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Yokokawa R, Watanabe K, Kanda S, Nishino Y, Yasumasu S, Sano K. Egg envelope formation of medaka Oryzias latipes requires ZP proteins originating from both the liver and ovary. J Biol Chem 2023; 299:104600. [PMID: 36906145 PMCID: PMC10140178 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2023.104600] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2022] [Revised: 02/24/2023] [Accepted: 02/25/2023] [Indexed: 03/12/2023] Open
Abstract
Teleost oocytes are surrounded by a structure, called chorion or egg envelopes, which is composed of zona pellucida (ZP) proteins. As a result of the gene duplication in teleost, the expression site of the zp genes, coding the major component protein of egg envelopes, changed from the ovary to the maternal liver. In Euteleostei, there are three liver-expressed zp genes, named choriogenin (chg) h, chg hm, and chg l, and the composition of the egg envelope is mostly made up of these Chgs. In addition, ovary-expressed zp genes are also conserved in the medaka genomes, and their proteins have also been found to be minor components of the egg envelopes. However, the specific role of liver-expressed versus ovary-expressed zp genes was unclear. In the present study, we showed that ovary-synthesized ZP proteins first form the base layer of the egg envelope, and then Chgs polymerize inwardly to thicken the egg envelope. To analyze the effects of dysfunction of the chg gene, we generated some chg knockout medaka. All knockout females failed to produce normally fertilized eggs by the natural spawning. The egg envelopes lacking Chgs were significantly thinner, but layers formed by ZP proteins synthesized in the ovary were found in the thin egg envelope of knockout as well as wild-type eggs. These results suggest that the ovary-expressed zp gene is well conserved in all teleosts, including those species in which liver-derived ZP proteins are the major component, because it is essential for the initiation of egg envelope formation.
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- Reo Yokokawa
- Department of Materials Science, Graduate School of Science, Josai University, Sakado, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Josai University, Sakado, Japan
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- Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Japan
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- Department of Materials and Lifesciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Materials and Lifesciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan.
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- Department of Materials Science, Graduate School of Science, Josai University, Sakado, Japan; Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Josai University, Sakado, Japan.
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Sano K, Shimada S, Mibu H, Taguchi M, Ohsawa T, Kawaguchi M, Yasumasu S. Lineage-specific evolution of zona pellucida genes in fish. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL ZOOLOGY. PART B, MOLECULAR AND DEVELOPMENTAL EVOLUTION 2022; 338:181-191. [PMID: 35189032 DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.23122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2021] [Revised: 01/25/2022] [Accepted: 02/03/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The zona pellucida (ZP) protein constitutes the egg envelope, which surrounds the vertebrate embryo. We performed a comprehensive study on the molecular evolution of ZP genes in Teleostei by cloning and analyzing the expression of ZP genes in fish of Anguilliformes in Elopomorpha, Osteoglossiformes in Osteoglossomorpha, and Clupeiformes in Otocephala to cover unsurveyed fish groups in Teleostei. The present results confirmed findings from our previous reports that the principal organ of ZP gene expression changed from ovary to liver in the common ancestors of Clupeocephala. Even fish species that synthesize egg envelopes in the liver carry the ovary-expressed ZP proteins as minor egg envelope components that were produced by gene duplication during the early stage of Teleostei evolution. The amino acid repeat sequences located at the N-terminal region of ZP proteins are known to be the substrates of transglutaminase responsible for egg envelope hardening and hatching. A repeat sequence was found in zona pellucida Cs of phylogenetically early diverged fish. After changing the synthesis organ, its role is inherited by the N-terminal Pro-Gln-Xaa repeat sequence in liver-expressed zona pellucida B genes of Clupeocephala. These results suggest that teleost ZP genes have independently evolved to maintain fish-specific functions, such as egg envelope hardening and egg envelope digestion, at hatching.
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- Kaori Sano
- Deparatment of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Josai University, Sakado, Saitama, Japan
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- Deparatment of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Josai University, Sakado, Saitama, Japan
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- Deparatment of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Josai University, Sakado, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Biology, Research and Education Center for Natural Sciences, Keio University, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Materials and Life Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, Sophia University, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Materials and Life Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, Sophia University, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Materials and Life Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, Sophia University, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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Słowińska M, Paukszto Ł, Pardyak L, Jastrzębski JP, Liszewska E, Wiśniewska J, Kozłowski K, Jankowski J, Bilińska B, Ciereszko A. Transcriptome and Proteome Analysis Revealed Key Pathways Regulating Final Stage of Oocyte Maturation of the Turkey ( Meleagris gallopavo). Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms221910589. [PMID: 34638931 PMCID: PMC8508634 DOI: 10.3390/ijms221910589] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2021] [Revised: 09/22/2021] [Accepted: 09/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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In birds, the zona pellucida (ZP) matrix that surrounds the ovulated oocyte—called the inner perivitelline layer—is involved in sperm–zona interaction and successful fertilization. To identify the important genes and proteins connected with the final step of egg development, next-generation sequencing and two-dimensional electrophoresis, combined with mass spectrometry, were used for the analysis of mature oocytes at the F1 developmental stage. A total of 8161 genes and 228 proteins were annotated. Six subfamilies of genes, with codes ZP, ZP1–4, ZPD, and ZPAX, were identified, with the dominant expression of ZPD. The main expression site for ZP1 was the liver; however, granulosa cells may also participate in local ZP1 secretion. A ubiquitination system was identified in mature oocytes, where ZP1 was found to be the main ubiquitinated protein. Analysis of transcripts classified in estrogen receptor (ESR) signaling indicated the presence of ESR1 and ESR2, as well as a set of estrogen-dependent genes involved in both genomic and nongenomic mechanisms for the regulation of gene expression by estrogen. Oxidative phosphorylation was found to be a possible source of adenosine triphosphate, and the nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 signaling pathway could be involved in the response against oxidative stress. Oocyte–granulosa cell communication by tight, adherens, and gap junctions seems to be essential for the final step of oocyte maturation.
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- Mariola Słowińska
- Department of Gamete and Embryo Biology, Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research, Polish Academy of Sciences in Olsztyn, 10-748 Olsztyn, Poland; (E.L.); (A.C.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +48-89-539-3173
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- Department of Plant Physiology, Genetics and Biotechnology, Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, 10-719 Olsztyn, Poland; (Ł.P.); (J.P.J.)
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- Center of Experimental and Innovative Medicine, University of Agriculture in Krakow, 30-248 Kraków, Poland;
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- Department of Plant Physiology, Genetics and Biotechnology, Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, 10-719 Olsztyn, Poland; (Ł.P.); (J.P.J.)
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- Department of Gamete and Embryo Biology, Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research, Polish Academy of Sciences in Olsztyn, 10-748 Olsztyn, Poland; (E.L.); (A.C.)
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- Department of Biological Function of Food, Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research, Polish Academy of Sciences in Olsztyn, 10-748 Olsztyn, Poland;
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- Department of Poultry Science, Faculty of Animal Bioengineering, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, 10-719 Olsztyn, Poland; (K.K.); (J.J.)
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- Department of Poultry Science, Faculty of Animal Bioengineering, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, 10-719 Olsztyn, Poland; (K.K.); (J.J.)
