17 ManBai LiminSun JiaZhao GuishanZhang WeiMa LujieXiang JiarongLi ChaoJia andHuaizhiJiang. Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences JAPS 20182018/08/01 28 4 989-995 1018-7081 NA Recentevidenceshaveindicatedthatadiponectinanditsreceptorshaveaneffectonmalereproduction.Theobjectiveof thisstudywastodetecttheexpressionofadiponectin,AdipoR1andAdipoR2insexuallyimmatureandsexuallymature sheeptestesusingqRT-PCRandWesternblot.Theresultsshowedthatadiponectin,AdipoR1andAdipoR2wereall expressed insheep testes. The expressionof AdipoR1 and AdipoR2 mRNAs(p<0.05 and p<0.01) as wellas the expressionofAdipoR1andAdipoR2proteins(p<0.01andp<0.05)insexuallymaturetestesweresignificantlyhigher thanthatinsexuallyimmaturetestes.However,therewasnosignificantdifferenceintheexpressionof adiponectin mRNA(p>0.05)insexuallyimmatureandsexuallymaturetestes,theexpressionofadiponectinproteininsexually maturetesteswassignificantlyhigherthanthatinsexuallyimmaturetestes(p<0.01).Itisthefirsttimetocomparethe mRNAandproteinexpressionofadiponectinanditsreceptorsinsexuallyimmatureandsexuallymaturesheeptestes. and AdipoR2wereexpressedinhumanandratpituitary adiponectin,AdipoR1,AdipoR2,sheep,testes,qRT-PCR,Western-blot Pakistan Agricultural Scientists Forum https://thejaps.org.pk/AbstractView.aspx?mid=2018-JAPS-405