Cobellis Gilda, Meccariello Rosaria, Chianese Rosanna, Chioccarelli Teresa, Fasano Silvia, Pierantoni Riccardo
Dipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale, Seconda Università di Napoli , Napoli , Italy.
Dipartimento di Scienze Motorie e del Benessere, Università di Napoli Parthenope , Napoli , Italy.
Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2016 Jun 3;7:47. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2016.00047. eCollection 2016.
Endocannabinoids control male reproduction acting at central and local level via cannabinoid receptors. The cannabinoid receptor CB1 has been characterized in the testis, in somatic and germ cells of mammalian and non-mammalian animal models, and its activity related to Leydig cell differentiation, steroidogenesis, spermiogenesis, sperm quality, and maturation. In this short review, we provide a summary of the insights concerning neuroendocrine CB1 activity in male reproduction focusing on adult Leydig cell ontogenesis and steroid biosynthesis.
内源性大麻素通过大麻素受体在中枢和局部水平调控雄性生殖。大麻素受体CB1已在睾丸、哺乳动物和非哺乳动物动物模型的体细胞及生殖细胞中得到表征,其活性与睾丸间质细胞分化、类固醇生成、精子发生、精子质量及成熟相关。在这篇简短的综述中,我们总结了关于雄性生殖中神经内分泌CB1活性的见解,重点关注成年睾丸间质细胞的发生及类固醇生物合成。