Pronounced Postmating Response in the Drosophila Female Reproductive Tract Fluid Proteome.

ABSTRACT: Fertility depends on the progression of complex and coordinated postmating processes within the extracellular environment of the female reproductive tract (FRT). Molecular interactions between ejaculate and FRT proteins regulate many of these processes, including sperm motility, migration, storage, and modification, along with concurrent changes in the female. Although extensive progress has been made in the proteomic characterization of the male-derived components of sperm and seminal fluid, investigations into the FRT have remained more limited. To achieve a comparable level of knowledge regarding female-derived proteins that comprise the reproductive environment, we utilized semiquantitative MS-based proteomics to study the composition of the FRT tissue and, separately, the luminal flui

SUBMITTER: McDonough-Goldstein CE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9357439 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature