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Zigo M, Netherton J, Zelenková N, Kerns K, Kraus V, Postlerová P, Baker M, Sutovsky P. Bottom-up approach to deciphering the targets of the ubiquitin-proteasome system in porcine sperm capacitation. Sci Rep 2024; 14:20159. [PMID: 39215164 PMCID: PMC11364869 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-71056-4] [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: 02/01/2024] [Accepted: 08/23/2024] [Indexed: 09/04/2024] Open
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Capacitation is an essential post-testicular maturation event endowing spermatozoa with fertilizing capacity within the female reproductive tract, significant for fertility, reproductive health, and contraception. By using a human-relevant large animal model, the domestic boar, this study focuses on furthering our understanding of the involvement of the ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS) in sperm capacitation. The UPS is a universal, evolutionarily conserved, cellular proteome-wide degradation and recycling machinery, that has been shown to play a significant role in reproduction during the past two decades. Herein, we have used a bottom-up proteomic approach to (i) monitor the capacitation-related changes in the sperm protein levels, and (ii) identify the targets of UPS regulation during sperm capacitation. Spermatozoa were capacitated under proteasomal activity-permissive and inhibiting conditions and extracted sperm proteins were subjected to high-resolution mass spectrometry. We report that 401 individual proteins differed at least two-fold in abundance (P < 0.05) after in vitro capacitation (IVC) and 13 proteins were found significantly different (P < 0.05) between capacitated spermatozoa with proteasomal inhibition compared to the vehicle control. These proteins were associated with biological processes including sperm capacitation, sperm motility, metabolism, binding to zona pellucida, and proteasome-mediated catabolism. Changes in RAB2A, CFAP161, and TTR during IVC were phenotyped by immunocytochemistry, image-based flow cytometry, and Western blotting. We conclude that (i) the sperm proteome is subjected to extensive remodeling during sperm capacitation, and (ii) the UPS has a narrow range of distinct protein substrates during capacitation. This knowledge highlights the importance of the UPS in sperm capacitation and offers opportunities to identify novel pharmacological targets to modulate sperm fertilizing ability for the benefit of human reproductive health, assisted reproductive therapy, and contraception, as well as reproductive management in food animal agriculture.
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- Michal Zigo
- Division of Animal Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, 65211-5300, USA.
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- HMRI Infertility and Reproduction Research Program, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia
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- Division of Animal Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, 65211-5300, USA
- Department of Veterinary Sciences, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, University of Life Sciences Prague, 16500, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Division of Animal Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, 65211-5300, USA
- Department of Animal Science, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 50011, USA
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- Laboratory of Reproductive Biology, Institute of Biotechnology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, BIOCEV, 25250, Vestec, Czech Republic
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- Department of Veterinary Sciences, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, University of Life Sciences Prague, 16500, Prague, Czech Republic
- Laboratory of Reproductive Biology, Institute of Biotechnology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, BIOCEV, 25250, Vestec, Czech Republic
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- HMRI Infertility and Reproduction Research Program, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia
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- Division of Animal Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, 65211-5300, USA
- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women's Health, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, 65211, USA
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Blengini CS, Vaskovicova M, Schier J, Drutovic D, Schindler K. Spatio-temporal requirements of Aurora kinase A in mouse oocyte meiotic spindle building. iScience 2024; 27:110451. [PMID: 39081293 PMCID: PMC11284559 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2024.110451] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2024] [Revised: 05/30/2024] [Accepted: 07/01/2024] [Indexed: 08/02/2024] Open
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Meiotic spindles are critical to ensure chromosome segregation during gamete formation. Oocytes lack centrosomes and use alternative microtubule-nucleation mechanisms for spindle building. How these mechanisms are regulated is still unknown. Aurora kinase A (AURKA) is essential for mouse oocyte meiosis because in pro-metaphase I it triggers microtubule organizing-center fragmentation and its expression compensates for the loss of the two other Aurora kinases (AURKB/AURKC). Although knockout mouse models were useful for foundational studies, AURK spatial and temporal functions are not yet resolved. We provide high-resolution analyses of AURKA/AURKC requirements during meiotic spindle-building and identify the subcellular populations that carry out these functions: 1) AURKA is required in early spindle assembly and later for spindle stability, whereas 2) AURKC is required in late pro-metaphase, and 3) Targeted AURKA constructs expressed in triple AURK knockout oocytes reveal that spindle pole-localized AURKA is the most important population controlling spindle building and stability mechanisms.
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- Cecilia S. Blengini
- Department of Genetics, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA
- Human Genetics Institute of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
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- Laboratory of DNA Integrity, Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Libechov, Czech Republic
- Department of Cell Biology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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- The Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Information Theory and Automation, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
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- Laboratory of DNA Integrity, Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Libechov, Czech Republic
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- Department of Genetics, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA
- Human Genetics Institute of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
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Skinner MW, Simington CJ, López-Jiménez P, Baran KA, Xu J, Dayani Y, Pryzhkova MV, Page J, Gómez R, Holland AJ, Jordan PW. Spermatocytes have the capacity to segregate chromosomes despite centriole duplication failure. EMBO Rep 2024; 25:3373-3405. [PMID: 38943004 PMCID: PMC11316026 DOI: 10.1038/s44319-024-00187-6] [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] [Received: 12/12/2023] [Revised: 06/13/2024] [Accepted: 06/14/2024] [Indexed: 06/30/2024] Open
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Centrosomes are the canonical microtubule organizing centers (MTOCs) of most mammalian cells, including spermatocytes. Centrosomes comprise a centriole pair within a structurally ordered and dynamic pericentriolar matrix (PCM). Unlike in mitosis, where centrioles duplicate once per cycle, centrioles undergo two rounds of duplication during spermatogenesis. The first duplication is during early meiotic prophase I, and the second is during interkinesis. Using mouse mutants and chemical inhibition, we have blocked centriole duplication during spermatogenesis and determined that non-centrosomal MTOCs (ncMTOCs) can mediate chromosome segregation. This mechanism is different from the acentriolar MTOCs that form bipolar spindles in oocytes, which require PCM components, including gamma-tubulin and CEP192. From an in-depth analysis, we identified six microtubule-associated proteins, TPX2, KIF11, NuMA, and CAMSAP1-3, that localized to the non-centrosomal MTOC. These factors contribute to a mechanism that ensures bipolar MTOC formation and chromosome segregation during spermatogenesis when centriole duplication fails. However, despite the successful completion of meiosis and round spermatid formation, centriole inheritance and PLK4 function are required for normal spermiogenesis and flagella assembly, which are critical to ensure fertility.
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- Marnie W Skinner
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Biology, Autonomous University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences, London, W12 0NN, UK
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USA
- The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USA
- The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Department of Biology, Autonomous University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Biology, Autonomous University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USA.
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Cantwell H, Nguyen H, Kettenbach A, Heald R. Spindle morphology changes between meiosis and mitosis driven by CK2 regulation of the Ran pathway. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2024:2024.07.25.605073. [PMID: 39211121 PMCID: PMC11361180 DOI: 10.1101/2024.07.25.605073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/04/2024]
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The transition from meiotic divisions in the oocyte to embryonic mitoses is a critical step in animal development. Despite negligible changes to cell size and shape, following fertilization the small, barrel-shaped meiotic spindle is replaced by a large zygotic spindle that nucleates abundant astral microtubules at spindle poles. To probe underlying mechanisms, we applied a drug screening approach using Ciona eggs and found that inhibition of Casein Kinase 2 (CK2) caused a shift from meiotic to mitotic-like spindle morphology with nucleation of robust astral microtubules, an effect reproduced in cytoplasmic extracts prepared from Xenopus eggs. In both species, CK2 activity decreased at fertilization. Phosphoproteomic differences between Xenopus meiotic and mitotic extracts that also accompanied CK2 inhibition pointed to RanGTP-regulated factors as potential targets. Interfering with RanGTP-driven microtubule formation suppressed astral microtubule growth caused by CK2 inhibition. These data support a model in which CK2 activity attenuation at fertilization leads to activation of RanGTP-regulated microtubule effectors that induce mitotic spindle morphology.
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Ortega MS, Lockhart KN, Spencer TE. Impact of Sire on Embryo Development and Pregnancy. Vet Clin North Am Food Anim Pract 2024; 40:131-140. [PMID: 37704462 DOI: 10.1016/j.cvfa.2023.08.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/15/2023] Open
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The use of in vitro embryo production (IVP) has increased globally, particularly in the United States. Although maternal factors influencing embryo development have been extensively studied, the influence of the sire is not well understood. Sperm plays a crucial role in embryo development providing DNA, triggering oocyte maturation, and aiding in mitosis. Current sire fertility measurements do not consistently align with embryo production outcomes. Low-fertility sires may perform well in IVP systems but produce fewer pregnancies. Testing sires in vitro could identify characteristics affecting embryo development and pregnancy loss risk in IVP and embryo transfer programs.
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- M Sofia Ortega
- Department of Animal and Dairy Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1675 Observatory Drive.
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- Division of Animal Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA
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- Division of Animal Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA
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Simerly C, Robertson E, Harrison C, Ward S, George C, Deleon J, Hartnett C, Schatten G. Male meiotic spindle poles are stabilized by TACC3 and cKAP5/chTOG differently from female meiotic or somatic mitotic spindles in mice. Sci Rep 2024; 14:4808. [PMID: 38413710 PMCID: PMC10899211 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-55376-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2023] [Accepted: 02/22/2024] [Indexed: 02/29/2024] Open
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Transforming acidic acid coiled-coil protein 3 (TACC3) and cytoskeleton associated protein 5 (cKAP5; or colonic hepatic tumor overexpressed gene, chTOG) are vital for spindle assembly and stabilization initiated through TACC3 Aurora-A kinase interaction. Here, TACC3 and cKAP5/chTOG localization with monospecific antibodies is investigated in eGFP-centrin-2- expressing mouse meiotic spermatocytes. Both proteins bind spermatocyte spindle poles but neither kinetochore nor interpolar microtubules, unlike in mitotic mouse fibroblasts or female meiotic oocyte spindles. Spermatocytes do not display a liquid-like spindle domain (LISD), although fusing them into maturing oocytes generates LISD-like TACC3 condensates around sperm chromatin but sparse microtubule assembly. Microtubule inhibitors do not reduce TACC3 and cKAP5/chTOG spindle pole binding. MLN 8237 Aurora-A kinase inhibitor removes TACC3, not cKAP5/chTOG, disrupting spindle organization, chromosome alignment, and impacting spindle pole γ-tubulin intensity. The LISD disruptor 1,6-hexanediol abolished TACC3 in spermatocytes, impacting spindle bipolarity and chromosome organization. Cold microtubule disassembly and rescue experiments in the presence of 1,6-hexanediol reinforce the concept that spermatocyte TACC3 spindle pole presence is not required for spindle pole microtubule assembly. Collectively, meiotic spermatocytes without a LISD localize TACC3 and cKAP5/chTOG exclusively at spindle poles to support meiotic spindle pole stabilization during male meiosis, different from either female meiosis or mitosis.
