2023年1月25日
Testis-enriched ferlin, FER1L5, is required for Ca 2+ -activated acrosome reaction and male fertility
Science Advances
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- 9
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- 4
- 開始ページ
- eade7607
- 終了ページ
- 記述言語
- 英語
- 掲載種別
- 研究論文(学術雑誌)
- DOI
- 10.1126/sciadv.ade7607
- 出版者・発行元
- American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Spermatozoa need to undergo an exocytotic event called the acrosome reaction before fusing with eggs. Although calcium ion (Ca 2+ ) is essential for the acrosome reaction, its molecular mechanism remains unknown. Ferlin is a single transmembrane protein with multiple Ca 2+ -binding C2 domains, and there are six ferlins, dysferlin (DYSF), otoferlin (OTOF), myoferlin (MYOF), fer-1–like 4 (FER1L4), FER1L5, and FER1L6, in mammals. Dysf , Otof , and Myof knockout mice have been generated, and each knockout mouse line exhibited membrane fusion disorders such as muscular dystrophy in Dysf , deafness in Otof , and abnormal myogenesis in Myof . Here, by generating mutant mice of Fer1l4 , Fer1l5 , and Fer1l6 , we found that only Fer1l5 is required for male fertility. Fer1l5 mutant spermatozoa could migrate in the female reproductive tract and reach eggs, but no acrosome reaction took place. Even a Ca 2+ ionophore cannot induce the acrosome reaction in Fer1l5 mutant spermatozoa. These results suggest that FER1L5 is the missing link between Ca 2+ and the acrosome reaction.
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- https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.ade7607
- PubMed
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36696506
- PubMed Central
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9876558
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- DOI : 10.1126/sciadv.ade7607
- eISSN : 2375-2548
- PubMed ID : 36696506
- PubMed Central 記事ID : PMC9876558
- SCOPUS ID : 85146852716