Phospholipid hydroperoxide glutathione peroxidase: expression pattern during testicular development in mouse and evolutionary conservation in spermatozoa
| Autor: | Gunther Wennemuth, Hartmut Kuehn, Gerhard Aumüller, Kenneth C. Kleene, Mihaela Diaconu, Iris Schwandt, Karim Nayernia, Wolfgang Engel |
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| Rok vydání: | 2004 |
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endocrine system
Biology 03 medical and health sciences chemistry.chemical_compound 0302 clinical medicine Western blot Genetics medicine Phospholipid-hydroperoxide glutathione peroxidase 030304 developmental biology chemistry.chemical_classification 0303 health sciences 030219 obstetrics & reproductive medicine medicine.diagnostic_test urogenital system Spermatid differentiation Cell Biology Sperm Cell biology medicine.anatomical_structure chemistry Selenoprotein Spermatogenesis Germ cell Immunostaining Developmental Biology |
| Zdroj: | Molecular Reproduction and Development. 67:458-464 |
| ISSN: | 1040-452X |
| DOI: | 10.1002/mrd.20039 |
| Popis: | Phospholipid hydroperoxide glutathione peroxidase (PHGPx) is a selenoprotein belonging to the family of glutathione peroxidases and has been implicated in antioxidative defense and spermatogenesis. PHGPx accounts for almost the entire selenium content of mammalian testis. In an attempt to verify the expression pattern of PHGPx, testes of mouse mutants with arrest at different stages of germ cell development and testes of mice at different ages were subjected to immunostaining with a monoclonal anti-PHGPx antibody. PHGPx was detected in Leydig cells of testes in all developmental stages. In the seminiferous tubuli, the PHGPx staining was first observed in testes of 21-day-old mice which is correlated with the appearance of the first spermatids. This result was confirmed when the testes of mutant mice with defined arrest of germ cell development were used. An immunostaining was observed in the seminiferous tubuli of olt/olt and qk/qk mice which show an arrest at spermatid differentiation. In Western blot analysis of proteins extracted from testes of mutant mice and from developing testes, two signals at 19- and 22-kDa were observed which confirm the existence of two PHGPx forms in testicular cells. In mouse spermatozoa, a subcellular localization of PHGPx and sperm mitochondria-associated cysteine-rich protein (SMCP) was demonstrated, indicating the localization of PHGPx in mitochondria of spermatozoa midpiece. For verifying the midpiece localization of PHGPx in other species, spermatozoa of Drosophila melanogaster, frog, fish, cock, mouse, rat, pig, bull, and human were used in immunostaining using anti-PHGPx antibody. A localization of PHGPx was found in the midpiece of spermatozoa in all species examined. In electronmicroscopical analysis, PHGPx signals were found in the mitochondria of midpiece. These results indicate a conserved crucial role of PHGPx during sperm function and male fertility. |
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