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- Calvin Simerly
- Departments of Cell Biology, Ob-Gyn-Repro Sci, and Bioengineering, Pittsburgh Development Center of Magee-Womens Research Institute, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 204 Craft Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA
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- Departments of Cell Biology, Ob-Gyn-Repro Sci, and Bioengineering, Pittsburgh Development Center of Magee-Womens Research Institute, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 204 Craft Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA
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- Departments of Cell Biology, Ob-Gyn-Repro Sci, and Bioengineering, Pittsburgh Development Center of Magee-Womens Research Institute, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 204 Craft Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA
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- Departments of Cell Biology, Ob-Gyn-Repro Sci, and Bioengineering, Pittsburgh Development Center of Magee-Womens Research Institute, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 204 Craft Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA
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- Departments of Cell Biology, Ob-Gyn-Repro Sci, and Bioengineering, Pittsburgh Development Center of Magee-Womens Research Institute, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 204 Craft Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA
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- Departments of Cell Biology, Ob-Gyn-Repro Sci, and Bioengineering, Pittsburgh Development Center of Magee-Womens Research Institute, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 204 Craft Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA
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- Departments of Cell Biology, Ob-Gyn-Repro Sci, and Bioengineering, Pittsburgh Development Center of Magee-Womens Research Institute, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 204 Craft Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA
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- Departments of Cell Biology, Ob-Gyn-Repro Sci, and Bioengineering, Pittsburgh Development Center of Magee-Womens Research Institute, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 204 Craft Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA.
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Subbiah A, Caswell DL, Turner K, Jaiswal A, Avidor-Reiss T. CP110 and CEP135 Localize Near the Proximal Centriolar Remnants of Mice Spermatozoa. MICROPUBLICATION BIOLOGY 2024; 2024:10.17912/micropub.biology.001083. [PMID: 38351906 PMCID: PMC10862134 DOI: 10.17912/micropub.biology.001083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2023] [Revised: 01/17/2024] [Accepted: 01/18/2024] [Indexed: 02/16/2024]
Abstract
Centrioles form centrosomes that organize microtubules, assist in cell structure, and nucleate cilia that provide motility and sensation. Within the sperm, the centrosome consists of two centrioles (proximal and distal centriole) and a pericentriolar material known as the striated column and capitulum. The distal centriole nucleates the flagellum. Mice spermatozoa, unlike other mammal spermatozoa (e.g., human and bovine), have no ultra-structurally recognizable centrioles, but their neck has the centriolar proteins POC1B and FAM161A, suggesting mice spermatozoa have remnant centrioles. Here, we examine whether other centriolar proteins, CP110 and CEP135, found in the human and bovine spermatozoa centrioles are also found in the mouse spermatozoa neck. CP110 is a tip protein controlling ciliogenesis, and CEP135 is a centriole-specific structural protein in the centriole base of canonical centrioles found in most cell types. Here, we report that CP110 and CEP135 were both located in the mice spermatozoa neck around the proximal centriolar remnants labeled by POC1B, increasing the number of centriolar proteins found in the mice spermatozoa neck, further supporting the hypothesis that a remnant proximal centriole is present in mice.
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Khanal S, Jaiswal A, Chowdanayaka R, Puente N, Turner K, Assefa KY, Nawras M, Back ED, Royfman A, Burkett JP, Cheong SH, Fisher HS, Sindhwani P, Gray J, Ramachandra NB, Avidor-Reiss T. The evolution of centriole degradation in mouse sperm. Nat Commun 2024; 15:117. [PMID: 38168044 PMCID: PMC10761967 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-44411-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2023] [Accepted: 12/12/2023] [Indexed: 01/05/2024] Open
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Centrioles are subcellular organelles found at the cilia base with an evolutionarily conserved structure and a shock absorber-like function. In sperm, centrioles are found at the flagellum base and are essential for embryo development in basal animals. Yet, sperm centrioles have evolved diverse forms, sometimes acting like a transmission system, as in cattle, and sometimes becoming dispensable, as in house mice. How the essential sperm centriole evolved to become dispensable in some organisms is unclear. Here, we test the hypothesis that this transition occurred through a cascade of evolutionary changes to the proteins, structure, and function of sperm centrioles and was possibly driven by sperm competition. We found that the final steps in this cascade are associated with a change in the primary structure of the centriolar inner scaffold protein FAM161A in rodents. This information provides the first insight into the molecular mechanisms and adaptive evolution underlying a major evolutionary transition within the internal structure of the mammalian sperm neck.
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- Sushil Khanal
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, USA
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- Department of Studies in Genetics and Genomics, University of Mysore, Manasagangotri, Mysuru, India
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, USA
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- Department of Neurosciences, College of Medicine and Life Sciences, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, USA
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- Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Maryland College Park, College Park, MD, USA
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- Department of Urology, College of Medicine and Life Sciences, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, USA.
- Department of Urology, College of Medicine and Life Sciences, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, USA.
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Miller SM, Stuart KC, Burke NW, Rollins LA, Bonduriansky R. Genetic and Phenotypic Consequences of Local Transitions between Sexual and Parthenogenetic Reproduction in the Wild. Am Nat 2024; 203:73-91. [PMID: 38207137 DOI: 10.1086/727511] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2024]
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AbstractTransitions from sexual to asexual reproduction have occurred in numerous lineages, but it remains unclear why asexual populations rarely persist. In facultatively parthenogenetic animals, all-female populations can arise when males are absent or become extinct, and such populations could help to understand the genetic and phenotypic changes that occur in the initial stages of transitions to asexuality. We investigated a naturally occurring spatial mosaic of mixed-sex and all-female populations of the facultatively parthenogenetic Australian phasmid Megacrania batesii. Analysis of single-nucleotide polymorphisms indicated multiple independent transitions between reproductive modes. All-female populations had much lower heterozygosity and allelic diversity than mixed-sex populations, but we found few consistent differences in fitness-related traits between population types. All-female populations exhibited more frequent and severe deformities in their (flight-incapable) wings but did not show higher rates of appendage loss. All-female populations also harbored more ectoparasites in swamp (but not beach) habitats. Reproductive mode explained little variation in female body size, fecundity, or egg hatch rate. Our results suggest that transitions to parthenogenetic reproduction can lead to dramatic genetic changes with little immediate effect on performance. All-female M. batesii populations appear to consist of high-fitness genotypes that might be able to thrive for many generations in relatively constant and benign environments but could be vulnerable to environmental challenges, such as increased parasite abundance.
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Pimenta-Marques A, Perestrelo T, Reis-Rodrigues P, Duarte P, Ferreira-Silva A, Lince-Faria M, Bettencourt-Dias M. Ana1/CEP295 is an essential player in the centrosome maintenance program regulated by Polo kinase and the PCM. EMBO Rep 2024; 25:102-127. [PMID: 38200359 PMCID: PMC10897187 DOI: 10.1038/s44319-023-00020-6] [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] [Received: 06/28/2022] [Revised: 11/14/2023] [Accepted: 11/22/2023] [Indexed: 01/12/2024] Open
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Centrioles are part of centrosomes and cilia, which are microtubule organising centres (MTOC) with diverse functions. Despite their stability, centrioles can disappear during differentiation, such as in oocytes, but little is known about the regulation of their structural integrity. Our previous research revealed that the pericentriolar material (PCM) that surrounds centrioles and its recruiter, Polo kinase, are downregulated in oogenesis and sufficient for maintaining both centrosome structural integrity and MTOC activity. We now show that the expression of specific components of the centriole cartwheel and wall, including ANA1/CEP295, is essential for maintaining centrosome integrity. We find that Polo kinase requires ANA1 to promote centriole stability in cultured cells and eggs. In addition, ANA1 expression prevents the loss of centrioles observed upon PCM-downregulation. However, the centrioles maintained by overexpressing and tethering ANA1 are inactive, unlike the MTOCs observed upon tethering Polo kinase. These findings demonstrate that several centriole components are needed to maintain centrosome structure. Our study also highlights that centrioles are more dynamic than previously believed, with their structural stability relying on the continuous expression of multiple components.
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- Ana Pimenta-Marques
- Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Rua da Quinta Grande, 6, 2780-156, Oeiras, Portugal.
- iNOVA4Health | NOVA Medical School | Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal.
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- Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Rua da Quinta Grande, 6, 2780-156, Oeiras, Portugal
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- Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Rua da Quinta Grande, 6, 2780-156, Oeiras, Portugal
- Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 3400, Klosterneuburg, Austria
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- Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Rua da Quinta Grande, 6, 2780-156, Oeiras, Portugal
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- iNOVA4Health | NOVA Medical School | Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Rua da Quinta Grande, 6, 2780-156, Oeiras, Portugal
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Schatten H. The Impact of Centrosome Pathologies on Ovarian Cancer Development and Progression with a Focus on Centrosomes as Therapeutic Target. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2024; 1452:37-64. [PMID: 38805124 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-58311-7_3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2024]
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The impact of centrosome abnormalities on cancer cell proliferation has been recognized as early as 1914 (Boveri, Zur Frage der Entstehung maligner Tumoren. Jena: G. Fisher, 1914), but vigorous research on molecular levels has only recently started when it became fully apparent that centrosomes can be targeted for new cancer therapies. While best known for their microtubule-organizing capabilities as MTOC (microtubule organizing center) in interphase and mitosis, centrosomes are now further well known for a variety of different functions, some of which are related to microtubule organization and consequential activities such as cell division, migration, maintenance of cell shape, and vesicle transport powered by motor proteins, while other functions include essential roles in cell cycle regulation, metabolic activities, signal transduction, proteolytic activity, and several others that are now heavily being investigated for their role in diseases and disorders (reviewed in Schatten and Sun, Histochem Cell Biol 150:303-325, 2018; Schatten, Adv Anat Embryol Cell Biol 235:43-50, 2022a; Schatten, Adv Anat Embryol Cell Biol 235:17-35, 2022b).Cancer cell centrosomes differ from centrosomes in noncancer cells in displaying specific abnormalities that include phosphorylation abnormalities, overexpression of specific centrosomal proteins, abnormalities in centriole and centrosome duplication, formation of multipolar spindles that play a role in aneuploidy and genomic instability, and several others that are highlighted in the present review on ovarian cancer. Ovarian cancer cell centrosomes, like those in other cancers, display complex abnormalities that in part are based on the heterogeneity of cells in the cancer tissues resulting from different etiologies of individual cancer cells that will be discussed in more detail in this chapter.Because of the critical role of centrosomes in cancer cell proliferation, several lines of research are being pursued to target centrosomes for therapeutic intervention to inhibit abnormal cancer cell proliferation and control tumor progression. Specific centrosome abnormalities observed in ovarian cancer will be addressed in this chapter with a focus on targeting such aberrations for ovarian cancer-specific therapies.
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- Heide Schatten
- University of Missouri-Columbia Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, Columbia, MO, USA.
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Pierron M, Woglar A, Busso C, Jha K, Mikeladze‐Dvali T, Croisier M, Gönczy P. Centriole elimination during Caenorhabditis elegans oogenesis initiates with loss of the central tube protein SAS-1. EMBO J 2023; 42:e115076. [PMID: 37987153 PMCID: PMC10711648 DOI: 10.15252/embj.2023115076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2023] [Revised: 10/23/2023] [Accepted: 10/24/2023] [Indexed: 11/22/2023] Open
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In most metazoans, centrioles are lost during oogenesis, ensuring that the zygote is endowed with the correct number of two centrioles, which are paternally contributed. How centriole architecture is dismantled during oogenesis is not understood. Here, we analyze with unprecedent detail the ultrastructural and molecular changes during oogenesis centriole elimination in Caenorhabditis elegans. Centriole elimination begins with loss of the so-called central tube and organelle widening, followed by microtubule disassembly. The resulting cluster of centriolar proteins then disappears gradually, usually moving in a microtubule- and dynein-dependent manner to the plasma membrane. Our analysis indicates that neither Polo-like kinases nor the PCM, which modulate oogenesis centriole elimination in Drosophila, do so in C. elegans. Furthermore, we demonstrate that the central tube protein SAS-1 normally departs initially from the organelle, which loses integrity earlier in sas-1 mutants. Overall, our work provides novel mechanistic insights regarding the fundamental process of oogenesis centriole elimination.
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- Marie Pierron
- Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research (ISREC), School of Life SciencesSwiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL)LausanneSwitzerland
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- Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research (ISREC), School of Life SciencesSwiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL)LausanneSwitzerland
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- Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research (ISREC), School of Life SciencesSwiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL)LausanneSwitzerland
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- Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research (ISREC), School of Life SciencesSwiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL)LausanneSwitzerland
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- BIO‐EM platform, School of Life SciencesSwiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL)LausanneSwitzerland
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- Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research (ISREC), School of Life SciencesSwiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL)LausanneSwitzerland
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Aljiboury A, Hehnly H. The centrosome - diverse functions in fertilization and development across species. J Cell Sci 2023; 136:jcs261387. [PMID: 38038054 PMCID: PMC10730021 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.261387] [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: 12/02/2023] Open
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The centrosome is a non-membrane-bound organelle that is conserved across most animal cells and serves various functions throughout the cell cycle. In dividing cells, the centrosome is known as the spindle pole and nucleates a robust microtubule spindle to separate genetic material equally into two daughter cells. In non-dividing cells, the mother centriole, a substructure of the centrosome, matures into a basal body and nucleates cilia, which acts as a signal-transducing antenna. The functions of centrosomes and their substructures are important for embryonic development and have been studied extensively using in vitro mammalian cell culture or in vivo using invertebrate models. However, there are considerable differences in the composition and functions of centrosomes during different aspects of vertebrate development, and these are less studied. In this Review, we discuss the roles played by centrosomes, highlighting conserved and divergent features across species, particularly during fertilization and embryonic development.
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- Abrar Aljiboury
- Syracuse University, Department of Biology, 107 College Place, Syracuse, NY 13244, USA
- Syracuse University, BioInspired Institute, Syracuse, NY 13244, USA
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- Syracuse University, Department of Biology, 107 College Place, Syracuse, NY 13244, USA
- Syracuse University, BioInspired Institute, Syracuse, NY 13244, USA
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Kalbfuss N, Gönczy P. Towards understanding centriole elimination. Open Biol 2023; 13:230222. [PMID: 37963546 PMCID: PMC10645514 DOI: 10.1098/rsob.230222] [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] [Received: 07/11/2023] [Accepted: 09/14/2023] [Indexed: 11/16/2023] Open
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Centrioles are microtubule-based structures crucial for forming flagella, cilia and centrosomes. Through these roles, centrioles are critical notably for proper cell motility, signalling and division. Recent years have advanced significantly our understanding of the mechanisms governing centriole assembly and architecture. Although centrioles are typically very stable organelles, persisting over many cell cycles, they can also be eliminated in some cases. Here, we review instances of centriole elimination in a range of species and cell types. Moreover, we discuss potential mechanisms that enable the switch from a stable organelle to a vanishing one. Further work is expected to provide novel insights into centriole elimination mechanisms in health and disease, thereby also enabling scientists to readily manipulate organelle fate.
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- Nils Kalbfuss
- Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research (ISREC), School of Life Sciences, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research (ISREC), School of Life Sciences, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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Galletta BJ, Varadarajan R, Fagerstrom CJ, Yang B, Haase KP, McJunkin K, Rusan NM. The E3 ligase Poe promotes Pericentrin degradation. Mol Biol Cell 2023; 34:br15. [PMID: 37342879 PMCID: PMC10398894 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e22-11-0534] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2022] [Revised: 06/07/2023] [Accepted: 06/13/2023] [Indexed: 06/23/2023] Open
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Centrosomes are essential parts of diverse cellular processes, and precise regulation of the levels of their constituent proteins is critical for their function. One such protein is Pericentrin (PCNT) in humans and Pericentrin-like protein (PLP) in Drosophila. Increased PCNT expression and its protein accumulation are linked to clinical conditions including cancer, mental disorders, and ciliopathies. However, the mechanisms by which PCNT levels are regulated remain underexplored. Our previous study demonstrated that PLP levels are sharply down-regulated during early spermatogenesis and this regulation is essential to spatially position PLP on the proximal end of centrioles. We hypothesized that the sharp drop in PLP protein was a result of rapid protein degradation during the male germ line premeiotic G2 phase. Here, we show that PLP is subject to ubiquitin-mediated degradation and identify multiple proteins that promote the reduction of PLP levels in spermatocytes, including the UBR box containing E3 ligase Poe (UBR4), which we show binds to PLP. Although protein sequences governing posttranslational regulation of PLP are not restricted to a single region of the protein, we identify a region that is required for Poe-mediated degradation. Experimentally stabilizing PLP, via internal PLP deletions or loss of Poe, leads to PLP accumulation in spermatocytes, its mispositioning along centrioles, and defects in centriole docking in spermatids.
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- Brian J. Galletta
- Cell and Developmental Biology Center, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, and
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- Cell and Developmental Biology Center, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, and
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- Cell and Developmental Biology Center, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, and
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- Laboratory of Cellular and Developmental Biology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892
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- Cell and Developmental Biology Center, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, and
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- Laboratory of Cellular and Developmental Biology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892
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- Cell and Developmental Biology Center, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, and
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Zigo M, Kerns K, Sutovsky P. The Ubiquitin-Proteasome System Participates in Sperm Surface Subproteome Remodeling during Boar Sperm Capacitation. Biomolecules 2023; 13:996. [PMID: 37371576 DOI: 10.3390/biom13060996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2023] [Revised: 06/08/2023] [Accepted: 06/12/2023] [Indexed: 06/29/2023] Open
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Sperm capacitation is a complex process endowing biological and biochemical changes to a spermatozoon for a successful encounter with an oocyte. The present study focused on the role of the ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS) in the remodeling of the sperm surface subproteome. The sperm surface subproteome from non-capacitated and in vitro capacitated (IVC) porcine spermatozoa, with and without proteasomal inhibition, was selectively isolated. The purified sperm surface subproteome was analyzed using high-resolution, quantitative liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) in four replicates. We identified 1680 HUGO annotated proteins, out of which we found 91 to be at least 1.5× less abundant (p < 0.05) and 141 to be at least 1.5× more abundant (p < 0.05) on the surface of IVC spermatozoa. These proteins were associated with sperm capacitation, hyperactivation, metabolism, acrosomal exocytosis, and fertilization. Abundances of 14 proteins were found to be significantly different (p < 0.05), exceeding a 1.5-fold abundance between the proteasomally inhibited (100 µM MG132) and vehicle control (0.2% ethanol) groups. The proteins NIF3L1, CSE1L, NDUFB7, PGLS, PPP4C, STK39, and TPRG1L were found to be more abundant; while BPHL, GSN, GSPT1, PFDN4, STYXL1, TIMM10, and UBXN4 were found to be less abundant in proteasomally inhibited IVC spermatozoa. Despite the UPS having a narrow range of targets, it modulated sperm metabolism and binding by regulating susceptible surface proteins. Changes in CSE1L, PFDN4, and STK39 during in vitro capacitation were confirmed using immunocytochemistry, image-based flow cytometry, and Western blotting. The results confirmed the active participation of the UPS in the extensive sperm surface proteome remodeling that occurs during boar sperm capacitation. This work will help us to identify new pharmacological mechanisms to positively or negatively modulate sperm fertilizing ability in food animals and humans.
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- Michal Zigo
- Division of Animal Science, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA
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- Division of Animal Science, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA
- Department of Animal Science, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA
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- Department of Animal Science, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA
- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women's Health, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA
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Kalbfuss N, Gönczy P. Extensive programmed centriole elimination unveiled in C. elegans embryos. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2023; 9:eadg8682. [PMID: 37256957 PMCID: PMC10413642 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adg8682] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2023] [Accepted: 04/25/2023] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Centrioles are critical for fundamental cellular processes, including signaling, motility, and division. The extent to which centrioles are present after cell cycle exit in a developing organism is not known. The stereotypical lineage of Caenorhabditis elegans makes it uniquely well-suited to investigate this question. Using notably lattice light-sheet microscopy, correlative light electron microscopy, and lineage assignment, we found that ~88% of cells lose centrioles during embryogenesis. Our analysis reveals that centriole elimination is stereotyped, occurring invariably at a given time in a given cell type. Moreover, we established that experimentally altering cell fate results in corresponding changes in centriole fate. Overall, we uncovered the existence of an extensive centriole elimination program, which we anticipate to be paradigmatic for a broad understanding of centriole fate regulation.
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- Nils Kalbfuss
- Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research (ISREC), School of Life Sciences, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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Jaiswal A, Avidor-Reiss T. IgG antibodies label the spermatozoan centriole of Drosophila melanogaster. MICROPUBLICATION BIOLOGY 2023; 2023:10.17912/micropub.biology.000838. [PMID: 37303959 PMCID: PMC10257081 DOI: 10.17912/micropub.biology.000838] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2023] [Revised: 05/15/2023] [Accepted: 05/23/2023] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Centrioles are microtubule-based, barrel-shaped, subcellular organelles with evolutionarily conserved composition, structure, and function. Yet, in sperm cells, centrioles are remodeled, gaining species-specific composition and structure. The sperm centrioles of Drosophila melanogaster undergo dramatic remodeling, during which most known centriolar proteins are lost. Here, we find that IgG antibodies unexpectedly label Drosophila melanogaster spermatozoan centrioles . This labeling offers a simple method for marking the spermatozoan centriole, though it may interfere with testing new anti-centriolar antibodies using immunofluorescence.
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- Ankit Jaiswal
- Biological Sciences, University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio, United States
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Zhang J, Li S, Huang F, Xu R, Wang D, Song T, Liang B, Liu D, Chen J, Shi X, Huang HL. A novel compound heterozygous mutation in TUBB8 causing early embryonic developmental arrest. J Assist Reprod Genet 2023; 40:753-763. [PMID: 36735156 PMCID: PMC10224908 DOI: 10.1007/s10815-023-02734-x] [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] [Received: 11/17/2022] [Accepted: 01/19/2023] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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PURPOSE Mutations in the β-tubulin isotype, TUBB8, can cause female infertility. Although several mutations of TUBB8 have been reported, the full spectrum for guiding genetics counseling still needs to be further explored. Here, we sought to identify novel variants in TUBB8 and their phenotypic effects on microtubule network structure in vitro. METHODS Whole-exome sequence analysis was performed in two families with infertility to detect pathogenic variants, with validation by Sanger sequencing. All gene variants and protein structures were predicted in silico. Cells were transfected with wild-type and mutants, and immunofluorescence analysis was performed to visualize microtubule network changes. RESULTS We detected a novel compound heterozygous mutation, c.915_916delCC (p.Arg306Serfs*21) and c.82C > T (p.His28Tyr), and a benign heterozygous variant c.1286C > T (p.Thr429Met) in TUBB8 in the two families. Female patients with p.Arg306Serfs*21 and p.His28Tyr were infertile with early embryonic developmental arrest. The female patient with p.Thr429Met gave birth to a healthy baby in the second in vitro fertilization frozen embryo transfer cycle. The p.Arg306Serfs*21 mutation was predicted to cause large structural alteration in the TUBB8 protein and was confirmed to produce a truncated and trace protein by western blot analysis. Immunofluorescence analysis of transfected HeLa cells showed that p.Arg306Serfs*21 significantly disrupted microtubule structure. CONCLUSIONS Our findings expand the known mutational spectrum of TUBB8 associated with early embryonic developmental arrest and female infertility.
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- Jing Zhang
- Reproductive Medicine Center, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, No. 139, Renmin Middle Road, Changsha, 410011, Hunan, China
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- Reproductive Medicine Center, Chenzhou No. 1 People's Hospital, Chenzhou, 412000, Hunan, China
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- Reproductive Medicine Center, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, No. 139, Renmin Middle Road, Changsha, 410011, Hunan, China
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- Reproductive Medicine Center, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, No. 139, Renmin Middle Road, Changsha, 410011, Hunan, China
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- Reproductive Medicine Center, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, No. 139, Renmin Middle Road, Changsha, 410011, Hunan, China
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- Reproductive Medicine Center, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, No. 139, Renmin Middle Road, Changsha, 410011, Hunan, China
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- Reproductive Medicine Center, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, No. 139, Renmin Middle Road, Changsha, 410011, Hunan, China
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- Reproductive Medicine Center, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, No. 139, Renmin Middle Road, Changsha, 410011, Hunan, China
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- Reproductive Medicine Center, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, No. 139, Renmin Middle Road, Changsha, 410011, Hunan, China
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- Reproductive Medicine Center, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, No. 139, Renmin Middle Road, Changsha, 410011, Hunan, China
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- Reproductive Medicine Center, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, No. 139, Renmin Middle Road, Changsha, 410011, Hunan, China.
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Moretti E, Noto D, Corsaro R, Collodel G. Focus on centrin in normal and altered human spermatozoa. Syst Biol Reprod Med 2023; 69:175-187. [PMID: 36892570 DOI: 10.1080/19396368.2023.2181115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/10/2023]
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This review provides details on the role of centrin in human spermatozoa and in various forms of male infertility. Centrin is a calcium (Ca2+)-binding phosphoprotein that is located in the centrioles - which are typical structures of the sperm connecting piece and play a key role in centrosome dynamics during sperm morphogenesis - as well as in zygotes and early embryos during spindle assembly. In humans, three different centrin genes encoding three isoforms have been discovered. Centrin 1, the only one expressed in spermatozoa, seems to be lost inside the oocyte after fertilization. The sperm connecting piece is characterized by the presence of numerous proteins including centrin, that deserves particular attention because, in humans, it is enriched during maturation of the centrioles. In normal sperm, centrin 1 is visible as two distinct spots in the head-tail junction; however, in some defective spermatozoa, centrin 1 distribution is altered. Centrin has been studied in humans and animal models. Its mutations may lead to several structural alterations, such as serious defects in the connective piece and, subsequently, fertilization failure or incomplete embryonic development. However, the effects of these abnormalities on male fertility have not been fully studied. Because the presence and the function of centrin in the sperm connecting piece appears important for reproductive success, additional studies are needed to bring medical benefits in resolving some cases of idiopathic infertility.
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- Elena Moretti
- Department Molecular and Developmental Medicine, University of Siena, Siena, Italy
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- Department Molecular and Developmental Medicine, University of Siena, Siena, Italy
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- Department Molecular and Developmental Medicine, University of Siena, Siena, Italy
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- Department Molecular and Developmental Medicine, University of Siena, Siena, Italy
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Tkemaladze J. Reduction, proliferation, and differentiation defects of stem cells over time: a consequence of selective accumulation of old centrioles in the stem cells? Mol Biol Rep 2023; 50:2751-2761. [PMID: 36583780 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-022-08203-5] [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: 11/07/2022] [Accepted: 12/13/2022] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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BACKGROUND All molecules, structures, cells in organisms are subjected to destruction during the process of vital activities. In the organisms of most multicellular animals and humans, the regeneration process always takes place: destruction of old cells and their replacement with the new. The replacement of cells happens even if the cells are in perfect condition. The sooner the organism destroys the cells that emerged a certain time ago and replaces them with the new (i.e., the higher is the regeneration tempo), the younger the organism is. DISCUSSION Stem cells are progenitor cells of the substituting young cells. Asymmetric division of a mother stem cell gives rise to one, analogous to the mother, daughter cell, and to a second daughter cell that takes the path of further differentiation. Despite such asymmetric divisions, the pool of stem cells diminishes in its quantity over time. Moreover, intervals between stem cell divisions increase. The combination of these two processes causes the decline of regeneration tempo and aging of the organism. CONCLUSION During asymmetric stem cell divisions daughter cells, with preserved potency of the stem cell, selectively conserve mother (old) centrioles. In contrast with molecules of nuclear DNA, reparations do not take place in centrioles. Hypothetically, old centrioles are more subjected to destruction than other structures of a cell-which makes centrioles potentially the main structure of aging.
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- Jaba Tkemaladze
- Free University of Tbilisi, 240 David Aghmashenebeli Alley, 0159, Tbilisi, Georgia.
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PAK2 is essential for chromosome alignment in metaphase I oocytes. Cell Death Dis 2023; 14:150. [PMID: 36813765 PMCID: PMC9947007 DOI: 10.1038/s41419-023-05585-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2022] [Revised: 01/11/2023] [Accepted: 01/12/2023] [Indexed: 02/24/2023]
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As a highly conserved and ubiquitously expressed serine/threonine kinase, p21-activated kinase 2 (PAK2) participates in diverse biologic events. However, its roles in mouse oocyte meiotic maturation remain unclear. The present study revealed that mouse oocytes depleted of Pak2 were unable to completely progress through meiosis and that a majority were arrested at metaphase I. Pak2 depletion thus prompted MI arrest and induced meiotic chromosome alignment defects in mouse oocytes, in part due to a reduction in polo-like kinase (PLK1). We demonstrated that PAK2's interaction with PLK1 protected it from degradation by APC/CCdh1, and that it promoted meiotic progression and bipolar spindle formation. Our data collectively display critical functions for PAK2 in meiotic progression and chromosome alignment in mouse oocytes.
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Charalambous C, Webster A, Schuh M. Aneuploidy in mammalian oocytes and the impact of maternal ageing. Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol 2023; 24:27-44. [PMID: 36068367 DOI: 10.1038/s41580-022-00517-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 45.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/05/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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During fertilization, the egg and the sperm are supposed to contribute precisely one copy of each chromosome to the embryo. However, human eggs frequently contain an incorrect number of chromosomes - a condition termed aneuploidy, which is much more prevalent in eggs than in either sperm or in most somatic cells. In turn, aneuploidy in eggs is a leading cause of infertility, miscarriage and congenital syndromes. Aneuploidy arises as a consequence of aberrant meiosis during egg development from its progenitor cell, the oocyte. In human oocytes, chromosomes often segregate incorrectly. Chromosome segregation errors increase in women from their mid-thirties, leading to even higher levels of aneuploidy in eggs from women of advanced maternal age, ultimately causing age-related infertility. Here, we cover the two main areas that contribute to aneuploidy: (1) factors that influence the fidelity of chromosome segregation in eggs of women from all ages and (2) factors that change in response to reproductive ageing. Recent discoveries reveal new error-causing pathways and present a framework for therapeutic strategies to extend the span of female fertility.
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- Chloe Charalambous
- Department of Meiosis, Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Meiosis, Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Meiosis, Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Göttingen, Germany.
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Gao W, Zhang C, Li B, Oh JS. Azoxystrobin exposure impairs meiotic maturation by disturbing spindle formation in mouse oocytes. Front Cell Dev Biol 2022; 10:1053654. [PMID: 36531942 PMCID: PMC9755494 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2022.1053654] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2022] [Accepted: 11/21/2022] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Fungicides are a type of pesticide used to protect plants and crops from pathogenic fungi. Azoxystrobin (AZO), a natural methoxyacrylate derived from strobilurin, is one of the most widely used fungicides in agriculture. AZO exerts its fungicidal activity by inhibiting mitochondrial respiration, but its cytotoxicity to mammalian oocytes has not been studied. In this study, we investigated the effect of AZO exposure on mouse oocyte maturation to elucidate the underlying mechanisms of its possible reproductive toxicity. We found that AZO exposure disturbed meiotic maturation by impairing spindle formation and chromosome alignment, which was associated with decreased microtubule organizing center (MTOC) integrity. Moreover, AZO exposure induced abnormal mitochondrial distribution and increased oxidative stress. The AZO-induced toxicity to oocytes was relieved by melatonin supplementation during meiotic maturation. Therefore, our results suggest that AZO exposure impairs oocyte maturation not only by increasing oxidative stress and mitochondrial dysfunction, but also by decreasing MTOC integrity and subsequent spindle formation and chromosome alignment.
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- Wen Gao
- Department of Integrative Biotechnology, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, South Korea
- College of Animal Science and Technology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
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- Department of Integrative Biotechnology, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, South Korea
- RNA Medicine Center, International Institutes of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
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- Department of Integrative Biotechnology, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, South Korea
- Biomedical Institute for Convergence at SKKU (BICS), Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, South Korea
- *Correspondence: Jeong Su Oh,
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Wu T, Dong J, Fu J, Kuang Y, Chen B, Gu H, Luo Y, Gu R, Zhang M, Li W, Dong X, Sun X, Sang Q, Wang L. The mechanism of acentrosomal spindle assembly in human oocytes. Science 2022; 378:eabq7361. [DOI: 10.1126/science.abq7361] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Meiotic spindle assembly ensures proper chromosome segregation in oocytes. However, the mechanisms behind spindle assembly in human oocytes remain largely unknown. We used three-dimensional high-resolution imaging of more than 2000 human oocytes to identify a structure that we named the human oocyte microtubule organizing center (huoMTOC). The proteins TACC3, CCP110, CKAP5, and DISC1 were found to be essential components of the huoMTOC. The huoMTOC arises beneath the oocyte cortex and migrates adjacent to the nuclear envelope before nuclear envelope breakdown (NEBD). After NEBD, the huoMTOC fragments and relocates on the kinetochores to initiate microtubule nucleation and spindle assembly. Disrupting the huoMTOC led to spindle assembly defects and oocyte maturation arrest. These results reveal a physiological mechanism of huoMTOC-regulated spindle assembly in human oocytes.
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- Tianyu Wu
- Institute of Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital of Fudan University, State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Medical Epigenetics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Institute of Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital of Fudan University, State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Medical Epigenetics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Shanghai Ji Ai Genetics and IVF Institute, Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200011, China
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- Department of Assisted Reproduction, Shanghai Ninth People’s Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200011, China
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- NHC Key Lab of Reproduction Regulation, Shanghai Institute for Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Technologies, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Institute of Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital of Fudan University, State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Medical Epigenetics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Institute of Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital of Fudan University, State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Medical Epigenetics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Shanghai Ji Ai Genetics and IVF Institute, Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200011, China
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- Center for Reproductive Medicine and Fertility Preservation Program, International Peace Maternity and Child Health Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200030, China
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- Center for Reproductive Medicine and Fertility Preservation Program, International Peace Maternity and Child Health Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200030, China
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- Reproductive Medicine Center, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Shanghai Ji Ai Genetics and IVF Institute, Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200011, China
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- Institute of Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital of Fudan University, State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Medical Epigenetics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Institute of Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital of Fudan University, State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Medical Epigenetics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
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Li J, Chang HY, Yi ZY, Zhang CH, Sun QY, Qian WP. Transient inhibition of CDK2 activity prevents oocyte meiosis I completion and egg activation in mouse. J Cell Physiol 2022; 237:4317-4325. [PMID: 36161883 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.30885] [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: 04/25/2022] [Revised: 08/25/2022] [Accepted: 09/13/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Mammalian oocytes are arrested at the diplotene stage of prophase I during fetal or postnatal development. It was reported that cyclin-dependent kinases (CDK1) was the sole CDK to drive the resumption of meiosis and CDK2 was dispensable for meiosis progression in mouse oocytes according to the conditional knockout studies. However, a recent study showed that CDK2 activity is essential for meiotic division and gametogenesis by means of gene-directed mutagenesis, which avoids the compensatory activation of other CDKs. Taken the compensatory effect between CDKs after gene knockout, the physiological function of CDK2 activity in oocyte maturation remains unclear. To address this issue, we applied a specific small-molecule inhibitor to restrain CDK2 activity transiently during oocyte meiotic maturation. Surprisingly, transient inhibition of CDK2 activity severely prevented the meiosis I completion although the meiotic resumption was not affected. Then we found that CDK2 activity was required for establishment of normal spindle and chromosome dynamics. Notably, CDK2 inhibition interrupted the anaphase-promoting complex/cyclosome (APC/C)-dependent degradation pathway by maintaining the activation of spindle assembly checkpoint (SAC). Interestingly, CDK2 inhibition prevented the egg activation as well. Overall, our data demonstrate that CDK2 kinase activity is required for proper dynamics of spindle and chromosomes, whose disturbance induces the continuous SAC activation and subsequent inactivation of APC/C activity in oocyte meiosis.
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- Jian Li
- Department of Reproductive Medicine, Peking University Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Reproductive Medicine, Peking University Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Reproductive Medicine, Peking University Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Reproductive Medicine, Peking University Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
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- Fertility Preservation Lab, Reproductive Medicine Center, Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Reproductive Medicine, Peking University Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.,Guangdong and Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine and Genetics, The Center of Reproductive Medicine, Peking University Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen, China
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Leem J, Kim S, Kim JS, Oh JS. ROS-independent cytotoxicity of 9,10-phenanthrenequinone inhibits cell cycle progression and spindle assembly during meiotic maturation in mouse oocytes. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2022; 436:129248. [PMID: 35739767 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2022.129248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2022] [Revised: 05/10/2022] [Accepted: 05/25/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Diesel exhaust particles (DEPs) are major components of ambient particulate matter and are associated with various adverse health effects. Typically, DEPs contain a vast number of organic compounds, among which 9,10-phenanthrenequinone (9,10-PQ), the quinone derivative of the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon phenanthrene, is one of the most abundant and toxic. 9,10-PQ can produce excessive reactive oxygen species (ROS) via redox cycling and exhibit cytotoxicity in various cells. However, the underlying mechanisms involved in cytotoxicity of 9,10-PQ remain elusive. In this study, we investigated the effects of exposure to 9,10-PQ using mouse oocytes as a model system. We found that 9,10-PQ compromised meiotic maturation by impairing acentriolar microtubule organizing center (MTOC) assembly and subsequent spindle formation during meiotic maturation. Moreover, 9,10-PQ exposure prevented cell cycle progression by inhibiting Cdk1 activation via disturbance of cyclin B1 accumulation. Importantly, meiotic defects induced by 9,10-PQ exposure were not rescued by decreasing ROS levels, revealing that 9,10-PQ has ROS-independent activity that regulates cell cycle progression and spindle assembly. Therefore, our findings reveal that 9,10-PQ has novel activity that regulates cell-cycle progression and spindle formation in an ROS-independent manner during meiotic maturation in mouse oocytes.
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- Jiyeon Leem
- Department of Integrative Biotechnology, College of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, South Korea
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- Division of Radiation Biomedical Research, Korea Institute of Radiological and Medical Sciences, Seoul, South Korea
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- Division of Radiation Biomedical Research, Korea Institute of Radiological and Medical Sciences, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Integrative Biotechnology, College of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, South Korea.
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Wang J, Zhou Q, Ding J, Yin T, Ye P, Zhang Y. The Conceivable Functions of Protein Ubiquitination and Deubiquitination in Reproduction. Front Physiol 2022; 13:886261. [PMID: 35910557 PMCID: PMC9326170 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2022.886261] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2022] [Accepted: 04/29/2022] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Protein ubiquitination with general existence in virtually all eukaryotic cells serves as a significant post-translational modification of cellular proteins, which leads to the degradation of proteins via the ubiquitin-proteasome system. Deubiquitinating enzymes (DUBs) can reverse the ubiquitination effect by removing the ubiquitin chain from the target protein. Together, these two processes participate in regulating protein stability, function, and localization, thus modulating cell cycle, DNA repair, autophagy, and transcription regulation. Accumulating evidence indicates that the ubiquitination/deubiquitination system regulates reproductive processes, including the cell cycle, oocyte maturation, oocyte-sperm binding, and early embryonic development, primarily by regulating protein stability. This review summarizes the extensive research concerning the role of ubiquitin and DUBs in gametogenesis and early embryonic development, which helps us to understand human pregnancy further.
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- Jiayu Wang
- Reproductive Medicine Center, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
- Hubei Clinic Research Center for Assisted Reproductive Technology and Embryonic Development, Wuhan, China
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- Reproductive Medicine Center, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
- Hubei Clinic Research Center for Assisted Reproductive Technology and Embryonic Development, Wuhan, China
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- Reproductive Medicine Center, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
- Hubei Clinic Research Center for Assisted Reproductive Technology and Embryonic Development, Wuhan, China
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- Reproductive Medicine Center, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
- Hubei Clinic Research Center for Assisted Reproductive Technology and Embryonic Development, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Reproductive Medicine Center, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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Palacios Martínez S, Greaney J, Zenker J. Beyond the centrosome: The mystery of microtubule organising centres across mammalian preimplantation embryos. Curr Opin Cell Biol 2022; 77:102114. [PMID: 35841745 DOI: 10.1016/j.ceb.2022.102114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2022] [Revised: 05/25/2022] [Accepted: 06/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Mammalian preimplantation embryogenesis depends on the spatio-temporal dynamics of the microtubule cytoskeleton to enable exceptionally fast changes in cell number, function, architecture, and fate. Microtubule organising centres (MTOCs), which coordinate the remodelling of microtubules, are therefore of fundamental significance during the first days of a new life. Despite its indispensable role during early mammalian embryogenesis, the origin of microtubule growth remains poorly understood. In this review, we summarise the most recent discoveries on microtubule organisation and function during early human embryogenesis and compare these to innovative studies conducted in alternative mammalian models. We emphasise the differences and analogies of centriole inheritance and their role during the first cleavage. Furthermore, we highlight the significance of non-centrosomal MTOCs for embryo viability and discuss the potential of novel in vitro models and light-inducible approaches towards unravelling microtubule formation in research and assisted reproductive technologies.
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- Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
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- Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.
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Avidor-Reiss T, Achinger L, Uzbekov R. The Centriole's Role in Miscarriages. Front Cell Dev Biol 2022; 10:864692. [PMID: 35300410 PMCID: PMC8922021 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2022.864692] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2022] [Accepted: 02/14/2022] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Centrioles are subcellular organelles essential for normal cell function and development; they form the cell’s centrosome (a major cytoplasmic microtubule organization center) and cilium (a sensory and motile hair-like cellular extension). Centrioles with evolutionarily conserved characteristics are found in most animal cell types but are absent in egg cells and exhibit unexpectedly high structural, compositional, and functional diversity in sperm cells. As a result, the centriole’s precise role in fertility and early embryo development is unclear. The centrioles are found in the spermatozoan neck, a strategic location connecting two central functional units: the tail, which propels the sperm to the egg and the head, which holds the paternal genetic material. The spermatozoan neck is an ideal site for evolutionary innovation as it can control tail movement pre-fertilization and the male pronucleus’ behavior post-fertilization. We propose that human, bovine, and most other mammals–which exhibit ancestral centriole-dependent reproduction and two spermatozoan centrioles, where one canonical centriole is maintained, and one atypical centriole is formed–adapted extensive species-specific centriolar features. As a result, these centrioles have a high post-fertilization malfunction rate, resulting in aneuploidy, and miscarriages. In contrast, house mice evolved centriole-independent reproduction, losing the spermatozoan centrioles and overcoming a mechanism that causes miscarriages.
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- Tomer Avidor-Reiss
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, United States.,Department of Urology, College of Medicine and Life Sciences, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, United States
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, United States
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- Faculté de Médecine, Université de Tours, Tours, France.,Faculty of Bioengineering and Bioinformatics, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
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So C, Menelaou K, Uraji J, Harasimov K, Steyer AM, Seres KB, Bucevičius J, Lukinavičius G, Möbius W, Sibold C, Tandler-Schneider A, Eckel H, Moltrecht R, Blayney M, Elder K, Schuh M. Mechanism of spindle pole organization and instability in human oocytes. Science 2022; 375:eabj3944. [PMID: 35143306 DOI: 10.1126/science.abj3944] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Human oocytes are prone to assembling meiotic spindles with unstable poles, which can favor aneuploidy in human eggs. The underlying causes of spindle instability are unknown. We found that NUMA (nuclear mitotic apparatus protein)-mediated clustering of microtubule minus ends focused the spindle poles in human, bovine, and porcine oocytes and in mouse oocytes depleted of acentriolar microtubule-organizing centers (aMTOCs). However, unlike human oocytes, bovine, porcine, and aMTOC-free mouse oocytes have stable spindles. We identified the molecular motor KIFC1 (kinesin superfamily protein C1) as a spindle-stabilizing protein that is deficient in human oocytes. Depletion of KIFC1 recapitulated spindle instability in bovine and aMTOC-free mouse oocytes, and the introduction of exogenous KIFC1 rescued spindle instability in human oocytes. Thus, the deficiency of KIFC1 contributes to spindle instability in human oocytes.
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- Chun So
- Department of Meiosis, Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Meiosis, Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Göttingen, Germany.,Bourn Hall Clinic, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Meiosis, Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Göttingen, Germany.,Bourn Hall Clinic, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Meiosis, Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Göttingen, Germany
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- Electron Microscopy Core Unit, Department of Neurogenetics, Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Meiosis, Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Göttingen, Germany.,Bourn Hall Clinic, Cambridge, UK
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- Chromatin Labeling and Imaging Group, Department of NanoBiophotonics, Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Göttingen, Germany
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- Chromatin Labeling and Imaging Group, Department of NanoBiophotonics, Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Göttingen, Germany
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- Electron Microscopy Core Unit, Department of Neurogenetics, Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Göttingen, Germany.,Cluster of Excellence "Multiscale Bioimaging: from Molecular Machines to Networks of Excitable Cells" (MBExC), University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Kinderwunschzentrum Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Meiosis, Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Göttingen, Germany.,Cluster of Excellence "Multiscale Bioimaging: from Molecular Machines to Networks of Excitable Cells" (MBExC), University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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Wang YS, Chen C, Ahmad MJ, Chen F, Ding ZM, Yang SJ, Chen YW, Duan ZQ, Liu M, Liang AX, He CJ, Hua GH, Huo LJ. WDR62 regulates mouse oocyte meiotic maturation related to p-JNK and H3K9 trimethylation. Int J Biochem Cell Biol 2022; 144:106169. [PMID: 35093571 DOI: 10.1016/j.biocel.2022.106169] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2021] [Revised: 01/20/2022] [Accepted: 01/24/2022] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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WDR62 (WD40-repeat protein 62) participates in diverse biological process, especially mitotic spindle organization via regulating centriole biogenesis and the function of centriole-associated protein. However, the role of WDR62 exerts in spindle assembly and meiotic progression control in oocytes lacking typical centrosomes remains obscure. In a previous study, we reported that WDR62 is involved in spindle migration and asymmetric cytokinesis in mouse oocyte meiosis. In the current study, another novel function of WDR62 regulating cell cycle progression through meiotic spindle formation during oocyte meiotic maturation was found. Knockdown of WDR62 through siRNA microinjection disrupted the meiotic cell cycle and induced metaphase-I (MI) arrest coupled with severe spindle abnormality, chromosome misalignment, and aneuploid generation. Moreover, WDR62 depletion induced defective kinetochore-microtubule attachments (K-MT) and activated spindle assembly checkpoint (SAC), which could trigger the arrest of meiotic progression. Further study demonstrated that depletion of WDR62 was associated with an aberrant location of p-JNK and reduced its expression level; concomitantly, status of H3K9 trimethylation was also altered. In addition, phenotypes similar to WDR62 depletion were observed during the function-loss analysis of p-JNK using a specific inhibitor (SP600125), which signifies that WDR62 is important for spindle organization and meiotic progression, and this function might be via its regulation of p-JNK. In conclusion, this study revealed that WDR62 functions in multiple ways during oocyte meiotic maturation, which could be related to p-JNK and H3K9 trimethylation.
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- Yong-Sheng Wang
- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Education Ministry of China; College of Animal Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, People's Republic of China; National Center for International Research on Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction (NCIRAGBR), Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Education Ministry of China; College of Animal Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, People's Republic of China; National Center for International Research on Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction (NCIRAGBR), Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Education Ministry of China; College of Animal Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, People's Republic of China; National Center for International Research on Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction (NCIRAGBR), Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Education Ministry of China; College of Animal Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, People's Republic of China; National Center for International Research on Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction (NCIRAGBR), Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Education Ministry of China; College of Animal Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, People's Republic of China; National Center for International Research on Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction (NCIRAGBR), Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Education Ministry of China; College of Animal Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, People's Republic of China; National Center for International Research on Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction (NCIRAGBR), Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Education Ministry of China; College of Animal Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, People's Republic of China; National Center for International Research on Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction (NCIRAGBR), Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Education Ministry of China; College of Animal Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, People's Republic of China; National Center for International Research on Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction (NCIRAGBR), Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Education Ministry of China; College of Animal Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, People's Republic of China; National Center for International Research on Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction (NCIRAGBR), Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Education Ministry of China; College of Animal Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, People's Republic of China; National Center for International Research on Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction (NCIRAGBR), Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Education Ministry of China; College of Animal Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, People's Republic of China; National Center for International Research on Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction (NCIRAGBR), Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Education Ministry of China; College of Animal Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, People's Republic of China; National Center for International Research on Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction (NCIRAGBR), Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Education Ministry of China; College of Animal Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, People's Republic of China; National Center for International Research on Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction (NCIRAGBR), Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, People's Republic of China.
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Romero JJ, De Rossi MC, Oses C, Echegaray CV, Verneri P, Francia M, Guberman A, Levi V. Nucleus-cytoskeleton communication impacts on OCT4-chromatin interactions in embryonic stem cells. BMC Biol 2022; 20:6. [PMID: 34996451 PMCID: PMC8742348 DOI: 10.1186/s12915-021-01207-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2021] [Accepted: 12/06/2021] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND The cytoskeleton is a key component of the system responsible for transmitting mechanical cues from the cellular environment to the nucleus, where they trigger downstream responses. This communication is particularly relevant in embryonic stem (ES) cells since forces can regulate cell fate and guide developmental processes. However, little is known regarding cytoskeleton organization in ES cells, and thus, relevant aspects of nuclear-cytoskeletal interactions remain elusive. RESULTS We explored the three-dimensional distribution of the cytoskeleton in live ES cells and show that these filaments affect the shape of the nucleus. Next, we evaluated if cytoskeletal components indirectly modulate the binding of the pluripotency transcription factor OCT4 to chromatin targets. We show that actin depolymerization triggers OCT4 binding to chromatin sites whereas vimentin disruption produces the opposite effect. In contrast to actin, vimentin contributes to the preservation of OCT4-chromatin interactions and, consequently, may have a pro-stemness role. CONCLUSIONS Our results suggest roles of components of the cytoskeleton in shaping the nucleus of ES cells, influencing the interactions of the transcription factor OCT4 with the chromatin and potentially affecting pluripotency and cell fate.
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- Juan José Romero
- Instituto de Química Biológica de la Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (IQUIBICEN), CONICET-Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, C1428EGA, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto de Química Biológica de la Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (IQUIBICEN), CONICET-Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, C1428EGA, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto de Química Biológica de la Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (IQUIBICEN), CONICET-Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, C1428EGA, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto de Química Biológica de la Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (IQUIBICEN), CONICET-Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, C1428EGA, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto de Química Biológica de la Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (IQUIBICEN), CONICET-Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, C1428EGA, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto de Química Biológica de la Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (IQUIBICEN), CONICET-Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, C1428EGA, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto de Química Biológica de la Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (IQUIBICEN), CONICET-Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, C1428EGA, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- Departamento de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Celular, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, C1428EGA, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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- Instituto de Química Biológica de la Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (IQUIBICEN), CONICET-Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, C1428EGA, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- Departamento de Química Biológica, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, C1428EGA, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Zhu Q, Jiang Z, He X. Pcp1/pericentrin controls the SPB number in fission yeast meiosis and ploidy homeostasis. J Cell Biol 2022; 221:212751. [PMID: 34747981 PMCID: PMC8579193 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.202104099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2021] [Revised: 08/31/2021] [Accepted: 10/13/2021] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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During sexual reproduction, the zygote must inherit exactly one centrosome (spindle pole body [SPB] in yeasts) from the gametes, which then duplicates and assembles a bipolar spindle that supports the subsequent cell division. Here, we show that in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe, the fusion of SPBs from the gametes is blocked in polyploid zygotes. As a result, the polyploid zygotes cannot proliferate mitotically and frequently form supernumerary SPBs during subsequent meiosis, which leads to multipolar nuclear divisions and the generation of extra spores. The blockage of SPB fusion is caused by persistent SPB localization of Pcp1, which, in normal diploid zygotic meiosis, exhibits a dynamic association with the SPB. Artificially induced constitutive localization of Pcp1 on the SPB is sufficient to cause blockage of SPB fusion and formation of extra spores in diploids. Thus, Pcp1-dependent SPB quantity control is crucial for sexual reproduction and ploidy homeostasis in fission yeast.
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- Qian Zhu
- The Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Biosystems Homeostasis and Protection and Innovation Center for Cell Signaling Network, Life Sciences Institute, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- National Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing, China
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- The Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Biosystems Homeostasis and Protection and Innovation Center for Cell Signaling Network, Life Sciences Institute, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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Schatten H. Centrosomes in Reproduction. THE CENTROSOME AND ITS FUNCTIONS AND DYSFUNCTIONS 2022; 235:55-73. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-20848-5_6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Cell and Molecular Biology of Centrosome Structure and Function. THE CENTROSOME AND ITS FUNCTIONS AND DYSFUNCTIONS 2022; 235:1-16. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-20848-5_1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Blengini CS, Schindler K. Acentriolar spindle assembly in mammalian female meiosis and the consequences of its perturbations on human reproduction. Biol Reprod 2021; 106:253-263. [PMID: 34791041 DOI: 10.1093/biolre/ioab210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2021] [Revised: 10/26/2021] [Accepted: 11/11/2021] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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The purpose of meiosis is to generate developmentally competent, haploid gametes with the correct number of chromosomes. For reasons not completely understood, female meiosis is more prone to chromosome segregation errors than meiosis in males, leading to an abnormal number of chromosomes, or aneuploidy, in gametes. Meiotic spindles are the cellular machinery essential for the proper segregation of chromosomes. One unique feature of spindle structures in female meiosis is spindles poles that lack centrioles. The process of building a meiotic spindle without centrioles is complex and requires precise coordination of different structural components, assembly factors, motor proteins, and signaling molecules at specific times and locations to regulate each step. In this review, we discuss the basics of spindle formation during oocyte meiotic maturation focusing on mouse and human studies. Finally, we review different factors that could alter the process of spindle formation and its stability. We conclude with a discussion of how different assisted reproductive technologies (ART) could affect spindles and the consequences these perturbations may have for subsequent embryo development.
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- Cecilia S Blengini
- Rutgers University, Human Genetics Institute of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ 08854 USA
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- Rutgers University, Human Genetics Institute of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ 08854 USA
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Loss of telomere silencing is accompanied by dysfunction of Polo kinase and centrosomes during Drosophila oogenesis and early development. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0258156. [PMID: 34624021 PMCID: PMC8500440 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0258156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2021] [Accepted: 09/18/2021] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Telomeres are nucleoprotein complexes that protect the ends of eukaryotic linear chromosomes from degradation and fusions. Telomere dysfunction leads to cell growth arrest, oncogenesis, and premature aging. Telomeric RNAs have been found in all studied species; however, their functions and biogenesis are not clearly understood. We studied the mechanisms of development disorders observed upon overexpression of telomeric repeats in Drosophila. In somatic cells, overexpression of telomeric retrotransposon HeT-A is cytotoxic and leads to the accumulation of HeT-A Gag near centrosomes. We found that RNA and RNA-binding protein Gag encoded by the telomeric retrotransposon HeT-A interact with Polo and Cdk1 mitotic kinases, which are conserved regulators of centrosome biogenesis and cell cycle. The depletion of proteins Spindle E, Ccr4 or Ars2 resulting in HeT-A overexpression in the germline was accompanied by mislocalization of Polo as well as its abnormal stabilization during oogenesis and severe deregulation of centrosome biogenesis leading to maternal-effect embryonic lethality. These data suggest a mechanistic link between telomeric HeT-A ribonucleoproteins and cell cycle regulators that ensures the cell response to telomere dysfunction.
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Tapia Contreras C, Hoyer-Fender S. The Transformation of the Centrosome into the Basal Body: Similarities and Dissimilarities between Somatic and Male Germ Cells and Their Relevance for Male Fertility. Cells 2021; 10:2266. [PMID: 34571916 PMCID: PMC8471410 DOI: 10.3390/cells10092266] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2021] [Revised: 08/26/2021] [Accepted: 08/30/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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The sperm flagellum is essential for the transport of the genetic material toward the oocyte and thus the transmission of the genetic information to the next generation. During the haploid phase of spermatogenesis, i.e., spermiogenesis, a morphological and molecular restructuring of the male germ cell, the round spermatid, takes place that includes the silencing and compaction of the nucleus, the formation of the acrosomal vesicle from the Golgi apparatus, the formation of the sperm tail, and, finally, the shedding of excessive cytoplasm. Sperm tail formation starts in the round spermatid stage when the pair of centrioles moves toward the posterior pole of the nucleus. The sperm tail, eventually, becomes located opposed to the acrosomal vesicle, which develops at the anterior pole of the nucleus. The centriole pair tightly attaches to the nucleus, forming a nuclear membrane indentation. An articular structure is formed around the centriole pair known as the connecting piece, situated in the neck region and linking the sperm head to the tail, also named the head-to-tail coupling apparatus or, in short, HTCA. Finally, the sperm tail grows out from the distal centriole that is now transformed into the basal body of the flagellum. However, a centriole pair is found in nearly all cells of the body. In somatic cells, it accumulates a large mass of proteins, the pericentriolar material (PCM), that together constitute the centrosome, which is the main microtubule-organizing center of the cell, essential not only for the structuring of the cytoskeleton and the overall cellular organization but also for mitotic spindle formation and chromosome segregation. However, in post-mitotic (G1 or G0) cells, the centrosome is transformed into the basal body. In this case, one of the centrioles, which is always the oldest or mother centriole, grows the axoneme of a cilium. Most cells of the body carry a single cilium known as the primary cilium that serves as an antenna sensing the cell's environment. Besides, specialized cells develop multiple motile cilia differing in substructure from the immotile primary cilia that are essential in moving fluids or cargos over the cellular surface. Impairment of cilia formation causes numerous severe syndromes that are collectively subsumed as ciliopathies. This comparative overview serves to illustrate the molecular mechanisms of basal body formation, their similarities, and dissimilarities, in somatic versus male germ cells, by discussing the involved proteins/genes and their expression, localization, and function. The review, thus, aimed to provide a deeper knowledge of the molecular players that is essential for the expansion of clinical diagnostics and treatment of male fertility disorders.
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- Göttingen Center of Molecular Biosciences, Johann-Friedrich-Blumenbach Institute for Zoology and Anthropology-Developmental Biology, Faculty of Biology and Psychology, Georg-August University of Göttingen, 37077 Göttingen, Germany;
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The cytoskeleton - comprising actin filaments, microtubules and intermediate filaments - serves instructive roles in regulating cell function and behaviour during development. However, a key challenge in cell and developmental biology is to dissect how these different structures function and interact in vivo to build complex tissues, with the ultimate aim to understand these processes in a mammalian organism. The preimplantation mouse embryo has emerged as a primary model system for tackling this challenge. Not only does the mouse embryo share many morphological similarities with the human embryo during its initial stages of life, it also permits the combination of genetic manipulations with live-imaging approaches to study cytoskeletal dynamics directly within an intact embryonic system. These advantages have led to the discovery of novel cytoskeletal structures and mechanisms controlling lineage specification, cell-cell communication and the establishment of the first forms of tissue architecture during development. Here we highlight the diverse organization and functions of each of the three cytoskeletal filaments during the key events that shape the early mammalian embryo, and discuss how they work together to perform key developmental tasks, including cell fate specification and morphogenesis of the blastocyst. Collectively, these findings are unveiling a new picture of how cells in the early embryo dynamically remodel their cytoskeleton with unique spatial and temporal precision to drive developmental processes in the rapidly changing in vivo environment.
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Pereira SG, Dias Louro MA, Bettencourt-Dias M. Biophysical and Quantitative Principles of Centrosome Biogenesis and Structure. Annu Rev Cell Dev Biol 2021; 37:43-63. [PMID: 34314592 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-cellbio-120219-051400] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The centrosome is a main orchestrator of the animal cellular microtubule cytoskeleton. Dissecting its structure and assembly mechanisms has been a goal of cell biologists for over a century. In the last two decades, a good understanding of the molecular constituents of centrosomes has been achieved. Moreover, recent breakthroughs in electron and light microscopy techniques have enabled the inspection of the centrosome and the mapping of its components with unprecedented detail. However, we now need a profound and dynamic understanding of how these constituents interact in space and time. Here, we review the latest findings on the structural and molecular architecture of the centrosome and how its biogenesis is regulated, highlighting how biophysical techniques and principles as well as quantitative modeling are changing our understanding of this enigmatic cellular organelle. Expected final online publication date for the Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology, Volume 37 is October 2021. Please see http://www.annualreviews.org/page/journal/pubdates for revised estimates.
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Yin H, Zhang T, Wang H, Hu X, Hou X, Fang X, Yin Y, Li H, Shi L, Su YQ. Echinoderm Microtubule Associated Protein Like 1 Is Indispensable for Oocyte Spindle Assembly and Meiotic Progression in Mice. Front Cell Dev Biol 2021; 9:687522. [PMID: 34124073 PMCID: PMC8194061 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2021.687522] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2021] [Accepted: 05/04/2021] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Completion of the first meiosis is an essential prerequisite for producing a functionally normal egg for fertilization and embryogenesis, but the precise mechanisms governing oocyte meiotic progression remains largely unclear. Here, we report that echinoderm microtubule associated protein (EMAP) like 1 (EML1), a member of the conserved EMAP family proteins, plays a crucial role in the control of oocyte meiotic progression in the mouse. Female mice carrying an ENU-induced nonsense mutation (c.1956T > A; p.Tyr652∗) of Eml1 are infertile, and the majority of their ovulated oocytes contain abnormal spindles and misaligned chromosomes. In accordance with the mutant oocyte phenotype, we find that EML1 is colocalized with spindle microtubules during the process of normal oocyte meiotic maturation, and knockdown (KD) of EML1 by specific morpholinos in the fully grown oocytes (FGOs) disrupts the integrity of spindles, and delays meiotic progression. Moreover, EML1-KD oocytes fail to progress to metaphase II (MII) stage after extrusion of the first polar body, but enter into interphase and form a pronucleus containing decondensed chromatins. Further analysis shows that EML1-KD impairs the recruitment of γ-tubulin and pericentrin to the spindle poles, as well as the attachment of kinetochores to microtubules and the proper inactivation of spindle assembly checkpoint at metaphase I (MI). The loss of EML1 also compromises the activation of maturation promoting factor around the time of oocyte resumption and completion of the first meiosis, which, when corrected by WEE1/2 inhibitor PD166285, efficiently rescues the phenotype of oocyte delay of meiotic resumption and inability of reaching MII. Through IP- mass spectrometry analysis, we identified that EML1 interacts with nuclear distribution gene C (NUDC), a critical mitotic regulator in somatic cells, and EML1-KD disrupts the specific localization of NUDC at oocyte spindles. Taken together, these data suggest that EML1 regulates acentrosomal spindle formation and the progression of meiosis to MII in mammalian oocytes, which is likely mediated by distinct mechanisms.
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- Hong Yin
- State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Cells and Developmental Biology, School of Life Sciences, Shandong University, Qingdao, China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Cells and Developmental Biology, School of Life Sciences, Shandong University, Qingdao, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Cells and Developmental Biology, School of Life Sciences, Shandong University, Qingdao, China
- Women’s Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing Maternity and Child Health Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Genetics and Development, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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Zhou CJ, Wang DH, Kong XW, Han Z, Hao X, Wang XY, Wen X, Liang CG. Protein regulator of cytokinesis 1 regulates chromosome dynamics and cytoplasmic division during mouse oocyte meiotic maturation and early embryonic development. FEBS J 2021; 287:5130-5147. [PMID: 32562308 DOI: 10.1111/febs.15458] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2019] [Revised: 06/01/2020] [Accepted: 06/15/2020] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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In contrast to the homeokinesis of mitosis, asymmetric division of cytoplasm is the conspicuous feature of meiosis in mammalian oocytes. Protein regulator of cytokinesis 1 (PRC1) is an important regulator during mitotic spindle assembly and cytoplasmic division, but its functions in oocyte meiosis and early embryo development have not been fully elucidated. In this study, we detected PRC1 expression and localization and revealed a nuclear, spindle midzone-related dynamic pattern throughout meiotic and mitotic progressions. Treatment of oocytes with the reagents taxol or nocodazole disturbed the distribution of PRC1 in metaphase II oocytes. Further, PRC1 depletion led to failure of first polar body (PB1) extrusion and spindle migration, aneuploidy and defective kinetochore-microtubule attachment and spindle assembly. Overexpression of PRC1 resulted in PB1 extrusion failure, aneuploidy and serious defects of spindle assembly. To investigate PRC1 function in early embryos, we injected Prc1 morpholino into zygotes and 2-cell stage embryos. Depletion of PRC1 in zygotes impaired 4-cell, morula and blastocyst formation. Loss of PRC1 in single or double blastomeres in 2-cell stage embryos significantly impaired cell division, indicating its indispensable role in early embryo development. Co-immunoprecipitation showed that PRC1 interacts with polo-like kinase 1 (PLK1), and functional knockdown and rescue experiments demonstrated that PRC1 recruits PLK1 to the spindle midzone to regulate cytoplasmic division during meiosis. Finally, kinesin family member 4 knockdown downregulates PRC1 expression and leads to PRC1 localization failure. Taken together, our data suggest PRC1 plays an important role during oocyte maturation and early embryonic development by regulating chromosome dynamics and cytoplasmic division.
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- Cheng-Jie Zhou
- State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Regulation & Breeding of Grassland Livestock, School of Life Science, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Regulation & Breeding of Grassland Livestock, School of Life Science, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot, China.,Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, Sichuan Key Laboratory of Conservation Biology for Endangered Wildlife, Sichuan Academy of Giant Panda, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Regulation & Breeding of Grassland Livestock, School of Life Science, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Regulation & Breeding of Grassland Livestock, School of Life Science, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Regulation & Breeding of Grassland Livestock, School of Life Science, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Regulation & Breeding of Grassland Livestock, School of Life Science, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Regulation & Breeding of Grassland Livestock, School of Life Science, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Regulation & Breeding of Grassland Livestock, School of Life Science, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot, China
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Wang X, Baumann C, De La Fuente R, Viveiros MM. CEP215 and AURKA regulate spindle pole focusing and aMTOC organization in mouse oocytes. Reproduction 2021; 159:261-274. [PMID: 31895686 DOI: 10.1530/rep-19-0263] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2019] [Accepted: 01/02/2020] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Acentriolar microtubule-organizing centers (aMTOCs) play a critical role in stable meiotic spindle assembly in oocytes, necessary for accurate chromosome segregation. Yet, there is a limited understanding of the essential regulatory components of these unique MTOCs. In somatic cells, CEP215 (Centrosomal Protein 215) serves as an important regulator of centrosome maturation and spindle organization. Here, we assessed whether it has a similar function in mouse oocytes. CEP215 was detected in oocyte lysates and specifically localized to aMTOCs throughout the progression of meiosis in a pericentrin-dependent manner. Super-resolution microscopy revealed CEP215 co-localization with pericentrin and a unique pore/ring-like structural organization of aMTOCs. Interestingly, inhibition of Aurora Kinase A in either MI or MII-stage oocytes resulted in a striking loss of the ring-like aMTOC organization and pronounced CEP215 clustering at spindle poles, as well as shorter spindles with highly focused poles. In vitro siRNA-mediated transcript knockdown effectively reduced CEP215 in approximately 85% of the oocytes. Maturation rates to MII were similar in the Cep215 siRNA and injected controls; however, a high percentage (~40%) of the Cep215-knockdown oocytes showed notable variations in spindle pole focusing. Surprisingly, pericentrin and γ-tubulin localization and fluorescence intensity at aMTOCs were unaltered in knockdown oocytes, contrasting with mitotic cells where CEP215 depletion reduced γ-tubulin at centrosomes. Our results demonstrate that CEP215 is a functional component of oocyte aMTOCs and participates in the regulation of meiotic spindle pole focusing. Moreover, these studies reveal a vital role for Aurora Kinase A activity in the maintenance of aMTOC organization in oocytes.
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- Xiaotian Wang
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA
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Rowlison T, Ottinger MA, Comizzoli P. Exposure to epididymal extracellular vesicles enhances immature sperm function and sustains vitality of cryopreserved spermatozoa in the domestic cat model. J Assist Reprod Genet 2021; 38:2061-2071. [PMID: 33950331 DOI: 10.1007/s10815-021-02214-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2021] [Accepted: 04/27/2021] [Indexed: 10/21/2022] Open
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PURPOSE Extracellular vesicles (EVs) secreted by the epididymal epithelium transfer key factors to maturing spermatozoa. Using an in vitro system previously developed in our laboratory, the objective was to (1) characterize the impact of EV exposure on the fertilizing ability and developmental potential of immature sperm cells from the caput epididymidis and (2) examine the benefit of EV exposure to restore vitality of mature spermatozoa from the cauda epididymidis after freezing-thawing. METHODS EVs were isolated from entire epididymides and collected into pellets via ultracentrifugation. Immature spermatozoa from adult cats were isolated from the caput epididymis and incubated with EVs prior to in vitro fertilization. Similarly, mature spermatozoa were isolated from the cauda segment and cryopreserved prior to EV exposure and subsequent analysis of motility and developmental potential after fertilization. RESULTS EV exposure did not affect the percentage of caput sperm penetration; however, it improved the fertilizing ability (faster pronuclear apposition) and the developmental potential (higher proportions of morula-blastocysts) of those immature sperm cells. While EV exposure was beneficial to the frozen-thawed sperm motility, it did not significantly improve the fertilizing ability and the developmental potential. CONCLUSIONS Epididymal EVs contain multiple factors contributing to immature sperm function, specifically enhancing the ability to complete a faster pronuclear apposition with subsequently improved early embryonic development. Supplementation was also beneficial to the motility of spermatozoa that had undergone cryopreservation. Those new findings could lead to new options for male fertility treatment in animal models and humans.
