期刊
MOLECULAR HUMAN REPRODUCTION
卷 21, 期 9, 页码 702-710出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gav034
关键词
PAWP; phospholipase C zeta; fertilization; oocyte activation; sperm factor
资金
- U-FP7 Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowship Award [628634]
- National Institute for Social Care and Health Research (NISCHR)
- Cardiff University School of Medicine
- Libyan Ministry of Education
- Health and Care Research Wales [HF-14-16] Funding Source: researchfish
Mammalian oocyte activation is mediated by cytosolic calcium (Ca2+) oscillations initiated upon delivery of a putative 'sperm factor' by the fertilizing sperm. Previous studies suggest the identity of this sperm factor as the testis-specific phospholipase C-zeta (PLC zeta). Recently, a post-acrosomal sheath WW domain-binding protein (PAWP) has been proposed as an alternative sperm factor candidate, following a report that human PAWP protein and cRNA elicited Ca2+ oscillations in mouse and human oocytes. Those Ca2+ oscillations were inhibited by a PAWP-derived peptide corresponding to a functional PPGY binding motif. Herein, using a series of human PAWP expression constructs, we demonstrate that both human PAWP protein and cRNA are, in our experiments, unable to elicit Ca2+ release following microinjection into mouse oocytes. Parallel experiments performed with human PLC zeta elicited the characteristic Ca2+ oscillations present at mammalian fertilization, which produced oocyte activation and embryo development. Furthermore, sperm-induced Ca2+ oscillations were not inhibited in vitro fertilization or intracytoplasmic sperm injection. Thus, the functional disparity with PLC zeta leads us to conclude that human PAWP is neither sufficient nor necessary for the Ca2+ oscillations that initiate mammalian oocyte activation at fertilization.
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