RT Journal T1 CHANGESINTHEEXPRESSIONOFADIPONECTINANDITSRECEPTORS(A DIPOR1 ANDADIPOR2)INSEXUALLYIMMATUREANDSEXUALLYMATURESHEEPTESTES A1 ManBai A1 LiminSun A1 JiaZhao A1 GuishanZhang A1 WeiMa A1 LujieXiang A1 JiarongLi A1 ChaoJia A1 andHuaizhiJiang. JF Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences JO JAPS SN 1018-7081 VO 28 IS 4 SP 989 OP 995 YR 2018 FD 2018/08/01 DO DOI NA AB 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 K1 adiponectin,AdipoR1,AdipoR2,sheep,testes,qRT-PCR,Western-blot PB Pakistan Agricultural Scientists Forum LK https://thejaps.org.pk/AbstractView.aspx?mid=2018-JAPS-405