of fertility. Oocytes were ovulated but were not successfully fertilized because sperm did not fuse with the oocytes from CD9-/- females. Thus, CD9 appears to be essential for sperm-egg fusion, a process involving the CD9-associated integrin alpha6beta1.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Le Naour, F -- Rubinstein, E -- Jasmin, C -- Prenant, M -- Boucheix, C -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2000 Jan 14;287(5451):319-21.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale (INSERM), Unite 268, Hopital Paul-Brousse, 94800 Villejuif, France.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10634790" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Animals
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Antigens, CD/genetics/*physiology
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Antigens, CD9
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Crosses, Genetic
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Female
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Fertility
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Gene Targeting
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Heterozygote
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Infertility, Female/*physiopathology
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Integrin alpha6beta1
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Integrins/physiology
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Male
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Meiosis
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*Membrane Glycoproteins
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Mice
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Mice, Inbred C57BL
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Mice, Knockout
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Oocytes/cytology/immunology/*physiology
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Ovulation
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Sperm-Ovum Interactions/*physiology
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Superovulation
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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