Male meiotic cytokinesis requires ceramide synthase 3-dependent sphingolipids with unique membrane anchors

Autor: Aline Bayerle, Hermann Josef Gröne, Florian Guillou, Stefan Porubsky, Hans Heid, Jens Fuchser, Christian Marsching, Roger Sandhoff, Christian Bolenz, Karin Gorgas, Mariona Rabionet, Richard Jennemann
Přispěvatelé: Lipid Pathobiochemistry Group, Department of Cellular and Molecular Pathology, Department of Cellular and Molecular Pathology, German Cancer Research Center - Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum [Heidelberg] (DKFZ), University of Liverpool, Helmholtz Group for Cell Biology, Bruker Daltonik GmbH, Center for Applied Research, Applied Biomedical Mass Spectrometry ( ABIMAS), Department of Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham [ Birmingham] (UAB), Department of Urology, University Medical Center Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Physiologie de la reproduction et des comportements [Nouzilly] (PRC), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Tours-Institut Français du Cheval et de l'Equitation [Saumur]-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Instrumental Analytics and Bioanalytics, University of Mannheim, German Research Foundation (DFG) SA1721/1-2 SA 1721/2-1 GO 432/2-1, SFB grant 1118, Heidelberg University, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Institut Français du Cheval et de l'Equitation [Saumur]-Université de Tours-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Institut Français du Cheval et de l'Equitation [Saumur]-Université de Tours (UT)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: Human Molecular Genetics
Human Molecular Genetics, Oxford University Press (OUP), 2015, 24 (17), pp.4792-4808. ⟨10.1093/hmg/ddv204⟩
ISSN: 0964-6906
1460-2083
Popis: Somatic cell cytokinesis was shown to involve the insertion of sphingolipids (SLs) to midbodies prior to abscission. Spermatogenic midbodies transform into stable intercellular bridges (ICBs) connecting clonal daughter cells in a syncytium. This process requires specialized SL structures. (1) Using high resolution-mass spectrometric imaging, we show in situ a biphasic pattern of SL synthesis with testis-specific anchors. This pattern correlates with and depends on ceramide synthase 3 (CerS3) localization in both, pachytene spermatocytes until completion of meiosis and elongating spermatids. (2) Blocking the pathways to germ cell-specific ceramides (CerS3-KO) and further to glycosphingolipids (glucosylceramide synthase-KO) in mice highlights the need for special SLs for spermatid ICB stability. In contrast to somatic mitosis these SLs require ultra-long polyunsaturated anchors with unique physico-chemical properties, which can only be provided by CerS3. Loss of these anchors causes enhanced apoptosis during meiosis, formation of multinuclear giant cells and spermatogenic arrest. Hence, testis-specific SLs, which we also link to CerS3 in human testis, are quintessential for male fertility.
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