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Daniel-Carlier N, Castille J, Passet B, Vilotte M, Le Danvic C, Jaffrezic F, Beauvallet C, Péchoux C, Capitan A, Vilotte JL. Targeted mutation and inactivation of the kinesin light chain 3 protein-encoding gene have no impact on mouse fertility†. Biol Reprod 2024; 110:78-89. [PMID: 37776549 DOI: 10.1093/biolre/ioad131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/02/2023] Open
Abstract
The kinesin light chain 3 protein (KLC3) is the only member of the kinesin light chain protein family that was identified in post-meiotic mouse male germ cells. It plays a role in the formation of the sperm midpiece through its association with both spermatid mitochondria and outer dense fibers (ODF). Previous studies showed a significant correlation between its expression level and sperm motility and quantitative semen parameters in humans, while the overexpression of a KLC3-mutant protein unable to bind ODF also affected the same traits in mice. To further assess the role of KLC3 in fertility, we used CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing in mice and investigated the phenotypes induced by the invalidation of the gene or of a functional domain of the protein. Both approaches gave similar results, i.e. no detectable change in male or female fertility. Testis histology, litter size and sperm count were not altered. Apart from the line-dependent alterations of Klc3 mRNA levels, testicular transcriptome analysis did not reveal any other changes in the genes tested. Western analysis supported the absence of KLC3 in the gonads of males homozygous for the inactivating mutation and a strong decrease in expression in males homozygous for the allele lacking one out of the five tetratricopeptide repeats. Overall, these observations raise questions about the supposedly critical role of this kinesin in reproduction, at least in mice where its gene mutation or inactivation did not translate into fertility impairment.
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- Nathalie Daniel-Carlier
- University of Paris-Saclay, INRAE, AgroParisTech, UMR1313 GABI, 78350, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- University of Paris-Saclay, INRAE, AgroParisTech, UMR1313 GABI, 78350, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- University of Paris-Saclay, INRAE, AgroParisTech, UMR1313 GABI, 78350, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- University of Paris-Saclay, INRAE, AgroParisTech, UMR1313 GABI, 78350, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- UVSQ, INRAE, BREED, Université Paris-Saclay, Eliance, 78350 Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- University of Paris-Saclay, INRAE, AgroParisTech, UMR1313 GABI, 78350, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- University of Paris-Saclay, INRAE, AgroParisTech, UMR1313 GABI, 78350, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- University of Paris-Saclay, INRAE, AgroParisTech, UMR1313 GABI, 78350, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- University of Paris-Saclay, INRAE, AgroParisTech, UMR1313 GABI, 78350, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- University of Paris-Saclay, INRAE, AgroParisTech, UMR1313 GABI, 78350, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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Tedesco B, Cristofani R, Ferrari V, Cozzi M, Rusmini P, Casarotto E, Chierichetti M, Mina F, Galbiati M, Piccolella M, Crippa V, Poletti A. Insights on Human Small Heat Shock Proteins and Their Alterations in Diseases. Front Mol Biosci 2022; 9:842149. [PMID: 35281256 PMCID: PMC8913478 DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2022.842149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2021] [Accepted: 01/19/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
The family of the human small Heat Shock Proteins (HSPBs) consists of ten members of chaperones (HSPB1-HSPB10), characterized by a low molecular weight and capable of dimerization and oligomerization forming large homo- or hetero-complexes. All HSPBs possess a highly conserved centrally located α-crystallin domain and poorly conserved N- and C-terminal domains. The main feature of HSPBs is to exert cytoprotective functions by preserving proteostasis, assuring the structural maintenance of the cytoskeleton and acting in response to cellular stresses and apoptosis. HSPBs take part in cell homeostasis by acting as holdases, which is the ability to interact with a substrate preventing its aggregation. In addition, HSPBs cooperate in substrates refolding driven by other chaperones or, alternatively, promote substrate routing to degradation. Notably, while some HSPBs are ubiquitously expressed, others show peculiar tissue-specific expression. Cardiac muscle, skeletal muscle and neurons show high expression levels for a wide variety of HSPBs. Indeed, most of the mutations identified in HSPBs are associated to cardiomyopathies, myopathies, and motor neuropathies. Instead, mutations in HSPB4 and HSPB5, which are also expressed in lens, have been associated with cataract. Mutations of HSPBs family members encompass base substitutions, insertions, and deletions, resulting in single amino acid substitutions or in the generation of truncated or elongated proteins. This review will provide an updated overview of disease-related mutations in HSPBs focusing on the structural and biochemical effects of mutations and their functional consequences.
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- B. Tedesco
- Dipartimento di Scienze Farmacologiche e Biomolecolari, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
- Unit of Medical Genetics and Neurogenetics, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milan, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Farmacologiche e Biomolecolari, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Farmacologiche e Biomolecolari, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Farmacologiche e Biomolecolari, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Farmacologiche e Biomolecolari, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Farmacologiche e Biomolecolari, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Farmacologiche e Biomolecolari, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Farmacologiche e Biomolecolari, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Farmacologiche e Biomolecolari, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Farmacologiche e Biomolecolari, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Farmacologiche e Biomolecolari, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Farmacologiche e Biomolecolari, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
- *Correspondence: A. Poletti,
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Zheng W, Lu Y, Feng X, Yang C, Qiu L, Deng H, Xue Q, Sun K. Improving the overall survival prognosis prediction accuracy: A 9-gene signature in CRC patients. Cancer Med 2021; 10:5998-6009. [PMID: 34346563 PMCID: PMC8419765 DOI: 10.1002/cam4.4104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2020] [Revised: 05/24/2021] [Accepted: 06/05/2021] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a malignant tumor and morbidity rates are among the highest in the world. The variation in CRC patients' prognosis prompts an urgent need for new molecular biomarkers to improve the accuracy for predicting the CRC patients' prognosis or as a complement to the traditional TNM staging for clinical practice. CRC patients' gene expression data of HTSeq‐FPKM and matching clinical information were downloaded from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) datasets. Patients were randomly divided into a training dataset and a test dataset. By univariate and multivariate Cox regression survival analyses and Lasso regression analysis, a prediction model which divided each patient into high‐or low‐risk group was constructed. The differences in survival time between the two groups were compared by the Kaplan–Meier method and the log‐rank test. The weighted gene co‐expression network analysis (WGCNA) was used to explore the relationship between all the survival‐related genes. The survival outcomes of patients whose overall survival (OS) time were significantly lower in the high‐risk group than that in the low‐risk group both in the training and test datasets. Areas under the ROC curves which termed AUC values of our 9‐gene signature achieved 0.823 in the training dataset and 0.806 in the test dataset. A nomogram was constructed for clinical practice when we combined the 9‐gene signature with TNM stage and age to evaluate the survival time of patients with CRC, and the C‐index increased from 0.739 to 0.794. In conclusion, we identified nine novel biomarkers that not only are independent prognostic indexes for CRC patients but also can serve as a good supplement to traditional clinicopathological factors to more accurately evaluate the survival of CRC patients.