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- Department of Endocrinology, Institute of Zoology, Jagiellonian University, 30-387 Kraków, Poland;
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- Department of Gamete and Embryo Biology, Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research, Polish Academy of Sciences in Olsztyn, 10-748 Olsztyn, Poland; (E.L.); (A.C.)
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Fahrenkamp E, Algarra B, Jovine L. Mammalian egg coat modifications and the block to polyspermy. Mol Reprod Dev 2020; 87:326-340. [PMID: 32003503 PMCID: PMC7155028 DOI: 10.1002/mrd.23320] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2019] [Accepted: 12/16/2019] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Fertilization by more than one sperm causes polyploidy, a condition that is generally lethal to the embryo in the majority of animal species. To prevent this occurrence, eggs have developed a series of mechanisms that block polyspermy at the level of the plasma membrane or their extracellular coat. In this review, we first introduce the mammalian egg coat, the zona pellucida (ZP), and summarize what is currently known about its composition, structure, and biological functions. We then describe how this specialized extracellular matrix is modified by the contents of cortical granules (CG), secretory organelles that are exocytosed by the egg after gamete fusion. This process releases proteases, glycosidases, lectins and zinc onto the ZP, resulting in a series of changes in the properties of the egg coat that are collectively referred to as hardening. By drawing parallels with comparable modifications of the vitelline envelope of nonmammalian eggs, we discuss how CG‐dependent modifications of the ZP are thought to contribute to the block to polyspermy. Moreover, we argue for the importance of obtaining more information on the architecture of the ZP, as well as systematically investigating the many facets of ZP hardening.
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- Eileen Fahrenkamp
- Department of Biosciences and Nutrition & Center for Innovative Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden
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- Department of Biosciences and Nutrition & Center for Innovative Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden
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- Department of Biosciences and Nutrition & Center for Innovative Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden
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All animal oocytes are surrounded by a glycoproteinaceous egg coat, a specialized extracellular matrix that serves both structural and species-specific roles during fertilization. Egg coat glycoproteins polymerize into the extracellular matrix of the egg coat using a conserved protein-protein interaction module-the zona pellucida (ZP) domain-common to both vertebrates and invertebrates, suggesting that the basic structural features of egg coats have been conserved across hundreds of millions of years of evolution. Egg coat proteins, as with other proteins involved in reproduction, are frequently found to be rapidly evolving. Given that gamete compatibility must be maintained for the fitness of sexually reproducing organisms, this finding is somewhat paradoxical and suggests a role for adaptive diversification in reproductive protein evolution. Here we review the structure and function of metazoan egg coat proteins, with an emphasis on the potential role their evolution has played in the creation and maintenance of species boundaries.
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- Emily E Killingbeck
- Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States.
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- Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States.
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An ovulated egg of vertebrates is surrounded by unique extracellular matrix, the egg coat or zona pellucida, playing important roles in fertilization and early development. The vertebrate egg coat is composed of two to six zona pellucida (ZP) glycoproteins that are characterized by the evolutionarily conserved ZP-domain module and classified into six subfamilies based on phylogenetic analyses. Interestingly, investigations of biochemical and functional features of the ZP glycoproteins show that the roles of each ZP-glycoprotein family member in the egg-coat formation and the egg-sperm interactions seemingly vary across vertebrates. This might be one reason why comprehensive understandings of the molecular basis of either architecture or physiological functions of egg coat still remain elusive despite more than 3 decades of intensive investigations. In this chapter, an overview of avian egg focusing on the oogenesis are provided in the first section, and unique features of avian egg coat, i.e., perivitelline layer, including the morphology, biogenesis pathway, and physiological functions are discussed mainly on chicken and quail in terms of the characteristics of ZP glycoproteins in the following sections. In addition, these features of avian egg coat are compared to mammalian zona pellucida, from the viewpoint that the structural and functional varieties of ZP glycoproteins might be associated with the evolutionary adaptation to their reproductive strategies. By comparing the egg coat of birds and mammals whose reproductive strategies are largely different, new insights into the molecular mechanisms of vertebrate egg-sperm interactions might be provided.
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- Hiroki Okumura
- Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, Meijo University, Nagoya, Japan.
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Wu T, Cheng Y, Liu Z, Tao W, Zheng S, Wang D. Bioinformatic analyses of zona pellucida genes in vertebrates and their expression in Nile tilapia. FISH PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY 2018; 44:435-449. [PMID: 29307115 DOI: 10.1007/s10695-017-0434-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2017] [Accepted: 10/17/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Zona pellucida (ZP) genes encode ZP glycoproteins which constitute the coat surrounding oocytes and early embryos. Genome-wide identification of ZP genes is still lacking in vertebrates, especially in fish species. Herein, we conducted bioinformatic analyses of the ZP genes of the Nile tilapia and other vertebrates. Totally 16, 9, 17, 27, 21, 20, 26, 19, 14,11, 24, 17, 9, 18, 8, 11, 9, 8, 5, and 4 ZP genes belonging to 5 subfamilies (ZPA, ZPB, ZPC, ZPD, and ZPAX) were found in the sea lamprey, elephant shark, coelacanth, spotted gar, zebrafish, medaka, stickleback, Nile tilapia, Amazon molly, platyfish, seahorse, Northern snakehead, cavefish, tetraodon, clawed frog, turtle, chicken, platypus, kangaroo rat, and human genomes, respectively. The expansion of ZP genes in basal vertebrates was mainly achieved by gene duplication of ZPB, ZPC, and ZPAX subfamilies, while the shrink of ZP gene number in viviparous mammals was achieved by keeping only one copy of the ZP genes in each subfamily or even secondary loss of some subfamilies. The number of ZP gene is related to the environment where the eggs are fertilized and the embryos develop in vertebrates. Transcriptomic analysis showed that 14 ZP genes were expressed in the ovary of Nile tilapia, while two (ZPB2b and ZPC2) were highly expressed in the liver. On the other hand, ZPB1a and ZPB2c were not found to be expressed in any tissue or at any developmental stage of the gonads examined. In the ovary, the expression of ZP genes started from 30 dah (days after hatching), significantly upregulated at 90 dah and maintained this level at 180 dah. The expression of ZPC2 in the liver and ZPC5-2 and ZPAX1 in the ovary was confirmed by in situ hybridization. The ovary- and liver-expressed ZP genes are expressed coordinately with oocyte growth in tilapia.
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- Tianli Wu
- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Fish Reproduction and Development (Ministry of Education), Key Laboratory of Aquatic Science of Chongqing, School of Life Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, China
- Fisheries College, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, Guangdong, 524025, China
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- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Fish Reproduction and Development (Ministry of Education), Key Laboratory of Aquatic Science of Chongqing, School of Life Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, China
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- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Fish Reproduction and Development (Ministry of Education), Key Laboratory of Aquatic Science of Chongqing, School of Life Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, China
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- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Fish Reproduction and Development (Ministry of Education), Key Laboratory of Aquatic Science of Chongqing, School of Life Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, China
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- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Fish Reproduction and Development (Ministry of Education), Key Laboratory of Aquatic Science of Chongqing, School of Life Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, China
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- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Fish Reproduction and Development (Ministry of Education), Key Laboratory of Aquatic Science of Chongqing, School of Life Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, China.
