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BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS
卷 434, 期 4, 页码 861-866出版社
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2013.04.032
关键词
Testicular hyperthermia; Unfolded Protein Response signaling; pathway; ER stress; Spermatocyte; Apoptosis
资金
- Kyungpook National University Research Fund
- SRC [20120000639]
- National Research Foundation of Korea [2012008880]
- Korea government
- ARPC program of the Korea Institute of Planning and Evaluation for Technology in Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries [110056-03-3-HD110, 112020-03-1-CG000]
The testes of most mammals are sensitive to temperature. To survive and adapt under conditions that promote endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress such as heat shock, cells have a self-protective mechanism against ER stress that has been termed the Unfolded Protein Response (UPR). However, the cellular and molecular events underlying spermatogenesis with testicular hyperthermia involved in the UPR signaling pathway under ER stress remain poorly understood. In the present study, we verified that UPR signaling via phospho-eIF2 alpha/ATF4/GADD34, p9OATF6, and phospho-IRE1 alpha/XBP-1 is activated with testicular hyperthermia (43 degrees C, 15 min/day) and induced ER stress-mediated apoptosis associated with CHOP, phospho-JNK, and caspase-3 after repetitive periods of hyperthermia. Levels of phospho-elF2 alpha protein of mouse spermatocytes in the testis were rapidly increased by one cycle of testicular hyperthermia. ATF4/GADD34 and p9OATF6 expression gradually increased and decreased, respectively, with repetitive cycles of hyperthermia. Spliced XBP1 mRNA as a marker of IRE1 activity was increased after one, three cycles of hyperthermia and decreased by five cycles of hyperthermia. Although the levels of anti-apoptotic phospho-JNK (p54) were gradually decreased after three cycles of hyperthermia, CHOP expression was rapidly increased. After five cycles of testicular hyperthermia, the levels of cleaved caspase-3 and TUNEL-positive apoptotic spermatocytes cells were significantly increased. Our data demonstrated that testicular hyperthermia induces UPR signaling and repetitive cycles of hyperthermia lead to apoptosis of spermatocytes in mouse testis. These results suggest a link between the UPR signaling pathway and testicular hyperthermia. Crown Copyright (C) 2013 Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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