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- Wenbo Zheng
- Department of General Surgery & Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Precision Medicine for Gastrointestinal Tumor, The First School of Clinical Medicine, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of General Surgery & Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Precision Medicine for Gastrointestinal Tumor, The First School of Clinical Medicine, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of General Surgery & Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Precision Medicine for Gastrointestinal Tumor, The First School of Clinical Medicine, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of General Surgery & Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Precision Medicine for Gastrointestinal Tumor, The First School of Clinical Medicine, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of General Surgery & Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Precision Medicine for Gastrointestinal Tumor, The First School of Clinical Medicine, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of General Surgery & Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Precision Medicine for Gastrointestinal Tumor, The First School of Clinical Medicine, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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Pleuger C, Lehti MS, Dunleavy JE, Fietz D, O'Bryan MK. Haploid male germ cells-the Grand Central Station of protein transport. Hum Reprod Update 2020; 26:474-500. [PMID: 32318721 DOI: 10.1093/humupd/dmaa004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2019] [Revised: 01/15/2020] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The precise movement of proteins and vesicles is an essential ability for all eukaryotic cells. Nowhere is this more evident than during the remarkable transformation that occurs in spermiogenesis-the transformation of haploid round spermatids into sperm. These transformations are critically dependent upon both the microtubule and the actin cytoskeleton, and defects in these processes are thought to underpin a significant percentage of human male infertility. OBJECTIVE AND RATIONALE This review is aimed at summarising and synthesising the current state of knowledge around protein/vesicle transport during haploid male germ cell development and identifying knowledge gaps and challenges for future research. To achieve this, we summarise the key discoveries related to protein transport using the mouse as a model system. Where relevant, we anchored these insights to knowledge in the field of human spermiogenesis and the causality of human male infertility. SEARCH METHODS Relevant studies published in English were identified using PubMed using a range of search terms related to the core focus of the review-protein/vesicle transport, intra-flagellar transport, intra-manchette transport, Golgi, acrosome, manchette, axoneme, outer dense fibres and fibrous sheath. Searches were not restricted to a particular time frame or species although the emphasis within the review is on mammalian spermiogenesis. OUTCOMES Spermiogenesis is the final phase of sperm development. It results in the transformation of a round cell into a highly polarised sperm with the capacity for fertility. It is critically dependent on the cytoskeleton and its ability to transport protein complexes and vesicles over long distances and often between distinct cytoplasmic compartments. The development of the acrosome covering the sperm head, the sperm tail within the ciliary lobe, the manchette and its role in sperm head shaping and protein transport into the tail, and the assembly of mitochondria into the mid-piece of sperm, may all be viewed as a series of overlapping and interconnected train tracks. Defects in this redistribution network lead to male infertility characterised by abnormal sperm morphology (teratozoospermia) and/or abnormal sperm motility (asthenozoospermia) and are likely to be causal of, or contribute to, a significant percentage of human male infertility. WIDER IMPLICATIONS A greater understanding of the mechanisms of protein transport in spermiogenesis offers the potential to precisely diagnose cases of male infertility and to forecast implications for children conceived using gametes containing these mutations. The manipulation of these processes will offer opportunities for male-based contraceptive development. Further, as increasingly evidenced in the literature, we believe that the continuous and spatiotemporally restrained nature of spermiogenesis provides an outstanding model system to identify, and de-code, cytoskeletal elements and transport mechanisms of relevance to multiple tissues.
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- Christiane Pleuger
- School of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Clayton 3800, Australia.,Institute for Veterinary Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, Justus-Liebig University Giessen, Giessen 35392, Germany.,Hessian Centre of Reproductive Medicine, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Giessen 35392, Germany
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- School of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Clayton 3800, Australia.,Institute of Biomedicine, University of Turku, Turku 20520, Finland
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- Institute for Veterinary Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, Justus-Liebig University Giessen, Giessen 35392, Germany.,Hessian Centre of Reproductive Medicine, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Giessen 35392, Germany
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- School of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Clayton 3800, Australia
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Cabrillana ME, Bocanegra V, Monclus MA, Lancellotti TS, Simón L, Funes AK, Colombo R, Ruiz Estrabón M, Vincenti AE, Oliva R, Fornés MW. ODF1, sperm flagelar protein is expressed in kidney collecting ducts of rats. Heliyon 2019; 5:e02932. [PMID: 31867458 PMCID: PMC6906709 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2019.e02932] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2019] [Revised: 11/04/2019] [Accepted: 11/25/2019] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
Abstract
ODF1 has been described as an exclusively expressed testicular protein and is located in the outer dense fibers along the sperm tail. ODF1 has been involved in the sperm motility and in the development of the flagellum, but the function of ODF1 is not already clear. Other ODF proteins, such as ODF2 have been characterized in other tissues like the basal body of the kidney primary cilium, but so far only the mRNA of ODF1 has been described in other tissues. These observations let us to hypothesize that the expression of the protein ODF1 could not be limited to the testis. Therefore, in the present work we proposed to evaluate if the ODF1 protein could also be present in tissues other than the testis. Here we demonstrated through western blot, immunofluorescence, and RT-PCR techniques that the protein and mRNA of ODF1 have been identified in the rat kidney. Finally, the presence of ODF1 in kidney has also been confirmed through proteomic analysis using mass spectrometry. The results derived from these different complementary approaches indicate that, to our knowledge and for the first time, ODF1 is demonstrated to be present in an additional organ different to testis. This results raise new questions about potential other functions and locations of the ODF1 protein.