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Nagasawa T, Kawaguchi M, Sano K, Yasumasu S. Sturgeon hatching enzyme and the mechanism of egg envelope digestion: Insight into changes in the mechanism of egg envelope digestion during the evolution of ray-finned fish. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL ZOOLOGY PART B-MOLECULAR AND DEVELOPMENTAL EVOLUTION 2015; 324:720-32. [DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.22660] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2015] [Accepted: 10/13/2015] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- Tatsuki Nagasawa
- Department of Materials and Life Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, Sophia University, 7-1 Kioi-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; Japan
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- Department of Materials and Life Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, Sophia University, 7-1 Kioi-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Josai University, 1-1 Keyakidai, Sakado, Saitama; Japan
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- Department of Materials and Life Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, Sophia University, 7-1 Kioi-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; Japan
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Okumura H, Sato T, Sakuma R, Fukushima H, Matsuda T, Ujita M. Identification of distinctive interdomain interactions among ZP-N, ZP-C and other domains of zona pellucida glycoproteins underlying association of chicken egg-coat matrix. FEBS Open Bio 2015; 5:454-65. [PMID: 26106520 PMCID: PMC4475693 DOI: 10.1016/j.fob.2015.05.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2015] [Revised: 05/15/2015] [Accepted: 05/22/2015] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Chicken ZP1 and ZP3 assemble through strong interactions between their ZP-C domains. ZP-C domains of chicken ZP1 and ZP3 are deeply embedded in the egg-coat matrix. Chicken ZP1 forms a homocomplex through non-covalent interaction between repeat domains. Chicken ZPD is deposited on the interstices of ZP1–ZP3 matrix in the egg coat. We propose a model for the architecture of chicken egg-coat matrix from these results.
The vertebrate egg coat, including mammalian zona pellucida, is an oocyte-specific extracellular matrix comprising two to six zona pellucida (ZP) glycoproteins. The egg coat plays important roles in fertilization, especially in species-specific interactions with sperm to induce the sperm acrosome reaction and to form the block to polyspermy. It is suggested that the physiological functions of the egg coat are mediated and/or regulated coordinately by peptide and carbohydrate moieties of the ZP glycoproteins that are spatially arranged in the egg coat, whereas a comprehensive understanding of the architecture of vertebrate egg-coat matrix remains elusive. Here, we deduced the orientations and/or distributions of chicken ZP glycoproteins, ZP1, ZP3 and ZPD, in the egg-coat matrix by confocal immunofluorescent microscopy, and in the ZP1–ZP3 complexes generated in vitro by co-immunoprecipitation assays. We further confirmed interdomain interactions of the ZP glycoproteins by far-Western blot analyses of the egg-coat proteins and pull-down assays of ZP1 in the serum, using recombinant domains of ZP glycoproteins as probes. Our results suggest that the ZP1 and ZP3 bind through their ZP-C domains to form the ZP1–ZP3 complexes and fibrils, which are assembled into bundles through interactions between the repeat domains of ZP1 to form the ZP1–ZP3 matrix, and that the ZPD molecules self-associate and bind to the ZP1–ZP3 matrix through its ZP-N and ZP-C domains to form the egg-coat matrix. Based on these results, we propose a tentative model for the architecture of the chicken egg-coat matrix that might be applicable to other vertebrate ones.
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Key Words
- CBB, Coomassie Brilliant Blue
- DIC, differential interference contrast
- DTT, dithiothreitol
- EGF, epidermal growth factor
- EHP, external hydrophobic patch
- Egg coat
- Extracellular matrix
- Fertilization
- His6, hexahistidine
- IHP, internal hydrophobic patch
- Interdomain interaction
- MBP, maltose binding protein
- RT, room temperature
- TGFR, transforming growth factor-β receptor
- THP, Tamm–Horsfall protein
- Trx, thioredoxin
- ZP, zona pellucida
- Zona pellucida
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- Hiroki Okumura
- Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Agriculture, Meijo University, Nagoya 468-8502, Japan
- Corresponding author. Tel.: +81 52 838 2451; fax: +81 52 833 5524.
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- Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Agriculture, Meijo University, Nagoya 468-8502, Japan
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- Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Agriculture, Meijo University, Nagoya 468-8502, Japan
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- Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Agriculture, Meijo University, Nagoya 468-8502, Japan
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- Department of Applied Molecular Biosciences, Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan
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- Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Agriculture, Meijo University, Nagoya 468-8502, Japan
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Murata K, Conte FS, McInnis E, Fong TH, Cherr GN. Identification of the origin and localization of chorion (egg envelope) proteins in an ancient fish, the white sturgeon, Acipenser transmontanus. Biol Reprod 2014; 90:132. [PMID: 24804966 DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.113.116194] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022] Open
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In many modern teleost fish, chorion (egg envelope) glycoproteins are synthesized in the liver of females, and the expression of those genes is controlled by endogenous estrogen released from the ovary during maturation. However, among the classical teleosts, such as salmonid, carp, and zebrafish, the chorion glycoproteins are synthesized in the oocyte, as in higher vertebrates. Sturgeon, which are members of the subclass Chondrostei, represent an ancient lineage of ray-finned fishes that differ from other teleosts in that their sperm possess acrosomes, their eggs have numerous micropyles, and early embryo development is similar to that of amphibians. In order to understand the molecular mechanisms of chorion formation and the phylogenetic relationship between sturgeon and other teleosts, we used specific antibodies directed against the primary components of sturgeon chorion glycoproteins, using immunoblotting and immunocytochemistry approaches. The origin of each chorion glycoprotein was determined through analyses of both liver and ovary, and their localization during ovarian development was investigated. Our data indicate that the origin of the major chorion glycoproteins of sturgeon, ChG1, ChG2, and ChG4, derive not only from the oocyte itself but also from follicle cells in the ovary, as well as from hepatocytes. In the follicle cell layer, granulosa cells were found to be the primary source of ChGs during oogenesis in white sturgeon. The unique origins of chorion glycoproteins in sturgeon suggest that sturgeons are an intermediate form in the evolution of the teleost lineage.
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- Kenji Murata
- Center for Health and the Environment, University of California, Davis, California
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- Department of Animal Science, University of California, Davis, California
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- Department of Animal Science, University of California, Davis, California
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- Department of Animal Science, University of California, Davis, California
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- Bodega Marine Laboratory, University of California, Davis, Bodega Bay, California Departments of Environmental Toxicology and Nutrition, University of California, Davis, California
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Baek KH, Lee H, Yang S, Lim SB, Lee W, Lee JE, Lim JJ, Jun K, Lee DR, Chung Y. Embryonic demise caused by targeted disruption of a cysteine protease Dub-2. PLoS One 2012; 7:e44223. [PMID: 22984479 PMCID: PMC3440420 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0044223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2012] [Accepted: 08/03/2012] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Background A plethora of biological metabolisms are regulated by the mechanisms of ubiquitination, wherein this process is balanced with the action of deubiquitination system. Dub-2 is an IL-2-inducible, immediate-early gene that encodes a deubiquitinating enzyme with growth regulatory activity. DUB-2 presumably removes ubiquitin from ubiquitin-conjugated target proteins regulating ubiquitin-mediated proteolysis, but its specific target proteins are unknown yet. Methodology/Principal Findings To elucidate the functional role of Dub-2, we generated genetically modified mice by introducing neo cassette into the second exon of Dub-2 and then homologous recombination was done to completely abrogate the activity of DUB-2 proteins. We generated Dub-2+/− heterozygous mice showing a normal phenotype and are fertile, whereas new born mouse of Dub-2−/− homozygous alleles could not survive. In addition, Dub-2−/− embryo could not be seen between E6.5 and E12.5 stages. Furthermore, the number of embryos showing normal embryonic development for further stages is decreased in heterozygotes. Even embryonic stem cells from inner cell mass of Dub-2−/− embryos could not be established. Conclusions Our study suggests that the targeted disruption of Dub-2 may cause embryonic lethality during early gestation, possibly due to the failure of cell proliferation during hatching process.
