Stra8基因的表达具有发育阶段性,且仅表达于减数分裂前的生殖细胞,它在生殖细胞的胞质和胞核中进行穿梭。视黄酸是维生素A的一种代谢产物。视黄酸可促进生殖细胞中Stra8基因的表达。维生素A缺乏小鼠精子发生停滞,生殖细胞退化,雄性小鼠不能生育。目前对于Stra8表达调控的研究主要集中在其与视黄酸相互作用的机制,但Stra8在精子发生中的分子调控机制尚未完全阐明。
Stimulated by retinoic acid gene 8 ( Stra8 ) gene expression developmental stage featured , which only expresses in reproductive cells before meiosis,and moves back and forth in the cytoplasm and nucleus of germ cells.Retinoic acid is a kind of metabolite of vitamin A.Retinoic acid can promote reproduc-tive cells Stra8 gene expression.Spermatogenesis stagnation, germ cell degeneration, male infertility are observed in vitamin A deficient mice.The research for Stra8 expression regulation is mainly focused on the mechanism of interaction with retinoic acid,while the molecular regulation mechanism of Stra8 in spermato-genesis has not been fully elucidated.