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- M E Cabrillana
- Andrologic Research Laboratory of Mendoza (LIAM), Histology and Embryology Institute of Mendoza (IHEM), CONICET (National Council of Scientific and Technical Research of Argentina), 5500, Mendoza, Argentina.,Research Institute, School of Medicine, University of Aconcagua, 5500, Mendoza, Argentina
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- IMBECU-CONICET, UNCuyo (National University of Cuyo), 5500, Mendoza, Argentina
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- Andrologic Research Laboratory of Mendoza (LIAM), Histology and Embryology Institute of Mendoza (IHEM), CONICET (National Council of Scientific and Technical Research of Argentina), 5500, Mendoza, Argentina.,Research Institute, School of Medicine, University of Aconcagua, 5500, Mendoza, Argentina
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- Andrologic Research Laboratory of Mendoza (LIAM), Histology and Embryology Institute of Mendoza (IHEM), CONICET (National Council of Scientific and Technical Research of Argentina), 5500, Mendoza, Argentina.,Research Institute, School of Medicine, University of Aconcagua, 5500, Mendoza, Argentina
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- Andrologic Research Laboratory of Mendoza (LIAM), Histology and Embryology Institute of Mendoza (IHEM), CONICET (National Council of Scientific and Technical Research of Argentina), 5500, Mendoza, Argentina
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- Andrologic Research Laboratory of Mendoza (LIAM), Histology and Embryology Institute of Mendoza (IHEM), CONICET (National Council of Scientific and Technical Research of Argentina), 5500, Mendoza, Argentina
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- Andrologic Research Laboratory of Mendoza (LIAM), Histology and Embryology Institute of Mendoza (IHEM), CONICET (National Council of Scientific and Technical Research of Argentina), 5500, Mendoza, Argentina
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- Research Institute, School of Medicine, University of Aconcagua, 5500, Mendoza, Argentina
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- Andrologic Research Laboratory of Mendoza (LIAM), Histology and Embryology Institute of Mendoza (IHEM), CONICET (National Council of Scientific and Technical Research of Argentina), 5500, Mendoza, Argentina
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- Institut D'Investigacions Biomediques August Pi I Sunyer (IDIBAPS), University of Barcelona, And Hospital Clinic, Molecular Biology of Reproduction and Development Research Group, 08036, Barcelona, Spain
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- Andrologic Research Laboratory of Mendoza (LIAM), Histology and Embryology Institute of Mendoza (IHEM), CONICET (National Council of Scientific and Technical Research of Argentina), 5500, Mendoza, Argentina.,Research Institute, School of Medicine, University of Aconcagua, 5500, Mendoza, Argentina
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Zhao YQ, Mu DL, Wang D, Han YL, Hou CC, Zhu JQ. Analysis of the function of KIF3A and KIF3B in the spermatogenesis in Boleophthalmus pectinirostris. FISH PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY 2018; 44:769-788. [PMID: 29511984 DOI: 10.1007/s10695-017-0461-1] [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: 06/02/2017] [Accepted: 12/18/2017] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
Abstract
Spermatogenesis represents one of the most complicated morphological transformation procedures. During this process, the assembly and maintenance of the flagella and intracellular transport of membrane-bound organelles required KIF3A and KIF3B. Our main goal was to test KIF3A and KIF3B location during spermatogenesis of Boleophthalmus pectinirostris. We cloned complete cDNA of KIF3A/3B from the testis of B. pectinirostris by PCR and rapid amplification of cDNA ends (RACE). The predicted secondary and tertiary structures of B. pectinirostris KIF3A/3B contained three domains: (a) the head region, (b) the stalk region, and (c) the tail region. Real-time quantitative PCR (qPCR) results revealed that KIF3A and KIF3B mRNA were presented in all the tissues examined, with the highest expression seen in the testis. In situ hybridization (ISH) showed that KIF3A and KIF3B were distributed in the periphery of the nuclear in the spermatocyte and the early spermatid. In the late spermatid and mature sperm, the KIF3A and KIF3B mRNA were gradually gathered to one side where the flagella formed. Immunofluorescence (IF) showed that KIF3A, tubulin, and mitochondria were co-localized in different stages during spermiogenesis in B. pectinirostris. The temporal and spatial expression dynamics of KIF3A/3B indicate that KIF3A and KIF3B might be involved in flagellar assembly and maintenance at the mRNA and protein levels. Moreover, these proteins may transport the mitochondria resulting in flagellum formation in B. pectinirostris.
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- Yong-Qiang Zhao
- Key Laboratory of Applied Marine Biotechnology by the Ministry of Education, School of Marine Sciences, Ningbo University, Ningbo, Zhejiang, 315211, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Applied Marine Biotechnology by the Ministry of Education, School of Marine Sciences, Ningbo University, Ningbo, Zhejiang, 315211, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Applied Marine Biotechnology by the Ministry of Education, School of Marine Sciences, Ningbo University, Ningbo, Zhejiang, 315211, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Applied Marine Biotechnology by the Ministry of Education, School of Marine Sciences, Ningbo University, Ningbo, Zhejiang, 315211, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Applied Marine Biotechnology by the Ministry of Education, School of Marine Sciences, Ningbo University, Ningbo, Zhejiang, 315211, People's Republic of China.
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- Key Laboratory of Applied Marine Biotechnology by the Ministry of Education, School of Marine Sciences, Ningbo University, Ningbo, Zhejiang, 315211, People's Republic of China.
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Lehti MS, Sironen A. Formation and function of sperm tail structures in association with sperm motility defects†. Biol Reprod 2017; 97:522-536. [DOI: 10.1093/biolre/iox096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2017] [Accepted: 08/28/2017] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Zhao YQ, Yang HY, Zhang DD, Han YL, Hou CC, Zhu JQ. Dynamic transcription and expression patterns of KIF3A and KIF3B genes during spermiogenesis in the shrimp, Palaemon carincauda. Anim Reprod Sci 2017; 184:59-77. [PMID: 28689636 DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2017.06.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2016] [Revised: 05/29/2017] [Accepted: 06/22/2017] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Spermiogenesis is a highly ordered and complex process in the male germ cell differentiation. The microtubule-based motor proteins KIF3A and KIF3B are required for the progression of the stages of spermiogenesis. In this study, the main goal was to determine whether KIF3A and KIF3B have a key role in spermiogenesis in Palaemon carincauda. The complete cDNA of KIF3A/3B from the testis of P. carincauda was cloned by using PCR and rapid amplification of cDNA ends (RACE). The predicted secondary and tertiary structures of KIF3A/3B contained three domains which were the: a) head region, b) stalk region, and c) tail region. Real-time quantitative PCR (qPCR) results revealed that KIF3A and KIF3B mRNAs were obtained for all the tissues examined, with the greatest gene expression in the testis. In situ hybridization indicated the KIF3A and KIF3B mRNAs were distributed in the periphery of the nuclear in the early spermatid of spermiogenesis. In the middle and late spermatid stages, KIF3A and KIF3B mRNAs were gradually upregulated and assembled to one side where acrosome biogenesis begins. In the mature sperm, KIF3A and KIF3B mRNAs were distributed in the acrosome cap and spike. Immunofluorescence studies indicated that KIF3A, tubulin, mitochondria, and Golgi were co-localized in different stages during spermiogenesis in P. carincauda. The temporal and spatial gene expression dynamics of KIF3A/3B indicate that KIF3A and KIF3B proteins may be involved in acrosome formation and nucleus shaping. Moreover, these proteins can transport the mitochondria and Golgi that facilitate acrosome formation in P. carincauda.
