Ultra-structure of the sperm head-to-tail linkage complex in the absence of the spermatid-specific LINC component SPAG4
| Autor: | Andreas Meinhardt, Sigrid Hoyer-Fender, Kefei Yang, Ibrahim M. Adham |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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0301 basic medicine
Male Histology Spermatid Nuclear Proteins Cell Biology Biology Sperm Cell biology 03 medical and health sciences Medical Laboratory Technology Mice 030104 developmental biology medicine.anatomical_structure Centrosome Sperm Tail medicine Nuclear lamina Animals Sperm Head SUN domain Nuclear protein Nuclear membrane Cytoskeleton Molecular Biology |
| Zdroj: | Histochemistry and cell biology. 150(1) |
| ISSN: | 1432-119X |
| Popis: | Tight connection between sperm head and tail is crucial for the transport of the male genome and fertilization. The linkage complex, the sperm head-to-tail coupling apparatus (HTCA), originates from the centrosome and anchors to the nuclear membrane. In contrast to its ultra-structural organization, which is already well known for decades, its protein composition largely still awaits future deciphering. SUN-domain proteins are essential components of a complex that links the cytoskeleton to the peripheral nucleoskeleton, which is the nuclear lamina. Here, we studied the impact of the SUN protein SPAG4/SUN4 on the formation of the HTCA. SPAG4/SUN4 is specifically expressed in haploid male germ cells showing a polarized distribution towards the posterior pole in late spermatids that corresponds to the tail attachment site. SPAG4-deficient male mice are infertile with compromised manchette formation and malformed sperm heads. Nonetheless, sperm tails are present demonstrating dispensability of a proper manchette for their formation. Ultra-structural analyses revealed that the development of the sperm head-to-tail linkage complex in the absence of SPAG4 resembles that in the wild type. However, in SPAG4-deficient sperm, the attachment site is diminished with obvious lateral detachment of the HTCA from the nucleus. Our results thus indicate that SPAG4, albeit not essential for the formation of the HTCA per se, is, nevertheless, required for tightening the sperm head-to-tail anchorage by provoking the correct attachment of the lateral parts of the basal plate to the implantation fossa. |
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