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JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 288, Issue 49, Pages 35307-35320Publisher
AMER SOC BIOCHEMISTRY MOLECULAR BIOLOGY INC
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M113.489476
Keywords
Adenylate Cyclase (Adenylyl Cyclase); Calcium Imaging; Cell Signaling; Cyclic AMP (cAMP); Heterotrimeric G Proteins; Protein Kinase A (PKA); Signal Transduction; Acrosome Reaction; Forskolin; Sperm Capacitation
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- National Institutes of Health [HD38082, HD44044, HD059913, GM62328]
- CONACyT-Mexico Grant [49113]
- DGAPA/UNAM Grants [IN211809, IN225406]
- PICT-ANPCyT-Argentina Grant [2011-0540]
- National Council of Science and Technology [2012-2263]
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Fertilization competence is acquired in the female tract in a process known as capacitation. Capacitation is needed for the activation of motility (e.g. hyperactivation) and to prepare the sperm for an exocytotic process known as acrosome reaction. Although the HCO3--dependent soluble adenylyl cyclase Adcy10 plays a role in motility, less is known about the source of cAMP in the sperm head. Transmembrane adenylyl cyclases (tmACs) are another possible source of cAMP. These enzymes are regulated by stimulatory heterotrimeric G(s) proteins; however, the presence of G(s) or tmACs in mammalian sperm has been controversial. In this study, we used Western blotting and cholera toxin-dependent ADP-ribosylation to show the G(s) presence in the sperm head. Also, we showed that forskolin, a tmAC-specific activator, induces cAMP accumulation in sperm from both WT and Adcy10-null mice. This increase is blocked by the tmAC inhibitor SQ22536 but not by the Adcy10 inhibitor KH7. Although G(s) immunoreactivity and tmAC activity are detected in the sperm head, PKA is only found in the tail, where Adcy10 was previously shown to reside. Consistent with an acrosomal localization, G(s) reactivity is lost in acrosome-reacted sperm, and forskolin is able to increase intracellular Ca2+ and induce the acrosome reaction. Altogether, these data suggest that cAMP pathways are compartmentalized in sperm, with G(s) and tmAC in the head and Adcy10 and PKA in the flagellum.
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