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. 2021 Aug 3;12:89. doi: 10.1186/s40104-021-00613-y

Fig. 8.

Fig. 8

TLR7/8 signalling mechanisms affect ATP production in X-sperm and Y-sperm of goat, respectively. In Y-sperm, mitochondrial and glycolytic ATP production occur regardless of the presence of R848. Thus, Y-sperm showed normal high-speed motility. In X-sperm, the activation of TLR7/8 localised in the sperm tail via phosphorylated NFκB and GSK3α/β, and via a PI3K/AKT-independent mechanism. Then suppressed the activity of hexokinase. As a result, ATP production in X-sperm was decreased under R848 condition. Thus, only X-sperm showed low-speed motility under R848 condition