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- Tricia Rowlison
- Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, National Zoological Park, Washington, DC, USA
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- Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, National Zoological Park, Washington, DC, USA.
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Hwang JY, Nawaz S, Choi J, Wang H, Hussain S, Nawaz M, Lopez-Giraldez F, Jeong K, Dong W, Oh JN, Bilguvar K, Mane S, Lee CK, Bystroff C, Lifton RP, Ahmad W, Chung JJ. Genetic Defects in DNAH2 Underlie Male Infertility With Multiple Morphological Abnormalities of the Sperm Flagella in Humans and Mice. Front Cell Dev Biol 2021; 9:662903. [PMID: 33968937 PMCID: PMC8103034 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2021.662903] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2021] [Accepted: 03/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Asthenozoospermia accounts for over 80% of primary male infertility cases. Reduced sperm motility in asthenozoospermic patients are often accompanied by teratozoospermia, or defective sperm morphology, with varying severity. Multiple morphological abnormalities of the flagella (MMAF) is one of the most severe forms of asthenoteratozoospermia, characterized by heterogeneous flagellar abnormalities. Among various genetic factors known to cause MMAF, multiple variants in the DNAH2 gene are reported to underlie MMAF in humans. However, the pathogenicity by DNAH2 mutations remains largely unknown. In this study, we identified a novel recessive variant (NM_020877:c.12720G > T;p.W4240C) in DNAH2 by whole-exome sequencing, which fully co-segregated with the infertile male members in a consanguineous Pakistani family diagnosed with asthenozoospermia. 80-90% of the sperm from the patients are morphologically abnormal, and in silico analysis models reveal that the non-synonymous variant substitutes a residue in dynein heavy chain domain and destabilizes DNAH2. To better understand the pathogenicity of various DNAH2 variants underlying MMAF in general, we functionally characterized Dnah2-mutant mice generated by CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing. Dnah2-null males, but not females, are infertile. Dnah2-null sperm cells display absent, short, bent, coiled, and/or irregular flagella consistent with the MMAF phenotype. We found misexpression of centriolar proteins and delocalization of annulus proteins in Dnah2-null spermatids and sperm, suggesting dysregulated flagella development in spermiogenesis. Scanning and transmission electron microscopy analyses revealed that flagella ultrastructure is severely disorganized in Dnah2-null sperm. Absence of DNAH2 compromises the expression of other axonemal components such as DNAH1 and RSPH3. Our results demonstrate that DNAH2 is essential for multiple steps in sperm flagella formation and provide insights into molecular and cellular mechanisms of MMAF pathogenesis.
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- Jae Yeon Hwang
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Yale School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Yale School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States
- Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Genetics, Yale School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Yale School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Genetics, Yale School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Yale School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States
- Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Genetics, Yale School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States
- Yale Center for Genome Analysis, Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States
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- Yale Center for Genome Analysis, Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States
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- Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
- Designed Animal and Transplantation Research Institute, Institutes of Green Bio Science and Technology, Seoul National University, Pyeongchang-gun, South Korea
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, United States
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- Laboratory of Human Genetics and Genomics, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, United States
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- Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Yale School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States
- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, Yale School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States
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Alfaro E, López‐Jiménez P, González‐Martínez J, Malumbres M, Suja JA, Gómez R. PLK1 regulates centrosome migration and spindle dynamics in male mouse meiosis. EMBO Rep 2021; 22:e51030. [PMID: 33615693 PMCID: PMC8025030 DOI: 10.15252/embr.202051030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2020] [Revised: 01/14/2021] [Accepted: 01/21/2021] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Cell division requires the regulation of karyokinesis and cytokinesis, which includes an essential role of the achromatic spindle. Although the functions of centrosomes are well characterised in somatic cells, their role during vertebrate spermatogenesis remains elusive. We have studied the dynamics of the meiotic centrosomes in male mouse during both meiotic divisions. Results show that meiotic centrosomes duplicate twice: first duplication occurs in the leptotene/zygotene transition, while the second occurs in interkinesis. The maturation of duplicated centrosomes during the early stages of prophase I and II are followed by their separation and migration to opposite poles to form bipolar spindles I and II. The study of the genetic mouse model Plk1(Δ/Δ) indicates a central role of Polo-like kinase 1 in pericentriolar matrix assembly, in centrosome maturation and migration, and in the formation of the bipolar spindles during spermatogenesis. In addition, in vitro inhibition of Polo-like kinase 1 and Aurora A in organotypic cultures of seminiferous tubules points out to a prominent role of both kinases in the regulation of the formation of meiotic bipolar spindles.
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- Enrique Alfaro
- Departamento de BiologíaFacultad de CienciasUnidad de Biología CelularUniversidad Autónoma de MadridMadridSpain
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- Departamento de BiologíaFacultad de CienciasUnidad de Biología CelularUniversidad Autónoma de MadridMadridSpain
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- Cell Division and Cancer GroupSpanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO)MadridSpain
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- Departamento de BiologíaFacultad de CienciasUnidad de Biología CelularUniversidad Autónoma de MadridMadridSpain
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- Departamento de BiologíaFacultad de CienciasUnidad de Biología CelularUniversidad Autónoma de MadridMadridSpain
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Vasquez-Limeta A, Loncarek J. Human centrosome organization and function in interphase and mitosis. Semin Cell Dev Biol 2021; 117:30-41. [PMID: 33836946 DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2021.03.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2021] [Revised: 03/26/2021] [Accepted: 03/28/2021] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Centrosomes were first described by Edouard Van Beneden and named and linked to chromosome segregation by Theodor Boveri around 1870. In the 1960-1980s, electron microscopy studies have revealed the remarkable ultrastructure of a centriole -- a nine-fold symmetrical microtubular assembly that resides within a centrosome and organizes it. Less than two decades ago, proteomics and genomic screens conducted in multiple species identified hundreds of centriole and centrosome core proteins and revealed the evolutionarily conserved nature of the centriole assembly pathway. And now, super resolution microscopy approaches and improvements in cryo-tomography are bringing an unparalleled nanoscale-detailed picture of the centriole and centrosome architecture. In this chapter, we summarize the current knowledge about the architecture of human centrioles. We discuss the structured organization of centrosome components in interphase, focusing on localization/function relationship. We discuss the process of centrosome maturation and mitotic spindle pole assembly in centriolar and acentriolar cells, emphasizing recent literature.
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- Laboratory of Protein Dynamics and Signaling, NIH/NCI, Frederick 21702, MD, USA.
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Blengini CS, Ibrahimian P, Vaskovicova M, Drutovic D, Solc P, Schindler K. Aurora kinase A is essential for meiosis in mouse oocytes. PLoS Genet 2021; 17:e1009327. [PMID: 33901174 PMCID: PMC8102010 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1009327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2020] [Revised: 05/06/2021] [Accepted: 04/08/2021] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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The Aurora protein kinases are well-established regulators of spindle building and chromosome segregation in mitotic and meiotic cells. In mouse oocytes, there is significant Aurora kinase A (AURKA) compensatory abilities when the other Aurora kinase homologs are deleted. Whether the other homologs, AURKB or AURKC can compensate for loss of AURKA is not known. Using a conditional mouse oocyte knockout model, we demonstrate that this compensation is not reciprocal because female oocyte-specific knockout mice are sterile, and their oocytes fail to complete meiosis I. In determining AURKA-specific functions, we demonstrate that its first meiotic requirement is to activate Polo-like kinase 1 at acentriolar microtubule organizing centers (aMTOCs; meiotic spindle poles). This activation induces fragmentation of the aMTOCs, a step essential for building a bipolar spindle. We also show that AURKA is required for regulating localization of TACC3, another protein required for spindle building. We conclude that AURKA has multiple functions essential to completing MI that are distinct from AURKB and AURKC.
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- Cecilia S. Blengini
- Department of Genetics; Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, New Jersey, United States of America
- Human Genetics Institute of New Jersey; Piscataway, New Jersey, United States of America
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- Department of Genetics; Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, New Jersey, United States of America
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- Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Libechov, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Libechov, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Libechov, Czech Republic
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- Department of Genetics; Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, New Jersey, United States of America
- Human Genetics Institute of New Jersey; Piscataway, New Jersey, United States of America
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Moretti E, Noto D, Guazzo R, Menchiari A, Belmonte G, Collodel G. Centriolar defects, centrin 1 alterations, and FISH studies in human spermatozoa of a male partner of a couple that produces aneuploid embryos in natural and artificial fertilization. J Assist Reprod Genet 2021; 38:1197-1205. [PMID: 33619679 PMCID: PMC8190424 DOI: 10.1007/s10815-021-02109-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2020] [Accepted: 02/10/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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PURPOSE To study the potential paternal contribution to aneuploidies in the man of a couple who obtained trisomic embryos with natural and assisted fertilization. METHODS Semen analysis, immunofluorescence for localization of tubulin and centrin 1, transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) analysis for chromosomes 18 and 9 were performed. Sperm of fertile men were used as controls. RESULTS The percentages of sperm motility and normal forms were decreased. The percentages of sperm with tail reduced in dimension, headless tails, coiled tails, and altered head-tail junction were significantly higher (P < 0.01) in the patient than in controls, whereas the percentage of sperm with a normal centrin 1 localization (two spots in the centriolar area) was significantly reduced (P < 0.01) in the patient. Immunofluorescence with anti-tubulin antibody showed that in most of the patient's sperm connecting pieces (83.00 ± 1.78%), two spots were present, indicating prominent proximal centriole/centriolar adjunct and evident distal centriole, whereas controls' sperm displayed a single spot, indicating the proximal centriole. The percentage of sperm with two spots was significantly higher (P < 0.01) in the patient than in controls. TEM analysis showed that centriolar adjuncts of the patient's sperm were significantly longer (721.80 ± 122.26 nm) than in controls' sperm (310.00 ± 64.11 nm; P < 0.001). The aneuploidy frequencies of the patient's sperm, detected by FISH analysis, were increased with respect to controls. CONCLUSION A paternal contribution to sperm aneuploidies cannot be excluded since the patient's sperm showed altered morphology, immature centriolar adjunct, presence of evident distal centriole, scarce presence of centrin 1, and high aneuploidy frequency.
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- Elena Moretti
- Department of Molecular and Developmental Medicine, University of Siena, Siena, Italy.
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- Department of Molecular and Developmental Medicine, University of Siena, Siena, Italy
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- Department of Medical Biotechnologies, University of Siena, Siena, Italy
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- Department of Business and Law, University of Siena, Siena, Italy
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- Department of Molecular and Developmental Medicine, University of Siena, Siena, Italy
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- Department of Molecular and Developmental Medicine, University of Siena, Siena, Italy
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