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JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY
卷 283, 期 51, 页码 35539-35550出版社
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DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M804586200
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- National Institutes of Health [HD38082, HD44044]
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver NICHD
- Fogarty International Research Collaboration [RO3 TW006121]
- Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia [CONACyT 49113]
- Direccion General de Asuntos del Personal Academico-Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico [DGAPA IN225406, IN227806-3]
- Wellcome Trust
After epididymal maturation, sperm capacitation, which encompasses a complex series of molecular events, endows the sperm with the ability to fertilize an egg. This process can be mimicked in vitro in defined media, the composition of which is based on the electrolyte concentration of the oviductal fluid. It is well established that capacitation requires Na+, HCO3-, Ca-2(+), and a cholesterol acceptor; however, little is known about the function of Cl- during this important process. To determine whether Cl-, in addition to maintaining osmolarity, actively participates in signaling pathways that regulate capacitation, Cl- was replaced by either methanesulfonate or gluconate two nonpermeable anions. The absence of Cl- did not affect sperm viability, but capacitation-associated processes such as the increase in tyrosine phosphorylation, the increase in cAMP levels, hyperactivation, the zona pellucidae-induced acrosome reaction, and most importantly, fertilization were abolished or significantly reduced. Interestingly, the addition of cyclic AMP agonists to sperm incubated in Cl--free medium rescued the increase in tyrosine phosphorylation and hyperactivation suggesting that Cl- acts upstream of the cAMP/protein kinase A signaling pathway. To investigate Cl- transport, sperm incubated in complete capacitation medium were exposed to a battery of anion transport inhibitors. Among them, bumetanide and furosemide, two blockers of Na+/K+/Cl- cotransporters (NKCC), inhibited all capacitation-associated events, suggesting that these transporters may mediate Cl- movements in sperm. Consistent with these results, Western blots using anti-NKCC1 antibodies showed the presence of this cotransporter in mature sperm.
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