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- Kwang-Hyun Baek
- Department of Biomedical Science, CHA Stem Cell Institute, CHA University, CHA General Hospital, Gyeonggi-Do, Republic of Korea.
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Chen X, Li VWT, Yu RMK, Cheng SH. Choriogenin mRNA as a sensitive molecular biomarker for estrogenic chemicals in developing brackish medaka (Oryzias melastigma). ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2008; 71:200-208. [PMID: 18048097 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2007.10.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2007] [Revised: 09/12/2007] [Accepted: 10/03/2007] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Teleost choriogenins, precursors of the inner layer subunits of the egg envelope, are regarded as sensitive biomarkers for estrogenic pollutants. In this study, two full-length cDNAs, omChgH and omChgL, which encode the choriogenin H and L forms, respectively, were isolated from a brackish medaka, Oryzias melastigma. 17beta-Estradiol (E2; 10 microg/L)-dependent expression of omChgH and omChgL was observed starting at embryonic stage 34 and restricted exclusively to the liver. In hatchlings, E2 induction of omChgH was stronger than that of omChgL. Static exposure of adult fish to E2 (0, 1, 10, 100, and 500 ng/L), 17alpha-ethinylestradiol (EE2; 0, 1, 10, 100 and 500 ng/L), 4-nonylphenol (NP; 0, 1, 10, 100, and 200 microg/L), and bisphenol A (BPA; 0, 1, 10, 100, and 200 microg/L) in artificial seawater for 7 days resulted in dose-dependent induction of both genes in the liver. In the male livers, the sensitivity of omChgH to these estrogenic compounds was higher than that of omChgL; the lowest-observed-effect concentrations (LOECs) of E2, EE2, NP, and BPA on omChgH were 10 ng/L, 10 ng/L, 100 microg/L and 100 microg/L, respectively, and on omChgL were 100 ng/L, 100 ng/L, 100 microg/L, and 200 microg/L, respectively. All these suggest that omChgH can be used as a highly sensitive biomarker for monitoring estrogenic chemicals in the marine environment.
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- Xueping Chen
- Department of Biology and Chemistry, Centre for Marine Environmental Research and Innovative Technology, City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, PR China.
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Kubo H, Kotani M, Yamamoto Y, Hazato T. Involvement of sperm proteases in the binding of sperm to the vitelline envelope in Xenopus laevis. Zoolog Sci 2008; 25:80-7. [PMID: 18275249 DOI: 10.2108/zsj.25.80] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2006] [Accepted: 08/30/2007] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Sperm binding to the vitelline envelope in dejellied Xenopus laevis eggs was effectively inhibited by inhibitors for trypsin (soybean trypsin inhibitor and p-toluenesulfonyl-L-lysine chloroethyl ketone) and aminopeptidase B (o-phenanthroline, bestatin, and arphamenine B). Likewise, synthetic 4-methylcoumaryl-7-amide (MCA) substrates (t-butoxycarbonyl-GlyArgArg-MCA, benzyloxycarbonyl-ArgArg-MCA, and Arg-MCA) inhibited binding. Consistently, when jellied eggs were inseminated in the presence of these substrates or inhibitors for proteases, fertilization was effectively blocked. The medium in which live sperm or the sperm membrane fraction were suspended exhibited hydrolyzing activities against the synthetic substrates mentioned above, and these activities were effectively inhibited by the protease inhibitors. Ultracentrifugal fractionation of the sperm suspension following induction of the acrosome reaction by a calcium ionophore, A23187, indicated that a considerable amount of the total tryptic and aminopeptidase B activity was released into the medium. On this occasion, part of the tryptic and aminopeptidase B activity was definitely estimated to be discharged in association with a vesiculated membrane, supporting the notion that the proteases involved in binding to the vitelline envelope are present on the sperm plasma membrane.
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- Hideo Kubo
- Department of Medical Biology, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Honkomagome, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8613, Japan.
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Hughes DC. ZP genes in avian species illustrate the dynamic evolution of the vertebrate egg envelope. Cytogenet Genome Res 2007; 117:86-91. [PMID: 17675848 DOI: 10.1159/000103168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2006] [Accepted: 10/20/2006] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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The vertebrate egg envelope is composed of a set of related proteins, encoded by the ZP genes. The apparent simplicity of the egg envelope is in contrast to the number of ZP genes identified by conventional cloning and data mining of genome sequences from a number of vertebrates. The vertebrate ZP genes fall into five classes, ZP1, ZP2, ZP3, ZPD and ZPAX. Analysis of chicken genome and EST sequence data has revealed the presence of seven distinct ZP genes, falling into these classes that are expressed in the female reproductive system. Comparison with the repertoire of ZP genes in other vertebrates suggests a major source of diversity in the composition of the egg envelope is a continual process of amplification, diversification and attrition of ZP gene sequences.
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- D C Hughes
- School of Biomedical & Natural Sciences, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, UK.
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Callebaut I, Mornon JP, Monget P. Isolated ZP-N domains constitute the N-terminal extensions of Zona Pellucida proteins. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007; 23:1871-4. [PMID: 17510169 DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btm265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Zona Pellucida (ZP) domains have been found in a wide variety of extracellular proteins, in which they play essential role for polymerization. They are shared by the ZP proteins, which constitute the extracellular coat of animal eggs. Except from ZP3, constituting the primary sperm receptor, the ZP proteins possess, in addition to their C-terminal ZP domains, N-terminal extensions, which are thought to play an important role in the species-specific gamete recognition. Here, we show that these extensions are made of single or multiple copies of a small globular domain, which can be significantly related to the N-terminal region of ZP domains (ZP-N domains). This finding brings new insights into the molecular evolution of ZP proteins, which may have evolved around a common ZP-N architecture, and more generally into the noticeable sequence diversity of ZP-N domains, which can be found as isolated subunits or tightly associated with ZP-C domains to form complete, canonical ZP domains.
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- Isabelle Callebaut
- Département de Biologie Structurale, IMPMC UMR 7590, Universités Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris6, Paris, France.