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- Yong-Qiang Zhao
- Key Laboratory of Applied Marine Biotechnology by the Ministry of Education, School of Marine Sciences, Ningbo University, Ningbo, Zhejiang 315211, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Applied Marine Biotechnology by the Ministry of Education, School of Marine Sciences, Ningbo University, Ningbo, Zhejiang 315211, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Applied Marine Biotechnology by the Ministry of Education, School of Marine Sciences, Ningbo University, Ningbo, Zhejiang 315211, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Applied Marine Biotechnology by the Ministry of Education, School of Marine Sciences, Ningbo University, Ningbo, Zhejiang 315211, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Applied Marine Biotechnology by the Ministry of Education, School of Marine Sciences, Ningbo University, Ningbo, Zhejiang 315211, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Applied Marine Biotechnology by the Ministry of Education, School of Marine Sciences, Ningbo University, Ningbo, Zhejiang 315211, People's Republic of China.
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Ma DD, Wang DH, Yang WX. Kinesins in spermatogenesis†. Biol Reprod 2017; 96:267-276. [DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.116.144113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2016] [Revised: 12/20/2016] [Accepted: 12/26/2016] [Indexed: 11/01/2022] Open
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Okuda H, DeBoer K, O'Connor AE, Merriner DJ, Jamsai D, O'Bryan MK. LRGUK1 is part of a multiprotein complex required for manchette function and male fertility. FASEB J 2016; 31:1141-1152. [PMID: 28003339 DOI: 10.1096/fj.201600909r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2016] [Accepted: 11/28/2016] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
Abstract
Infertility occurs in 1 in 20 young men and is idiopathic in origin in most. We have reported that the leucine-rich repeat (LRR) and guanylate kinase-like domain containing, isoform (LRGUK)-1 is essential for sperm head shaping, via the manchette, and the initiation of sperm tail growth from the centriole/basal body, and thus, male fertility. Within this study we have used a yeast 2-hybrid screen of an adult testis library to identify LRGUK1-binding partners, which were then validated with a range of techniques. The data indicate that LRGUK1 likely achieves its function in partnership with members of the HOOK family of proteins (HOOK-1-3), Rab3-interacting molecule binding protein (RIMBP)-3 and kinesin light chain (KLC)-3, all of which are associated with intracellular protein transport as cargo adaptor proteins and are localized to the manchette. LRGUK1 consists of 3 domains; an LRR, a guanylate kinase (GUK)-like and an unnamed domain. In the present study, we showed that the GUK-like domain is essential for binding to HOOK2 and RIMBP3, and the LRR domain is essential for binding to KLC3. These findings establish LRGUK1 as a key component of a multiprotein complex with an essential role in microtubule dynamics within haploid male germ cells.-Okuda, H., DeBoer, K., O'Connor, A. E., Merriner, D. J., Jamsai, D., O'Bryan, M. K. LRGUK1 is part of a multiprotein complex required for manchette function and male fertility.
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- Hidenobu Okuda
- Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia; and.,Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
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- Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia; and.,Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
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- Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia; and.,Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
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- Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia; and.,Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
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- Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia; and.,Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
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- Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia; and .,Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
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Kargar- Dastjerdy P, Tavalaee M, Salehi M, Falahati M, Izadi T, Nasr Esfahani MH. Altered expression of KLC3 may affect semen parameters. Int J Reprod Biomed 2016; 14:15-22. [PMID: 27141544 PMCID: PMC4837923] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND KLC3 protein as a member of the kinesin light-chain protein family plays an important role in spermatogenesis, during formation of mitochondrial sheath in the mid piece of the sperm tail. OBJECTIVE This study for the first time aims to compare the expression of the KLC3 gene between fertile and infertile individuals. MATERIALS AND METHODS Semen samples were collected from 19 fertile individuals who were selected from embryo-donor volunteers and 57 infertile individuals who had abnormal sperm parameters according to world health organization criteria. Sperm parameters using computer assisted sperm analysis and the quantitative KLC3-gene expression using the real-time PCR method were measured. RESULTS Our results revealed a significant correlations between sperm concentration with relative expression of KLC3 only in infertile groups (r=0.45, p=0.00). A significant correlation was not found between KLC3 expression and sperm motility; however, the relative expression of KLC3 was significantly higher in asthenozoospermic compared to non-asthenozoospermic individuals. CONCLUSION Low expression of KLC3 may result in improper function of midpiece, which has important function in sperm motility. The results of this study show that aberrant expression of KLC3 might be associated with phenomena like oligozoospermia and asthenozoospermia. This article is extracted from student's thesis.
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- Pegah Kargar- Dastjerdy
- Department of Reproductive Biotechnology, Reproductive Biomedicine Research Center, Royan Institute for Biotechnology, ACECR, Isfahan, Iran.,Cell and Molecular Department, Pharmaceutical Sciences Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
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- Department of Reproductive Biotechnology, Reproductive Biomedicine Research Center, Royan Institute for Biotechnology, ACECR, Isfahan, Iran.
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- Department of Genetics and Molecular Biology, Medical School, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
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- Department of Nanotechnology, Pharmaceutical Sciences Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
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- Department of Cellular Biotechnology, Cell Science Research Center, Royan Institute for Biotechnology, ACECR, Isfahan, Iran.
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- Department of Reproductive Biotechnology, Reproductive Biomedicine Research Center, Royan Institute for Biotechnology, ACECR, Isfahan, Iran.,Department of Cellular Biotechnology, Cell Science Research Center, Royan Institute for Biotechnology, ACECR, Isfahan, Iran.,Isfahan Fertility and Infertility Center, Isfahan, Iran.
