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CELLS
卷 10, 期 2, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/cells10020222
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spermatozoa; capacitation; ARSA; FE-SEM; gold-labeling
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- Human Fertility Cathedra of the University of Alicante [ViGrob-186, UAIND17-03, PGC2018094781-B-100]
Capacitation induces changes in sperm surface ARSA density and redistribution, with a progressive clustering in the peri-acrosomal region over time, indicating a time-dependent capacitation-mediated translocation of ARSA residues on sperm surfaces. These findings offer new insights into the molecular events preceding sperm-oocyte interactions.
Capacitation drives sperm biophysical and biochemical changes for sperm-oocyte interactions. It is a well-known fact that the molecular complex arylsulfatase A (ARSA), hyaluronidase sperm adhesion molecule 1 (SPAM1), and heat shock protein 2 (HSPA2) plays a significant role in sperm-zona pellucida (ZP) binding. However, the time-dependent capacitation effects on the sperm surface ARSA presence and specific topographic distributions remain to be elucidated. Here, we quantified the ARSA density and specific membrane domain locations before (US) and after in vitro capacitation (one and four hours; CS1-CS4) in human sperm using high-resolution field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM) and immunogold labeling. Our results showed a significant and progressive capacitation-mediated increase of labeled spermatozoa from the US (37%) to CS4 (100%) physiological conditions. In addition, surface mapping revealed a close relationship between the ARSA residues and their acrosomal repositioning. Compared with the ARSA surface heterogeneous distribution found in US, the CS1-4 conditions exhibited clustering on the peri-acrosomal region, showing that time-dependent capacitation also induced a ARSA residue dramatic translocation on sperm surfaces. Our findings provide novel insights into the molecular remodeling events preceding sperm-oocyte interactions.
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