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Barisone GA, Krapf D, Correa-Fiz F, Arranz SE, Cabada MO. Glycoproteins of the vitelline envelope of Amphibian oocyte: Biological and molecular characterization of ZPC component (gp41) inBufo arenarum. Mol Reprod Dev 2007; 74:629-40. [PMID: 17034049 DOI: 10.1002/mrd.20635] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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The vitelline envelope (VE) participates in sperm-egg interactions during the first steps of fertilization. In Bufo arenarum, this envelope is composed of at least four glycoproteins, with molecular masses of 120, 75, 41, and 38 kDa and molar ratio of 1:1.3:7.4:4.8, respectively. These components were isolated and covalently coupled to silanized glass slides in order to study their sperm-binding capacity. When considering the molar ratio of the glycoproteins in the egg-envelope and assuming that each protein is monovalent for sperm, the assay showed that gp41 and gp38 possess 55 and 25% of total sperm-binding activity. We obtained a full-length cDNA of gp41 (ZPC), comprising a sequence for 486 amino acids, with 43.3% homology with Xenopus laevis ZPC. As in the case of mammalian ZP3 and Xenopus ZPC, Bufo ZPC presented a furin-like (convertase) and a C-terminal transmembrane domain (TMD) reflecting common biosynthetic and secretory pathways. As it was reported for some fishes, we obtained evidence that suggests the presence of more than one zpc gene in Bufo genome, based on different partial cDNA sequences of zpc, Southern blots and two-dimensional SDS-PAGE of deglycosylated egg-envelope components. As far as we are aware, this is the first observation of the presence of different zpc genes in an Amphibian species.
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- Gustavo A Barisone
- División Biología del Desarrollo, Instituto de Biología Celular y Molecular de Rosario (CONICET-UNR) and Area Biología, Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Argentina
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Sasanami T, Ohtsuki M, Ishiguro T, Matsushima K, Hiyama G, Kansaku N, Doi Y, Mori M. Zona Pellucida Domain of ZPB1 controls specific binding of ZPB1 and ZPC in Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica). Cells Tissues Organs 2006; 183:41-52. [PMID: 16974094 DOI: 10.1159/000094905] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2006] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The extracellular matrix surrounding avian oocytes, referred to as the perivitelline membrane (PL), exhibits a three-dimensional network of fibrils between granulosa cells and the oocyte. We previously reported that one of its components, ZPC, is synthesized in granulosa cells that are specifically incorporated into the PL; this incorporation might be mediated by a specific interaction with ZPB1, another PL constituent, which is synthesized in the liver. In order to extend our previous findings, we established an expression system for quail ZPB1 using a mammalian cell line, and several ZPB1 mutants lacking the zona pellucida (ZP) domain or the glutamine-rich repeat region were produced. Western blot analysis of the immunoprecipitated materials with anti-ZPC antiserum indicated that ZPB1 was coimmunoprecipitated with the antiserum in the presence of ZPC. Ligand blotting also revealed the specific binding of ZPC and ZPB1 and indicated that the binding of these two components might be mediated via an ionic interaction. An analysis using recombinant ZPB1 demonstrated that the ZPB1 lacking the ZP domain did not bind to ZPC, whereas the mutant missing the glutamine-rich repeat region retained its capacity for binding. Furthermore, although the ZPB1 lacking the N-terminal half of the ZP domain was able to bind to ZPC, the deletion of the C-terminal half completely abolished ZPB1 binding to ZPC. These results suggested that the C-terminal half of the ZP domain of ZPB1 contains a binding site for ZPC, and that it appears to be involved in insoluble PL fibril formation in the quail ovary.
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- Tomohiro Sasanami
- Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, Shizuoka University, Shizuoka, Japan.
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Modig C, Modesto T, Canario A, Cerdà J, von Hofsten J, Olsson PE. Molecular Characterization and Expression Pattern of Zona Pellucida Proteins in Gilthead Seabream (Sparus aurata)1. Biol Reprod 2006; 75:717-25. [PMID: 16855211 DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.106.050757] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022] Open
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The developing oocyte is surrounded by an acellular envelope that is composed of 2-4 isoforms of zona pellucida (ZP) proteins. The ZP proteins comprise the ZP1, ZP2, ZP3, and ZPX isoforms. While ZP1 (ZPB) and ZP3 (ZPC) are present in all species, ZP2 (ZPA) is not found in teleost fish and ZPX is not found in mammals. In the present study, we identify and characterize the ZP1, ZP3 and ZPX isoforms of gilthead seabream. Furthermore, by analyzing the conserved domains, which include the external hydrophobic patch and the internal hydrophobic patch, we show that ZP2 and ZPX are closely related isoforms. ZP proteins are synthesized in either the liver or ovary of most teleosts. Only in rainbow trout has it been shown that zp3 has dual transcription sites. In gilthead seabream, all four mRNA isoforms are transcribed in both the liver and ovary, with zp1a, zp1b, and zp3 being highly expressed in the liver, and zpx being primarily expressed in the ovary. However, determination of the ZP proteins in plasma showed high levels of ZP1b, ZP3, and ZPX, with low or non-detectable levels of ZP1a. In similarity to other teleost ZPs, the hepatic transcription of all four ZP isoforms is under estrogenic control. Previously, we have shown that cortisol can potentiate estrogen-induced ZP synthesis in salmonids, and now we show that this is not the case in the gilthead seabream. The present study shows for the first time the endocrine regulation of a teleost ZPX isoform, and demonstrates the dual-organ transcriptional activities of all the ZP proteins in one species.
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- Carina Modig
- Orebro Life Science Center, Department of Natural Science, Orebro University, SE-70182 Orebro, Sweden
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Kawaguchi M, Yasumasu S, Hiroi J, Naruse K, Inoue M, Iuchi I. Evolution of teleostean hatching enzyme genes and their paralogous genes. Dev Genes Evol 2006; 216:769-84. [PMID: 17016731 DOI: 10.1007/s00427-006-0104-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2006] [Accepted: 07/14/2006] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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We isolated genes for hatching enzymes and their paralogs having two cysteine residues at their N-terminal regions in addition to four cysteines conserved in all the astacin family proteases. Genes for such six-cysteine-containing astacin proteases (C6AST) were searched out in the medaka genome database. Five genes for MC6AST1 to 5 were found in addition to embryo-specific hatching enzyme genes. RT-PCR and whole-mount in situ hybridization evidenced that MC6AST1 was expressed in embryos and epidermis of almost all adult tissues examined, while MC6AST2 and 3 were in mesenterium, intestine, and testis. MC6AST4 and 5 were specifically expressed in jaw. In addition, we cloned C6AST cDNA homologs from zebrafish, ayu, and fugu. The MC6AST1 to 5 genes were classified into three groups in the phylogenetic positions, and the expression patterns and hatching enzymes were clearly discriminated from other C6ASTs. Analysis of the exon-intron structures clarified that genes for hatching enzymes MHCE and MAHCE were intron-less, while other MC6AST genes were basically the same as the gene for another hatching enzyme MLCE. In the basal Teleost, the C6AST genes having the ancestral exon-intron structure (nine exon/eight intron structure) first appeared by duplication and chromosomal translocation. Thereafter, maintaining such ancestral exon-intron structure, the LCE gene was newly diversified in Euteleostei, and the MC6AST1 to 5 gene orthologs were duplicated and diversified independently in respective fish lineages. The HCE gene lost all introns in Euteleostei, whereas in the lineage to zebrafish, it was translocated from chromosome to chromosome and lost some of its introns.