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Kargar- Dastjerdy P, Tavalaee M, Salehi M, Falahati M, Izadi T, Nasr Esfahani MH. Altered expression of KLC3 may affect semen parameters. Int J Reprod Biomed 2016. [DOI: 10.29252/ijrm.14.1.15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022] Open
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Yang K, Grzmil P, Meinhardt A, Hoyer-Fender S. Haplo-deficiency of ODF1/HSPB10 in mouse sperm causes relaxation of head-to-tail linkage. Reproduction 2014; 148:499-506. [PMID: 25118300 DOI: 10.1530/rep-14-0370] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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The small heat shock protein ODF1/HSPB10 is essential for male fertility in mice. Targeted deletion of Odf1 resulted in acephalic sperm in homozygous mice of mixed background (C57BL/6J//129/Sv), whereas heterozygous animals are fully fertile. To further elucidate the function of ODF1, we generated incipient congenic mice with targeted deletion of Odf1 by successive backcrossing on the 129/Sv background. We observed that fecundity of heterozygous Odf1(+/-) male mice was severely reduced over backcross generations. However, neither aberrant sperm parameters nor sperm anomalies could be observed. Ultra-structural analyses of sperm from incipient congenic heterozygous Odf1(+/-) males of backcross generation N7 revealed no obvious pathological findings. However, we observed an enlargement of the distance between nuclear membrane and capitulum, indicating a weakening of the sperm head-to-tail coupling. Severe male subfertility provoked by haplo-deficiency of ODF1 is therefore most probably caused by impaired head-to-tail coupling that eventually might induce sperm decapitation on the specific conditions of in vivo fertilisation. As subfertility in haplo-deficient ODF1 male mice could not be diagnosed by semen analysis, it seems to be a paradigm for unexplained infertility that is a frequent diagnosis for male fertility impairment in humans.
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- Kefei Yang
- Johann-Friedrich-Blumenbach-Institute of Zoology and Anthropology - Developmental BiologyGZMB, Ernst-Caspari-Haus, Justus-von-Liebig-Weg 11, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, 37077 Göttingen, GermanyInstitute of Human GeneticsUniversity Medicine, Heinrich-Düker-Weg 12, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, 37077 Göttingen, GermanyDepartment of Genetics and EvolutionInstitute of Zoology, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 9, 30-387 Kraków, Poland andDepartment of Anatomy and Cell BiologyAulweg 123, Justus-Liebig-University Gießen, 35392 Gießen, Germany
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- Johann-Friedrich-Blumenbach-Institute of Zoology and Anthropology - Developmental BiologyGZMB, Ernst-Caspari-Haus, Justus-von-Liebig-Weg 11, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, 37077 Göttingen, GermanyInstitute of Human GeneticsUniversity Medicine, Heinrich-Düker-Weg 12, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, 37077 Göttingen, GermanyDepartment of Genetics and EvolutionInstitute of Zoology, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 9, 30-387 Kraków, Poland andDepartment of Anatomy and Cell BiologyAulweg 123, Justus-Liebig-University Gießen, 35392 Gießen, Germany Johann-Friedrich-Blumenbach-Institute of Zoology and Anthropology - Developmental BiologyGZMB, Ernst-Caspari-Haus, Justus-von-Liebig-Weg 11, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, 37077 Göttingen, GermanyInstitute of Human GeneticsUniversity Medicine, Heinrich-Düker-Weg 12, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, 37077 Göttingen, GermanyDepartment of Genetics and EvolutionInstitute of Zoology, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 9, 30-387 Kraków, Poland andDepartment of Anatomy and Cell BiologyAulweg 123, Justus-Liebig-University Gießen, 35392 Gießen, Germany
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- Johann-Friedrich-Blumenbach-Institute of Zoology and Anthropology - Developmental BiologyGZMB, Ernst-Caspari-Haus, Justus-von-Liebig-Weg 11, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, 37077 Göttingen, GermanyInstitute of Human GeneticsUniversity Medicine, Heinrich-Düker-Weg 12, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, 37077 Göttingen, GermanyDepartment of Genetics and EvolutionInstitute of Zoology, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 9, 30-387 Kraków, Poland andDepartment of Anatomy and Cell BiologyAulweg 123, Justus-Liebig-University Gießen, 35392 Gießen, Germany
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- Johann-Friedrich-Blumenbach-Institute of Zoology and Anthropology - Developmental BiologyGZMB, Ernst-Caspari-Haus, Justus-von-Liebig-Weg 11, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, 37077 Göttingen, GermanyInstitute of Human GeneticsUniversity Medicine, Heinrich-Düker-Weg 12, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, 37077 Göttingen, GermanyDepartment of Genetics and EvolutionInstitute of Zoology, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 9, 30-387 Kraków, Poland andDepartment of Anatomy and Cell BiologyAulweg 123, Justus-Liebig-University Gießen, 35392 Gießen, Germany
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Functional Analysis of KIF3A and KIF3B during Spermiogenesis of Chinese Mitten Crab Eriocheir sinensis. PLoS One 2014; 9:e97645. [PMID: 24870586 PMCID: PMC4037190 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0097645] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2014] [Accepted: 04/22/2014] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Spermatogenesis represents the transformation process at the level of cellular development. KIF3A and KIF3B are believed to play some roles in the assembly and maintenance of flagella, intracellular transport of materials including organelles and proteins, and other unknown functions during this process. During spermatogenesis in Eriocheir sinensis, if the sperm shaping machinery is dependent on KIF3A and KIF3B remains unknown. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS The cDNA of KIF3A and KIF3B were obtained by designing degenerate primers, 3'RACE, and 5'RACE. We detected the genetic presence of kif3a and kif3b in the heart, muscle, liver, gill, and testis of E. sinensis through RT-PCR. By western blot analysis, the protein presence of KIF3A and KIF3B in heart, muscle, gill, and testis reflected the content in protein level. Using in situ hybridization and immunofluorescence, we could track the dynamic location of KIF3A and KIF3B during different developmental phases of sperm. KIF3A and KIF3B were found surrounding the nucleus in early spermatids. In intermediate spermatids, these proteins expressed at high levels around the nucleus and extended to the final phase. During the nuclear shaping period, KIF3A and KIF3B reached their maximum in the late spermatids and were located around the nucleus and concentrated in the acrosome to some extent. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE Our results revealed that KIF3A and KIF3B were involved in the nuclear and cellular morphogenesis at the levels of mRNA and protein. These proteins can potentially facilitate the intracellular transport of organelles, proteins, and other cargoes. The results represent the functions of KIF3A and KIF3B in the spermatogenesis of Crustacea and clarify phylogenetic relationships among the Decapoda.
