Phosphorylation of a 15 K axonemal protein is the trigger initiating trout sperm motility
Phosphorylation of a 15 K axonemal protein is the trigger initiating trout sperm motility
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15 K 轴丝蛋白的磷酸化是引发鳟鱼精子活力的触发器
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1985
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H. Hayashi
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M. Morisawa;H. Hayashi
The plasma membrane of trout sperm was removed by the treatment with Triton X-100 and phosphorylation of sperm protein was analyzed by SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis after incubating the demembranated spermwith [y-32P]ATP. When the motility ofdemembranated sperm was initiated by addition ofcAMP, a 15 K protein was strongly phosphorylated within 1 sec, a time period compatible with the normal initiation of sperm motility. When sperm were first allowed to swim and then demembranated, cAMP-dependent phosphorylation of the 15 K protein was not observed. The results suggest that the 15 K protein, completely phosphorylated in 1 sec in the presence of cAMP, triggers the initiation of sperm motility. We previously demonstrated that salmonid sperm demembranated with Triton X-100 remained quiescent in the presence of ATP alone but were activated by the additional presence of cAMP. This suggests that cAMP is the primary factor for the initiation ofsperm motility in Sahnonidae (9, 10, 13). A further question, which has not been clarified in any species, is which protein phosphorylated by cAMP triggers the initiation ofsperm motility. To clarify this, we have studied the incorporation ofHP into sperm proteins. Our results suggest that phosphorylation of a 15 K protein is the trigger to initiate sperm motility. The plasma membranes of spermatozoa collected from rainbow trout Salmo gairdneri were removed in an extracting medium containing the nonionic detergent Triton X-100 (9), and the demembranated sperm were resuspended and incubated for 1 or 5 sec in the reactivating medium containing ATP and [y-32P]ATP in the presence or absence of cAMP. Incorporation of inorganic phosphate (Pi) into sperm proteins was detected using sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS)polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (6) and autoradiography (7). In the absence of cAMP in the reactivating medium, axonemal movement was not observed when this was checked by phase contrast microscopy (see also 9, 10, 13). Under this condition, Pi was slightly incorporated into seven proteins with molecular weights of 15 K, 20 K, 24 K, 31 K, 38 K, 42 K and 45 K (Fig. la). When cAMP was present in the reactivating medium, motility was initiated (see also 9, 10, 13) and a concomitant marked increase in Pi incorporation occurred within 1 sec in a 15 K protein. The cAMP-dependent phosphorylation was also seen in 42 K and 45 K proteins, but not in 20 K, 24 K, 31 K and 38 K proteins (Fig. lb). In the absence of cAMP, exposure of the axoneme to [y-32P]ATP for 5 sec did not appreciably increase the Pi incorporation in 15 K, 42 K or 45 K proteins, compared with 1-sec exposure (Fig. 1, a and c). Pi incorporation following 5-sec exposure in the 15 K, 42 K or 45 K protein was much greater in the presence of cAMP than in its absence. However, 5-sec exposure did not increase the Pi incorporation in 20 K, 24 K, 31 K and 38 K proteins in either the presence or absence of cAMP (Fig. 1, c and d). When the gel bands corresponding to the 15 K, 42 K and 45 K proteins were cut out, and their radioactivity was determined in a liquid 182 M. MORISAWA and H. HAYASHI