期刊
JOURNAL OF LIPID RESEARCH
卷 59, 期 7, 页码 1175-1189出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1194/jlr.M081885
关键词
differentiation; elongation of very-long-chain fatty acid 2; elongation of very-long-chain fatty acid 4; elongation of very-long-chain fatty acid 5; fatty acid 2-hydroxylase; Sertoli cells; spermatogenic cells
资金
- Agencia Nacional de Promocion de la Ciencia y la Tecnologia [PICT2013-2533]
- Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas [PIP112-201101-00843]
- Secretaria General de Ciencia y Tecnologia, Universidad Nacional del Sur, Argentina [PGI 24/B218]
- Fondo Nacional de Desarrollo Cientifico y Tecnologico, Chile [1140758]
The sphingolipids (SLs) of rodent spermatogenic cells (spermatocytes, spermatids) and spermatozoa contain nonhydroxylated and 2-hydroxylated versions of very-long-chain (C26-C32) PUFAs (n-V and h-V, respectively) not present in Sertoli cells (SCs). Here, we investigated the expression of selected fatty acid elongases [elongation of very-long-chain fatty acid protein (Elovl)], with a focus on Elovl4, and a fatty acid 2-hydroxylase (Fa2h) in rat testes with postnatal development and germ cell differentiation. Along with Elovl5 and Elovl2, Elovl4 was actively transcribed in the adult testis. Elovl4 mRNA levels were high in immature testes and SCs, though the protein was absent. The Elovl4 protein was a germ cell product. All cells under study elongated [H-3]arachidonate to tetraenoic and pentaenoic C24 PUFA, but only germ cells produced C26-C32 PUFAs. Spermatocytes displayed the highest Elovl4 protein levels and enzymatic activity. Fa2h mRNA was produced exclusively in germ cells, mostly round spermatids. As a protein, Fa2h was mainly concentrated in late spermatids, in the step of spermiogenesis in which they elongate and their heads change shape. The expression of Elovl4 and Fa2h thus correlate with the abundance of n-Vs and h-Vs in the SLs of rat spermatocytes and spermatids, respectively.
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