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CRMP-2 plays a pivotal role in promoting axon formation, neurite outgrowth and elongation in neuronal cells. CRMP-2′s role in other cells is unknown. Our preliminary results showed CRMP-2 expression in cilia of fibroblasts. To localize CRMP-2, define its role and study the regulation of CRMP-2′s expression in cilia we carried out the following experiments. We find that in fibroblasts CRMP-2 localizes to the centrosome and is associated with the basal body and -at a low level- is present in primary cilia. Phosphorylated pCRMP-2 can only be detected at the basal body. RNAi knockdown of CRMP-2 interfered with primary cilium assembly demonstrating a critical requirement for CRMP-2. Deletion analysis of CRMP-2 identified a 51 amino acid sequence in the C-terminus that is required for targeting to the basal body and primary cilium. This domain contains GSK-3β phosphorylation sites as well as two repeats of the VxPx motif, previously identified as a cilium targeting signal in other primary cilium proteins. To our surprise, mutation of the CRMP-2 VxPx motifs did not eliminate primary cilium targeting. Instead, mutation of the GSK-3β phosphorylation sites abolished CRMP-2 targeting to the primary cilium without affecting basal body localization. Treatment of cells with lithium, a potent GSK-3β inhibitor, or with two specific GSK-3β inhibitors (the L803-mts peptide inhibitor and CHIR99021) resulted in cilium elongation and decreased basal body levels of pCRMP-2 as well as increased levels of total CRMP-2 at the primary cilium. In summary, we identified CRMP-2 as a protein critically involved in primary cilia formation. To our knowledge this is the first demonstration of modulation of primary cilium targeting by GSK-3β.
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Zhang Y, Ou Y, Cheng M, Saadi HS, Thundathil JC, van der Hoorn FA. KLC3 is involved in sperm tail midpiece formation and sperm function. Dev Biol 2012; 366:101-10. [PMID: 22561200 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2012.04.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2012] [Revised: 04/12/2012] [Accepted: 04/16/2012] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Kinesin light chain 3 (KLC3) is the only known kinesin light chain expressed in post-meiotic male germ cells. We have reported that in rat spermatids KLC3 associates with outer dense fibers and mitochondrial sheath. KLC3 is able to bind to mitochondria in vitro and in vivo employing the conserved tetratrico-peptide repeat kinesin light chain motif. The temporal expression and association of KLC3 with mitochondria coincides with the stage in spermatogenesis when mitochondria move from the spermatid cell periphery to the developing midpiece suggesting a role in midpiece formation. In fibroblasts, expression of KLC3 results in formation of large KLC3 aggregates close to the nucleus that contain mitochondria. However, the molecular basis of the aggregation of mitochondria by KLC3 and its role in sperm tail midpiece formation are not clear. Here we show that KLC3 expression from an inducible system causes mitochondrial aggregation within 6h in a microtubule dependent manner. We identified the mitochondrial outer membrane porin protein VDAC2 as a KLC3 binding partner. To analyze a role for KLC3 in spermatids we developed a transgenic mouse model in which a KLC3ΔHR mutant protein is specifically expressed in spermatids: this KLC3 mutant protein binds mitochondria and causes aggregate formation, but cannot bind outer dense fibers. Male transgenic mice display significantly reduced reproductive efficiency siring small sized litters. We observed defects in the mitochondrial sheath structure in a number of transgenic spermatids. Transgenic males have a significantly reduced sperm count and produce spermatozoa that exhibit abnormal motility parameters. Our results indicate that KLC3 plays a role during spermiogenesis in the development of the midpiece and in the normal function of spermatozoa.
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- Ying Zhang
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 4N1
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The small heat shock protein ODF1/HSPB10 is essential for tight linkage of sperm head to tail and male fertility in mice. Mol Cell Biol 2011; 32:216-25. [PMID: 22037768 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.06158-11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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Sperm motility and hence male fertility strictly depends on proper development of the sperm tail and its tight anchorage to the head. The main protein of sperm tail outer dense fibers, ODF1/HSPB10, belongs to the family of small heat shock proteins that function as molecular chaperones. However, the impact of ODF1 on sperm tail formation and motility and on male fecundity is unknown. We therefore generated mutant mice in which the Odf1 gene was disrupted. Heterozygous mutant male mice are fertile while sperm motility is reduced, but Odf1-deficient male mice are infertile due to the detachment of the sperm head. Although headless tails are somehow motile, transmission electron microscopy revealed disturbed organization of the mitochondrial sheath, as well as of the outer dense fibers. Our results thus suggest that ODF1, besides being involved in the correct arrangement of mitochondrial sheath and outer dense fibers, is essential for rigid junction of sperm head and tail. Loss of function of ODF1, therefore, might account for some of the cases of human infertility with decapitated sperm heads. In addition, since sperm motility is already affected in heterozygous mice, impairment of ODF1 might even account for some cases of reduced fertility in male patients.
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Cabrillana ME, Monclus MA, Sáez Lancellotti TE, Boarelli PV, Clementi MA, Vincenti AE, Yunes RFM, Fornés MW. Characterization of flagellar cysteine-rich sperm proteins involved in motility, by the combination of cellular fractionation, fluorescence detection, and mass spectrometry analysis. Cytoskeleton (Hoboken) 2011; 68:491-500. [DOI: 10.1002/cm.20525] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2011] [Revised: 07/05/2011] [Accepted: 07/07/2011] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Ruan Y, Cheng M, Ou Y, Oko R, van der Hoorn FA. Ornithine decarboxylase antizyme Oaz3 modulates protein phosphatase activity. J Biol Chem 2011; 286:29417-29427. [PMID: 21712390 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m111.274647] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Ornithine decarboxylase antizyme 3 (Oaz3) is expressed in spermatids, makes up the antizyme family of Oaz genes with Oaz1 and Oaz2, and was proposed to encode a 22 kDa antizyme protein involved in polyamine regulation similar to the 22 kDa OAZ1 and OAZ2 proteins. Here we demonstrate however that the major product encoded by Oaz3 is a 12 kDa protein, p12, which lacks the antizyme domain that interacts with ornithine decarboxylase. We show that p12 does not affect ornithine decarboxylase levels, providing an explanation for the surprising observation made in Oaz3 knock-out male mice, which do not display altered testis polyamine metabolism. This suggested a novel activity for Oaz3 p12. Using immuno-electron microscopy we localized p12 to two structures in the mammalian sperm tail, viz. the outer dense fibers and fibrous sheath, as well as to the connecting piece linking head and tail. We identified myosin phosphatase targeting subunit 3 (MYPT3), a regulator of protein phosphatase PP1β, as a major p12-interacting protein, and show that MYPT3 is present in sperm tails and that its ankyrin repeat binds p12. We show that MYPT3 can also bind protein phosphatase PP1γ2, the only protein phosphatase present in sperm tails, and that p12- MYPT3 interaction modulates the activity of both PP1β and PP1γ2. This is, to our knowledge, the first demonstration of a novel activity for an Oaz-encoded protein.
