Physiology
Researchers at Huazhong University of Science and Technology release new data on physiology
Published in Cardiovascular Business Week, August 4th, 2009
Fresh data on physiology are presented in the report 'Blockade of epithelial sodium channels improves sperm motility in asthenospermia patients.' "Epithelial Na(+) channels (ENaCs) are ion channels that play important roles in physiology as well as pathophysiology. Inhibiting ENaCs using amiloride and its derivatives has been suggested in treatment of cardiovascular disease and hypertension," scientists in Wuhan, People's Republic of China report.
"By immunoblotting, we demonstrated the presence of ENaC-alpha protein in the flagellar midpiece of both rat and human sperm. Immunohistochemistry analyses in rat testis localized ENaC-alpha expressed in the Leydig cell,...
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