Journal
MOLECULAR REPRODUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT
Volume 86, Issue 9, Pages 1199-1209Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.23236
Keywords
apoptosis; cGK-I alpha; GKAP1; spermatogenesis; testis
Funding
- National Key Research and Development Program of China [2018YFC1003500]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81671510, 81430027]
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G kinase-anchoring protein 1 (GKAP1) is a G kinase-associated protein that is conserved in many eutherians and is mainly expressed in the testis, especially in spermatocytes and round spermatids. The function of GKAP1 in the testis is largely unknown. Here, we revealed that deletion of GKAP1 led to an increase in sperm production with swollen epididymis, and germ cell apoptosis was found to decrease in GKAP1 knock-out mice. Further investigations showed that a deficiency of GKAP1 could partly change the cellular location of cGK-I alpha and increase the amount of active cAMP response element-binding protein (CREB) in the nucleus. Therefore, the expression of a particular inhibitor of apoptosis proteins (IAPs) was upregulated because of the activation of CREB, and this increase in IAPs was associated with a decrease in the level of activated caspase-3. These results suggest that a deficiency of GKAP1 in mouse testis could increase sperm production through a reduction of the spontaneous apoptosis of germ cells in the testis, possibly because of a change in the activity of the cGK-I alpha pathway.
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