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- Mari Kawaguchi
- Life Science Institute, Sophia University, 7-1 Kioi-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-8554, Japan
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Okumura H, Aoki N, Sato C, Nadano D, Matsuda T. Heterocomplex formation and cell-surface accumulation of hen's serum zona pellucida B1 (ZPB1)with ZPC expressed by a mammalian cell line (COS-7): a possible initiating step of egg-envelope matrix construction. Biol Reprod 2006; 76:9-18. [PMID: 17005939 DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.106.056267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022] Open
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The egg envelope, referred to as zona pellucida (ZP) in mammalian eggs, is a fibrous and noncollagenous extracellular matrix surrounding vertebrate eggs, and composed of three to four homologous glycoproteins with a common ZP domain. In birds, a liver-derived ZP glycoprotein (ZP1/ZPB1) is transported through the bloodstream to ovarian follicles and joins the egg-envelope matrix construction together with the other ZP glycoproteins, such as ZPC and ZPD/ZPX2, both secreted from follicular granulosa cells. We report here that, through its ZP domain, ZPB1 specifically associates with ZPC, which might lead to the construction of egg-envelope matrix. The ZPB1 in laying hen's serum specifically bound to ZPC, but not to ZPX2, separated by SDS-PAGE and blotted on a membrane. Hemagglutinin (HA)-tagged ZPC expressed in a mammalian cell line (COS-7) cells was processed and secreted as a mature-form into the culture medium. From the culture supernatant of ZPC-expressing transfectants cultured in the presence of ZPB1, both ZPB1 and ZPC were recovered as heterocomplexes by immunoprecipitation using either anti-HA or anti-ZPB1 antibody. Interestingly, a monoclonal antibody, 8E1, which immunoprecipitated free ZPB1, did not immunoprecipitate the ZPB1-ZPC heterocomplexes. An 8E1 epitope was mapped on a C-terminal region of the ZP domain in a ZPB1 molecule by identifying an 8E1-positive peptide using mass spectroscopy. Furthermore, by laser scanning confocal microscopy, ZPB1 and ZPC were observed to colocalize on the surface of ZPC-expressing transfectants cultured in the presence of ZPB1, whereas almost no ZPC was detected on the surface of the transfectants cultured in the absence of ZPB1. Taken together, these results suggest that ZPB1 transported into ovarian follicles encounters and associates with ZPC secreted from granulosa cells, resulting in the formation of heterocomplexes around an oocyte. In addition, it appears that such ZPB1-ZPC complexes accumulated on the oocyte surface act as a scaffold for subsequent matrix construction events including ZPX2 association.
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- Hiroki Okumura
- Department of Applied Molecular Biosciences, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan
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Yu RMK, Wong MML, Kong RYC, Wu RSS, Cheng SH. Induction of hepatic choriogenin mRNA expression in male marine medaka: a highly sensitive biomarker for environmental estrogens. AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY (AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS) 2006; 77:348-58. [PMID: 16464508 DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2006.01.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2005] [Revised: 01/09/2006] [Accepted: 01/09/2006] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Teleost choriogenins, precursors of the inner layer subunits of egg envelope, have been recently introduced as sensitive biomarkers for exposure to estrogenic compounds. In this study, two full-length cDNAs-ojChgH and ojChgL which encode the choriogenin H and L forms, respectively, were cloned from the marine medaka, Oryzias javanicus. The deduced protein sequences of ojChgH and ojChgL are highly similar to the corresponding homologues in the freshwater medaka (O. latipes) with identities of 77.2 and 87.6%, respectively. Phylogenetic analysis indicated that ojChgH and ojChgL are members of two different classes of liver-specific ZP-domain containing proteins (ZPB and ZPC, respectively). Computer analysis of ca. 2 kb of the 5'-flanking sequences of ojChgH and ojChgL revealed that both genes contain a number of putative estrogen response elements (EREs) and/or half-site EREs. In vivo mRNA expression patterns of the genes were examined by quantitative real-time RT-PCR. ojChgH is expressed exclusively in the liver while ojChgL is co-expressed in the liver (major) and ovary (minor). Exposure of fish to waterborne 17beta-estradiol (E2) at environmentally relevant concentrations (1, 5, 10 and 100 ng/L) resulted in dose-dependent induction of both genes in the liver, with higher sensitivity and magnitude of induction in males than in females. In the male liver, induction of ojChgH is more sensitive to E2 than that of ojChgL and two other estrogen-responsive genes, estrogen receptor alpha (ojERalpha) and vitellogenin (ojVTG). The lowest-observed-effect concentration (LOEC) of E2 on induction of hepatic ojChgH mRNA is 1 ng/L. In the ovary, expression of ojChgL is non-responsive to E2 treatment. In conclusion, the present study suggested that induction of hepatic ojChgH mRNA in male fish may be a highly sensitive biomarker for exposure to environmental estrogens.
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- Richard Man Kit Yu
- Department of Biology and Chemistry, Centre for Marine Environmental Research and Innovative Technology, MERIT, City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong
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Li BJ, Fan TJ, Yang LL, Cong RS, Li L, Sun WJ, Lu CX, Shi ZP. Purification and characterization of hatching enzyme from shrimp Penaeus chinensis. Arch Biochem Biophys 2006; 451:188-93. [PMID: 16713987 DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2006.04.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2006] [Accepted: 04/01/2006] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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By using Penaeus chorion as a specific substrate, the hatching enzyme (HE) from Penaeus chinensis was purified by gel-filtration and ion-exchange chromatography, and characterized in terms of its molecular weight and enzymatic properties in this study. It was found that the molecular weight of Penaeus HE is about 43.0 kDa in SDS-PAGE. The Penaeus HE had obvious choriolytic activity, which was optimal at pH 6.0 and temperature of 40 degrees C, respectively. The Km value of the HE for casein was 7.47 mg ml(-1). The HE activity was almost completely inhibited by SBTI, p-APMSF, bestatin, and NEM, greatly inhibited by ovomucoid, TLCK, IAM, chymostatin, and PMSF, and slightly inhibited by pepstatin A, TPCK, LBTI, and leupeptin. These results indicate that the HE is most probably a trypsin-type serine protease. Besides of these, the HE was extremely sensitive to EDTA, Zn2+, Ca2+, Mg2+, and Cu2+. Combined with the results that the EDTA-pretreated HE activity could be perfectly recovered by Zn2+, it is indicated that shrimp HE is most probably a kind of Zn-metalloprotease.
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- Bing-Jun Li
- Department of Marine Biology, College of Marine Life Sciences, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China
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Smith J, Paton IR, Hughes DC, Burt DW. Isolation and mapping the chicken zona pellucida genes: an insight into the evolution of orthologous genes in different species. Mol Reprod Dev 2005; 70:133-45. [PMID: 15570621 DOI: 10.1002/mrd.20197] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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The avian oocyte is surrounded by a specialized extracellular glycoproteinaceous matrix, the perivitelline membrane, which is equivalent to the zona pellucida (ZP) in mammals and the chorion in teleosts. A number of related ZP genes encode the proteins that make up this matrix. These proteins play an important role in the sperm/egg interaction and may be involved in speciation. The human genome is known to contain ZP1, ZP2, ZP3, and ZPB genes, while a ZPAX gene has also been identified in Xenopus. The rapid evolution of these genes has confused the nomenclature and thus orthologous relationships across species. In order to clarify these homologies, we have identified ZP1, ZP2, ZPC, ZPB, and ZPAX genes in the chicken and mapped them to chromosomes 5, 14, 10, 6, and 3, respectively, establishing conserved synteny with human and mouse. The amino acid sequences of these genes were compared to the orthologous genes in human, mouse, and Xenopus, and have given us an insight into the evolution of these genes in a variety of different species. The presence of the ZPAX gene in the chicken has highlighted a pattern of probable gene loss by deletion in mouse and gene inactivation by deletion, and base substitution in human.