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- Yibing Ruan
- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Calgary, Calgary T2N 4N1, Canada and
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Calgary, Calgary T2N 4N1, Canada and
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Calgary, Calgary T2N 4N1, Canada and
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- Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology, Queens University, Kingston K7L 3N6, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Calgary, Calgary T2N 4N1, Canada and.
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Inaba K. Sperm flagella: comparative and phylogenetic perspectives of protein components. Mol Hum Reprod 2011; 17:524-38. [PMID: 21586547 DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gar034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 154] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Sperm motility is necessary for the transport of male DNA to eggs in species with both external and internal fertilization. Flagella comprise several proteins for generating and regulating motility. Central cytoskeletal structures called axonemes have been well conserved through evolution. In mammalian sperm flagella, two accessory structures (outer dense fiber and the fibrous sheath) surround the axoneme. The axonemal bend movement is based on the active sliding of axonemal doublet microtubules by the molecular motor dynein, which is divided into outer and inner arm dyneins according to positioning on the doublet microtubule. Outer and inner arm dyneins play different roles in the production and regulation of flagellar motility. Several regulatory mechanisms are known for both dyneins, which are important in motility activation and chemotaxis at fertilization. Although dynein itself has certain properties that contribute to the formation and propagation of flagellar bending, other axonemal structures-specifically, the radial spoke/central pair apparatus-have essential roles in the regulation of flagellar bending. Recent genetic and proteomic studies have explored several new components of axonemes and shed light on the generation and regulation of sperm motility during fertilization.
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- Kazuo Inaba
- Shimoda Marine Research Center, University of Tsukuba, Shizuoka, Japan.
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Liu B, Zhang W, Wang Z. Voltage-dependent anion channel in mammalian spermatozoa. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2010; 397:633-6. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2010.06.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2010] [Accepted: 06/05/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Hermo L, Pelletier RM, Cyr DG, Smith CE. Surfing the wave, cycle, life history, and genes/proteins expressed by testicular germ cells. Part 3: developmental changes in spermatid flagellum and cytoplasmic droplet and interaction of sperm with the zona pellucida and egg plasma membrane. Microsc Res Tech 2010; 73:320-63. [PMID: 19941287 DOI: 10.1002/jemt.20784] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Spermiogenesis constitutes the steps involved in the metamorphosis of spermatids into spermatozoa. It involves modification of several organelles in addition to the formation of several structures including the flagellum and cytoplasmic droplet. The flagellum is composed of a neck region and middle, principal, and end pieces. The axoneme composed of nine outer microtubular doublets circularly arranged to form a cylinder around a central pair of microtubules is present throughout the flagellum. The middle and principal pieces each contain specific components such as the mitochondrial sheath and fibrous sheath, respectively, while outer dense fibers are common to both. A plethora of proteins are constituents of each of these structures, with each playing key roles in functions related to the fertility of spermatozoa. At the end of spermiogenesis, a portion of spermatid cytoplasm remains associated with the released spermatozoa, referred to as the cytoplasmic droplet. The latter has as its main feature Golgi saccules, which appear to modify the plasma membrane of spermatozoa as they move down the epididymal duct and hence may be partly involved in male gamete maturation. The end product of spermatogenesis is highly streamlined and motile spermatozoa having a condensed nucleus equipped with an acrosome. Spermatozoa move through the female reproductive tract and eventually penetrate the zona pellucida and bind to the egg plasma membrane. Many proteins have been implicated in the process of fertilization as well as a plethora of proteins involved in the development of spermatids and sperm, and these are high lighted in this review.
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- Louis Hermo
- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 2B2.
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Fitzgerald CJ, Oko RJ, van der Hoorn FA. Rat Spag5 associates in somatic cells with endoplasmic reticulum and microtubules but in spermatozoa with outer dense fibers. Mol Reprod Dev 2006; 73:92-100. [PMID: 16211599 DOI: 10.1002/mrd.20388] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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The leucine zipper motif has been identified as an important and specific interaction motif used by various sperm tail proteins that localize to the outer dense fibers. We had found that rat Odf1, a major integral ODF protein, utilizes its leucine zipper to associate with Odf2, another major ODF protein, Spag4 which localizes to the interface between ODF and axonemal microtubule doublets, and Spag5. The rat Spag5 sequence indicated a close relationship with human Astrin, a microtubule-binding spindle protein suggesting that Spag5, like Spag4, may associate with the sperm tail axoneme. RT PCR assays indicated expression of Spag5 in various tissues and in somatic cells Spag5 localizes to endoplasmic reticulum and microtubules, as expected for an Astrin orthologue. MT binding was confirmed both in vivo and in in vitro MT-binding assays: somatic cells contain a 58 kDa MT-associated Spag5 protein. Western blotting assays of rat somatic cells and male germ cells at different stages of development using anti-Spag5 antibodies demonstrated that the protein expression pattern changes during spermatogenesis and that sperm tails contain a 58 kDa Spag5 protein. Use of affinity-purified anti-Spag5 antibodies in immuno electron microscopy shows that in rat elongated spermatids and epididymal sperm the Spag5 protein associates with ODF, but not with the axonemal MTs. This observation is in contrast to that for the other Odf1-binding, MT-binding protein Spag4, which is present between ODF and axoneme. Our data demonstrate that Spag5 has different localization in somatic versus male germ cells suggesting the possibility of different function.
