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Recombinant Proteins> | … Anti-EPPIN Q20E/S21C antibodies were kindly donated by Dr Michael O'Rand, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (USA) and anti-EPPIN gQ20E antibody was produced by Rheabiotech (Brazil) Anti-SVS2 and anti-SVS3 antibodies were produced by GenScript Inc … | Get A Quote |
EPPIN is a sperm-surface drug target for male contraception. Here we investigated EPPIN-interacting proteins in mouse spermatozoa. We showed that EPPIN is an androgen-dependent gene, expressed in the testis and epididymis, but also present in the vas deferens, seminal vesicle and adrenal gland. Mature spermatozoa presented EPPIN staining on the head and flagellum. Immunoprecipitation of EPPIN from spermatozoa pre-incubated with seminal vesicle fluid (SVF) followed by LC-MS/MS or Western blot revealed the co-immunoprecipitation of SVS2, SVS3A, SVS5 and SVS6. In silico and Far-Western blot approaches demonstrated that EPPIN binds SVS2 in a protein network with other SVS proteins. Immunofluorescence using spermato... More