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- Jacqueline Smith
- Division of Genomics and Bioinformatics, Roslin Institute, Roslin (Edinburgh), Midlothian EH25 9PS, Scotland, United Kingdom.
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Ueno T, Yasumasu S, Hayashi S, Iuchi I. Identification of choriogenin cis-regulatory elements and production of estrogen-inducible, liver-specific transgenic Medaka. Mech Dev 2004; 121:803-15. [PMID: 15210187 DOI: 10.1016/j.mod.2004.03.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2003] [Revised: 03/12/2004] [Accepted: 03/30/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Choriogenins (chg-H, chg-L) are precursor proteins of egg envelope of medaka and synthesized in the spawning female liver in response to estrogen. We linked a gene construct chg-L1.5 kb/GFP (a 1.5 kb 5'-upstream region of the chg-L gene fused with a green fluorescence protein (GFP) gene) to another construct emgb/RFP (a cis-regulatory region of embryonic globin gene fused with an RFP gene), injected the double fusion gene construct into 1- or 2-cell-stage embryos, and selected embryos expressing the RFP in erythroid cells. From the embryos, we established two lines of chg-L1.5 kb/GFP-emgb/RFP-transgenic medaka. The 3-month-old spawning females and estradiol-17beta (E2)-exposed males displayed the liver-specific GFP expression. The E2-dependent GFP expression was detected in the differentiating liver of the stage 37-38 embryos. In addition, RT-PCR and whole-mount in situ hybridization showed that the E2-dependent chg expression was found in the liver of the stage 34 embryos of wild medaka, suggesting that such E2-dependency is achieved shortly after differentiation of the liver. Analysis using serial deletion mutants fused with GFP showed that the region -426 to -284 of the chg-L gene or the region -364 to -265 of the chg-H gene had the ability to promote the E2-dependent liver-specific GFP expression of its downstream gene. Further analyses suggested that an estrogen response element (ERE) at -309, an ERE half-site at -330 and a binding site for C/EBP at -363 of the chg-L gene played important roles in its downstream chg-L gene expression. In addition, this transgenic medaka may be useful as one of the test animals for detecting environmental estrogenic steroids.
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- Tetsuro Ueno
- Endocrinology Laboratory, Graduate School of Integrated Science, Yokohama City University, Seto 22-2, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama 233-0027, Japan
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Lindsay LL, Peavy TR, Lejano RS, Hedrick JL. Cross-fertilization and structural comparison of egg extracellular matrix glycoproteins from Xenopus laevis and Xenopus tropicalis. Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 2004; 136:343-52. [PMID: 14511753 DOI: 10.1016/s1095-6433(03)00169-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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While the anuran amphibian Xenopus laevis is a widely used vertebrate model system, it is not optimal for genetic manipulations due to its tetraploid genome and long generation time. A current alternative amphibian model system, Xenopus tropicalis, has the advantages of a diploid genome and a much shorter generation time. We undertook a comparative investigation of X. tropicalis egg extracellular matrix glycoproteins in relation to those already characterized in X. laevis. Fertilization methods and isolation of egg extracellular molecules were directly transferable from X. laevis to X. tropicalis. Cross-fertilizations were successful in both directions, indicating similar molecules involved in sperm-egg interactions. Egg envelopes analyzed by SDS-PAGE were found to have almost identical gel patterns, whereas jelly component profiles were similar only for the larger macromolecules (>90 kDa). The cDNA sequences for egg envelope glycoproteins ZPA, ZPB, ZPC, ZPD and ZPAX, and also egg cortical granule lectin involved in the block to polyspermy, were cloned for X. tropicalis and showed a consistent approximately 85% amino acid identity to the X. laevis sequences. Thus, homologous egg extracellular matrix molecules perform the same functions, and the molecular and cellular mechanisms of fertilization in these two species are probably equivalent.
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- L L Lindsay
- Section of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, USA.
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Vo LH, Yen TY, Macher BA, Hedrick JL. Identification of the ZPC oligosaccharide ligand involved in sperm binding and the glycan structures of Xenopus laevis vitelline envelope glycoproteins. Biol Reprod 2003; 69:1822-30. [PMID: 12904308 DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.103.015370] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022] Open
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The Xenopus laevis egg vitelline envelope is composed of five glycoproteins (ZPA, ZPB, ZPC, ZPD, and ZPX). As shown previously, ZPC is the primary ligand for sperm binding to the egg envelope, and this binding involves the oligosaccharide moieties of the glycoprotein (Biol. Reprod., 62:766-774, 2000). To understand the molecular mechanism of sperm-egg envelope binding, we characterized the N-linked glycans of the vitelline envelope (VE) glycoproteins. The N-linked glycans of the VE were composed predominantly of a heterogeneous mixture of high-mannose (5-9) and neutral, complex oligosaccharides primarily derived from ZPC (the dominant glycoprotein). However, the ZPA N-linked glycans were composed of acidic-complex and high-mannose oligosaccharides, ZPX had only high-mannose oligosaccharides, and ZPB lacked N-linked oligosaccharides. The consensus sequence for N-linked glycosylation at the evolutionarily conserved residue N113 of the ZPC protein sequence was glycosylated solely with high-mannose oligosaccharides. This conserved glycosylation site may be of importance to the three-dimensional structure of the ZPC glycoproteins. One of the complex oligosaccharides of ZPC possessed terminal beta-N-acetyl-glucosamine residues. The same ZPC oligosaccharide species isolated from the activated egg envelopes lacked terminal beta-N-acetyl-glucosamine residues. We previously showed that the cortical granules contain beta-N-acetyl-glucosaminidase (J. Exp. Zool., 235:335-340, 1985). We propose that an alteration in the oligosaccharide structure of ZPC by glucosaminidase released from the cortical granule reaction is responsible for the loss of sperm binding ligand activity at fertilization.
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- Loc H Vo
- Section of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA
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Sasanami T, Hanafy AM, Toriyama M, Mori M. Variant of perivitelline membrane glycoprotein ZPC of Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica) lacking its cytoplasmic tail exhibits the retention in the endoplasmic reticulum of Chinese hamster ovary (CHO-K1) cells. Biol Reprod 2003; 69:1401-7. [PMID: 12801980 DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.103.018333] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022] Open
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Avian perivitelline membrane, an investment homologous to the mammalian zona pellucida, is composed of at least two glycoproteins. Our previous studies demonstrated that one of its components, ZPC, which is synthesized in the ovarian granulosa cells, is secreted after carboxy-terminal proteolytic processing, and this event is a prerequisite event for ZPC secretion in quail. In the present study, we examined the role of the cytoplasmic tail, which is successfully removed after proteolytic processing, in membrane transport, proteolytic processing, and the secretion of quail ZPC. In pursuit of this, we produced a truncated ZPC mutant lacking the cytoplasmic tail located in its C-terminus and examined its expression in the mammalian cell line. Western blot analyses demonstrated that the cytoplasmic tail-deficient ZPC was neither secreted nor underwent proteolytic processing in the cells. Immunofluorescence analysis and the acquisition of resistance to endoglycosidase H digestion of the cytoplasmic tail-deficient ZPC demonstrated that the deletion of the cytoplasmic tail interferes with the intracellular trafficking of the protein from the endoplasmic reticulum to the Golgi apparatus. These results indicate that the cytoplasmic tail of quail ZPC might possess the determinant responsible for the efficient transport of the newly synthesized ZPC from the endoplasmic reticulum to the Golgi apparatus.