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- Carolyn J Fitzgerald
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Fitzgerald C, Sikora C, Lawson V, Dong K, Cheng M, Oko R, van der Hoorn FA. Mammalian transcription in support of hybrid mRNA and protein synthesis in testis and lung. J Biol Chem 2006; 281:38172-80. [PMID: 17040916 PMCID: PMC3158134 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m606010200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Post-transcriptional mechanisms including differential splicing expand the protein repertoire beyond that provided by the one gene-one protein model. Trans-splicing has been observed in mammalian systems but is low level (sometimes referred to as noise), and a contribution to hybrid protein expression is unclear. In the study of rat sperm tail proteins a cDNA, called 1038, was isolated representing a hybrid mRNA derived in part from the ornithine decarboxylase antizyme 3 (Oaz3) gene located on rat chromosome 2 fused to sequences encoded by a novel gene on chromosome 4. Cytoplasmic Oaz3 mRNA is completely testis specific. However, in several tissues Oaz3 is transcribed and contributes to hybrid 1038 mRNA synthesis, without concurrent Oaz3 mRNA synthesis. 1038 mRNA directs synthesis of a hybrid 14-kDa protein, part chromosome 2- and part chromosome 4-derived as shown in vitro and in transfected cells. Antisera that recognize a chromosome 4-encoded C-terminal peptide confirm the hybrid character of endogenous 14-kDa protein and its presence in sperm tail structures and 1038-positive tissue. Our data suggest that the testis-specific OAZ3 gene may be an example of a mammalian gene that in several tissues is transcribed to contribute to a hybrid mRNA and protein. This finding expands the repertoire of known mechanisms available to cells to generate proteome diversity.
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- Carolyn Fitzgerald
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta T2N 4N1, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta T2N 4N1, Canada
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta T2N 4N1, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta T2N 4N1, Canada
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta T2N 4N1, Canada
- To whom correspondence should be addressed: Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Calgary, 3330 Hospital Dr. NW, Calgary, Alberta T2N 4N1, Canada. Tel.: 403-220-4243; Fax: 403-210-8109;
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Cao W, Gerton GL, Moss SB. Proteomic Profiling of Accessory Structures from the Mouse Sperm Flagellum. Mol Cell Proteomics 2006; 5:801-10. [PMID: 16452089 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.m500322-mcp200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 143] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The flagellum of a mammalian spermatozoon consists of an axoneme surrounded in distinct regions by accessory structures known as the fibrous sheath, outer dense fibers, and the mitochondrial sheath. Although the characterization of individual proteins has provided clues about the roles of these accessory structures, a more complete understanding of flagellar function requires the identification of all the polypeptides in these assemblies. Epididymal mouse sperm were treated with SDS to dislodge sperm heads and to extract the axoneme and membranous elements. The remaining flagellar accessory structures were purified by sucrose gradient centrifugation. Analysis of proteins from these structures by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis and colloidal Coomassie Blue staining showed a highly reproducible pattern of >200 spots. Individual spots were picked, digested with trypsin, and identified by mass spectrometry and peptide microsequencing. Approximately 50 individual proteins were identified that could be assigned to five general categories: 1) proteins previously reported to localize to the accessory structures, e.g. ODF2 in the outer dense fibers, the sperm-specific glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase in the fibrous sheath, and glutathione peroxidase in the mitochondrial sheath, validating this proteomic approach; 2) proteins that had not been shown to localize to any accessory structure but would be predicted to be present, e.g. glycolytic enzymes; 3) proteins known to be part of the flagellum but not localized to a specific site, e.g. adenylate kinase; 4) proteins not expected to be part of the accessory structures based on their previously reported locations, e.g. tektins; and 5) unknown proteins for which no information is available to make a determination as to location. The unexpected presence of the tektins in the accessory structures of the flagellum was confirmed by both immunoblot and immunofluorescence analysis. This proteomic analysis identified a number of unexpected and novel proteins in the accessory structures of the mammalian flagellum.
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- Wenlei Cao
- Center for Research on Reproduction and Women's Health, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
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Zhang Y, Oko R, van der Hoorn FA. Rat kinesin light chain 3 associates with spermatid mitochondria. Dev Biol 2004; 275:23-33. [PMID: 15464570 PMCID: PMC3138780 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2004.07.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2004] [Revised: 07/15/2004] [Accepted: 07/19/2004] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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We recently discovered that in rat spermatids, kinesin light chain KLC3 can associate with outer dense fibers, major sperm tail components, and accumulates in the sperm midpiece. Here, we show that mitochondria isolated from rat-elongating spermatids have bound KLC3. Immunoelectron microscopy indicates that the association of KLC3 with mitochondria coincides with the stage in spermatogenesis when mitochondria move from the plasma membrane to the developing midpiece. KLC3 is able to bind in vitro to mitochondria from spermatids as well as somatic cells employing a conserved kinesin light chain motif, the tetratrico-peptide repeats. Expression of KLC3 in fibroblasts results in formation of large KLC3 clusters close to the nucleus, which also contain mitochondria: no other organelles were present in these clusters. Mitochondria are not present in KLC3 clusters after deletion of KLC3's tetratrico-peptide repeats. Our results indicate that the rat spermatid kinesin light chain KLC3 can associate with mitochondria.
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- Ying Zhang
- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 4N1
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- Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada K7L 3N6
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 4N1
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Hinsch KD, De Pinto V, Aires VA, Schneider X, Messina A, Hinsch E. Voltage-dependent anion-selective channels VDAC2 and VDAC3 are abundant proteins in bovine outer dense fibers, a cytoskeletal component of the sperm flagellum. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:15281-8. [PMID: 14739283 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m313433200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Outer dense fibers (ODF) are specific subcellular components of the sperm flagellum. The functions of ODF have not yet been clearly elucidated. We have investigated the protein composition of purified ODF from bovine spermatozoa and found that one of the most abundant proteins is a 30-32-kDa polypeptide. This protein was analyzed by sequencing peptides derived following limited proteolysis. Peptide sequences were found to match VDAC2 and VDAC3. VDACs (voltage-dependent, anion-selective channels) or eukaryotic porins are a group of proteins first identified in the mitochondrial outer membrane that are able to form hydrophilic pore structures in membranes. In mammals, three VDAC isoforms (VDAC1, -2, -3) have been identified by cDNA cloning and sequencing. Antibodies against synthetic peptides specific for the three mammal VDAC isoforms were generated in rabbits. Their specificity was demonstrated by immunoblotting using recombinant VDAC1, -2, and -3. In protein extracts of bovine spermatozoa, VDAC1, -2, and -3 were detected by specific antibodies, while only VDAC2 and -3 were found as solubilized proteins derived from purified bovine ODFs. Immunofluorescence microscopy of spermatozoa revealed that anti-VDAC2 and anti-VDAC3 antibodies clearly bound to the sperm flagellum, in particular to the ODF. Transmission electron immunomicroscopy supported the finding that VDAC2 protein is abundant in the ODF. Since the ODF does not have any known membranous structure, it is tempting to speculate that VDAC2 and VDAC3 might have an alternative structural organization and different functions in ODF than in mitochondria.
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- Klaus-Dieter Hinsch
- Center of Dermatology and Andrology, Justus Liebig University, 35392 Giessen, Germany.
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