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Proteomic changes in human sperm during sequential in vitro capacitation and acrosome reaction.

ABSTRACT: The male gamete is not completely mature after ejaculation and requires further events in the female genital tract to acquire fertilizing ability, including the processes of capacitation and acrosome reaction. In order to shed light on dynamic protein changes experienced by the sperm cell in preparation for fertilization, a comprehensive quantitative proteomic profiling based on isotopic peptide labeling and liquid chromatography followed by tandem mass spectrometry was performed on spermatozoa from three donors of proven fertility under three sequential conditions: purification with density gradient centrifugation, incubation with capacitation medium, and induction of acrosome reaction by the exposure to the calcium ionophore A23187. After applying strict selection criteria for peptide quantification and for statistical analyses, 36 proteins with significant changes in their relative abundance within sperm protein extracts were detected. Moreover, the presence of peptide residues potentially harboring sites for post-translational modification was revealed, suggesting that protein modification may be an important mechanism in sperm maturation. In this regard, increased levels of proteins mainly involved in motility and signaling, both regulated by protein modifiers, were detected in sperm lysates following incubation with capacitation medium. In contrast, less abundant proteins in acrosome-reacted cell lysates did not contain potentially modifiable residues, suggesting the possibility that all those proteins might be relocated or released during the process. Protein-protein interaction analysis revealed a subset of proteins potentially involved in sperm maturation, including ERLIN2, GGH, TMED 10, and ATP synthases. These results contribute to the current knowledge of the molecular basis of human fertilization and propose new candidates to be validated as modulators of male fertility.

INSTRUMENT(S): LTQ Orbitrap Velos

ORGANISM(S): Homo Sapiens (human)

TISSUE(S): Spermatozoon, Sperm

DISEASE(S): Male Infertility

SUBMITTER: Judit Castillo

LAB HEAD: Rafael Oliva Virgili

PROVIDER: PXD014871 | Pride | 2019-12-17

REPOSITORIES: Pride

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Proteomic Changes in Human Sperm During Sequential <i>in vitro</i> Capacitation and Acrosome Reaction.

Castillo Judit J Bogle Orleigh Adeleccia OA Jodar Meritxell M Torabi Forough F Delgado-Dueñas David D Estanyol Josep Maria JM Ballescà Josep Lluís JL Miller David D Oliva Rafael R

Frontiers in cell and developmental biology 20191120

The male gamete is not completely mature after ejaculation and requires further events in the female genital tract to acquire fertilizing ability, including the processes of capacitation and acrosome reaction. In order to shed light on protein changes experienced by the sperm cell in preparation for fertilization, a comprehensive quantitative proteomic profiling based on isotopic peptide labeling and liquid chromatography followed by tandem mass spectrometry was performed on spermatozoa from thr ...[more]

PMID: 31824947

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Proteomic changes in human sperm during sequential in vitro capacitation and acrosome reaction.

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