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- Tomohiro Sasanami
- Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, Shizuoka University, Shizuoka 422-8529, Japan
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Schambony A, Hefele JA, Gentzel M, Wilm M, Wedlich D. A homologue of cysteine-rich secretory proteins induces premature degradation of vitelline envelopes and hatching of Xenopus laevis embryos. Mech Dev 2003; 120:937-48. [PMID: 12963113 DOI: 10.1016/s0925-4773(03)00162-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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We cloned Xenopus laevis CRISP, XCRISP, a homologue of the mammalian family of cysteine-rich secretory proteins (CRISPs), which has been previously identified as a Wnt3a/noggin responsive gene in an expression screen [Mech. Dev. 87 (1999) 21]. We detected XCRISP expression exclusively in the hatching gland. XCRISP enters the secretory pathway and accumulates on the surface of presumptive hatching gland cells. Overexpression studies of XCRISP and XCRISP-mutants show that XCRISP induces premature hatching of embryos preceded by degradation of the vitelline envelope. A deletion mutant that lacks a 35 amino acid domain even accelerates hatching, while further deletion of the carboxy-terminus reverses these effects. From our studies, we conclude that XCRISP is sufficient to induce degradation of vitelline envelopes and that this activity maps to the most C-terminal amino acids, while the adjacent domain regulates XCRISP activity.
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- Alexandra Schambony
- Institute of Zoology II, University of Karlsruhe, Fritz-Haber-Weg 4, D-76128 Karlsruhe, Germany.
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Kanamori A, Naruse K, Mitani H, Shima A, Hori H. Genomic organization of ZP domain containing egg envelope genes in medaka (Oryzias latipes). Gene 2003; 305:35-45. [PMID: 12594040 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-1119(02)01211-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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To provide insights into the diversity of egg envelope genes in teleosts, we determined the genomic organization and the map position of the medaka egg envelope genes expressed either in the oocytes or in the liver. There seems to be five classes of ZP domain containing egg envelope genes in vertebrates: zpa, zpax, zpb, zpc, and zpd. zpa, zpax, and zpb are much closely related than zpc. There is an expanded family of teleost-specific zpc genes. The duplication of the possible zpb/zpc cluster happened in the teleost lineage may be a cause of liver-specific ZP gene evolution in teleosts. The inconsistent presence of a repetitive amino acid domain among teleost zpb and zpc gene products suggests rapid evolution of this domain. In addition, relative abundance of E-boxes in putative promoters of medaka oocyte-specific ZP genes suggests their regulation by basic helix-loop-helix transcription factors, particularly by FIGalpha.
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- Akira Kanamori
- Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Department of Biology, Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan.
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Barisone GA, Albertali IE, Sánchez M, Cabada MO. The envelopes of amphibian oocytes: physiological modifications in Bufo arenarum. Reprod Biol Endocrinol 2003; 1:18. [PMID: 12694627 PMCID: PMC153491 DOI: 10.1186/1477-7827-1-18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2003] [Accepted: 02/11/2003] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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A characterization of the Amphibian Bufo arenarum oocyte envelope is presented. It was made in different functional conditions of the oocyte: 1) when it has been released into the coelomic cavity during ovulation (surrounded by the coelomic envelope, (CE), 2) after it has passed through the oviduct and is deposed (surrounded by the viteline envelope, (VE), and 3) after oocyte activation (surrounded by the fertilization envelope, (FE). The characterization was made by SDS-PAGE followed by staining for protein and glycoproteins. Labeled lectins were used to identify glycosidic residues both in separated components on nitrocellulose membranes or in intact oocytes and embryos. Proteolytic properties of the content of the cortical granules were also analyzed. After SDS-PAGE of CE and VE, a different protein pattern was observed. This is probably due to the activity of a protease present in the pars recta of the oviduct. Comparison of the SDS-PAGE pattern of VE and FE showed a different mobility for one of the glycoproteins, gp75. VE and FE proved to have different sugar residues in their oligosaccharide chains. Mannose residues are only present in gp120 of the three envelopes. N-acetyl-galactosamine residues are present in all of the components, except for gp69 in the FE. Galactose residues are present mainly in gp120 of FE. Lectin-binding assays indicate the presence of glucosamine, galactose and N-acetyl galactosamine residues and the absence (or non-availability) of N-acetyl-glucosamine or fucose residues on the envelopes surface. The cortical granule product (CGP) shows proteolytic activity on gp75 of the VE.
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- Gustavo A Barisone
- Area Biología - Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmaceuticas - UNR and Cellular Biology (CONICET-UNR), Suipacha 531, Rosario S2002LRK, Argentina
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- Area Biología - Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmaceuticas - UNR and Cellular Biology (CONICET-UNR), Suipacha 531, Rosario S2002LRK, Argentina
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- Area Biología - Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmaceuticas - UNR and Cellular Biology (CONICET-UNR), Suipacha 531, Rosario S2002LRK, Argentina
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- Area Biología - Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmaceuticas - UNR and Cellular Biology (CONICET-UNR), Suipacha 531, Rosario S2002LRK, Argentina
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Three subfamilies of genes are acknowledged within the zona pellucida (ZP) gene family. At present, these subfamilies each have two names that are used interchangeably: ZPA or ZP2, ZPB or ZP1, and ZPC or ZP3. The ZPA genes encode the longest protein sequences and the ZPC genes the shortest. Recently, several sequences, which have no clear relationship to the three subfamilies, have been identified. These sequences include two paralogous ZP genes from Xenopus laevis and a single gene from the fish Oryzias latipes. We have conducted extensive phylogenetic analyses of the known ZP genes. As well as establishing the evolutionary relationships among these genes, the analyses make it clear that the dual nomenclature system is no longer feasible, because major paralogous groups are present in the ZPB (ZP1) family of genes of amniotes. We propose a unified system of nomenclature for the ZP gene family that removes the existing ambiguities.
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- Scott C Spargo
- Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia.
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Lindsay LL, Yang JC, Hedrick JL. Identification and characterization of a unique Xenopus laevis egg envelope component, ZPD. Dev Growth Differ 2002; 44:205-12. [PMID: 12060070 DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-169x.2002.00635.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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We report the identification of a previously undetected Xenopus laevis egg envelope component discovered through cloning experiments. A cDNA sequence was found that represented a mature protein of 32 kDa. Peptide antibodies were generated to probe for the protein in egg envelope samples and reactivity was found to a glycoprotein of approximately 80 kDa. When deglycosylated egg envelope samples were probed, a 32 kDa protein was labeled, confirming the size of the translated cDNA sequence. A BLAST analysis showed that it is most closely related (34% amino acid identity) to the ZP domains of mammalian tectorin, uromodulin and ZPA. From a dendrogram of known egg envelope glycoproteins, the new glycoprotein was shown to be unique among egg envelope components and was designated ZPD. A similar glycoprotein was identified by immunocrossreactivity in Xenopus tropicalis and Xenopus borealis egg envelopes.
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- LeAnn L Lindsay
- Section of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California, Davis 95616, USA.
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