Figure 8.
DNAH8 is present in sperm flagella of DNAH5-deficient individuals. A, IF analysis showing DNAH8 panaxonemal localization in human control sperm cells. B–D, same staining procedure shows that sperm flagella of DNAH5-mutant individuals present an unaltered DNAH8 localization along the entire flagellar length. This is consistent with the observed unaltered sperm ultrastructure of DNAH5-deficient individuals and the hypothesis that DNAH8, as a paralogue of DNAH5, developed a specific function in sperm flagella. Flagellar marker: acet. tubulin (acetylated alpha-tubulin). Nuclei (blue) were stained with DAPI. Scale bars represent 10 µm.
