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JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE
Volume 122, Issue 24, Pages 4547-4557Publisher
COMPANY BIOLOGISTS LTD
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.058263
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Acrosome reaction; CaMKII; MUPP1; Calcium-regulated exocytosis; Spermatozoa; PDZ domain; Lipid rafts; Scaffolding protein
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The success of acrosomal exocytosis, a complex process with a variety of inter-related steps, relies on the coordinated interaction of participating signaling molecules. Since the acrosome reaction resembles Ca2+-regulated exocytosis in neurons, we investigated whether cognate neuronal binding partners of the multi-PDZ domain protein MUPP1, which recruits molecules that control the initial tethering and/or docking between the acrosomal vesicle and the plasma membrane, are also expressed in spermatozoa, and whether they contribute to the regulation of acrosomal secretion. We observed that CaMKII alpha colocalizes with MUPP1 in the acrosomal region of epididymal spermatozoa where the kinase selectively binds to a region encompassing PDZ domains 10-11 of MUPP1. Furthermore, we found that pre-treating mouse spermatozoa with a CaMKII inhibitor that directly blocks the catalytic region of the kinase, as well as a competitive displacement of CaMKII alpha from PDZ domains 10-11, led to a significant increase in spontaneous acrosomal exocytosis. Since Ca2+- calmodulin releases CaMKII alpha from the PDZ scaffolding protein, MUPP1 represents a central signaling platform to dynamically regulate the assembly and disassembly of binding partners pertinent to acrosomal secretion, thereby precisely adjusting an increase in Ca2+ to synchronized fusion pore formation.
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