Phospholipase Cδ4 is required for Ca2+ mobilization essential for acrosome reaction in sperm

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  • Kiyoko Fukami
  • Manabu Yoshida
  • Takafumi Inoue
  • Manabu Kurokawa
  • Rafael A. Fissore
  • Nobuaki Yoshida
  • Katsuhiko Mikoshiba
  • Tadaomi Takenawa
چکیده

Zona pellucida (ZP)-induced acrosome reaction in sperm is a required step for mammalian fertilization. However, the precise mechanism of the acrosome reaction remains unclear. We previously reported that PLCdelta4 is involved in the ZP-induced acrosome reaction in mouse sperm. Here we have monitored Ca2+ responses in single sperm, and we report that the [Ca2+]i increase in response to ZP, which is essential for driving the acrosome reaction in vivo, is absent in PLCdelta4-/- sperm. Progesterone, another physiological inducer of the acrosome reaction, failed to induce sustained [Ca2+]i increases in PLCdelta4-/- sperm, and consequently the acrosome reaction was partially inhibited. In addition, we observed oscillatory [Ca2+]i increases in wild-type sperm in response to these acrosome inducers. Calcium imaging studies revealed that the [Ca2+]i increases induced by exposure to ZP and progesterone started at different sites within the sperm head, indicating that these agonists induce the acrosome reaction via different Ca2+ mechanisms. Furthermore, store-operated channel (SOC) activity was severely impaired in PLCdelta4-/- sperm. These results indicate that PLCdelta4 is an important enzyme for intracellular [Ca2+]i mobilization in the ZP-induced acrosome reaction and for sustained [Ca2+]i increases through SOC induced by ZP and progesterone in sperm.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • The Journal of Cell Biology

دوره 161  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2003