ra0003p056 | (1) | SRF2016
Nomikos Michail
, Stamatiadis Panagiotis
, Sanders Jessica
, Calver Brian Lewis
, Lofty Morgan
, Buntwal Luke
, Swann Karl
, Lai Francis Anthony
Introduction: Sperm-specific phospholipase C zeta (PLCĪ¶) is widely considered to be the physiological stimulus that evokes intracellular calcium (Ca2+) oscillations that are essential for the initiation of egg activation and early embryonic development during mammalian fertilization. Sperm-delivered PLCĪ¶ hydrolyses phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PIP2) stores within the ooplasm, triggering Ca2+ oscillations through the inositol...