Synthesis and processing of rat sperm-associated alpha-L-fucosidase.
Synthesis and processing of rat sperm-associated alpha-L-fucosidase.
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大鼠精子相关α-L-岩藻糖苷酶的合成和加工。
DOI:
10.1095/biolreprod48.6.1228
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发表时间:
1993
影响因子:
3.6
通讯作者:
AronsonJr,NN
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文献类型:
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作者:
Hancock,LW;Raab,LS;AronsonJr,NN
α-L-Fucosidase (α-fucosidase) is the most active of a number of glycosidases measured in rat epididymal sperm through use of artificial 4-methylumbelliferyl substrates. In addition, enzyme activity can be detected in purified populations of testicular germ cells; in comparison to round spermatids, caput epididymal sperm show at least a 1.8-fold increase in α-fucosidase activity per cell. Metabolic labeling of cultured testicular germ cells, followed by immunoprecipitation and SDS-PAGE, reveals synthesis of α-fucosidase as a polypeptide of 54 kDa in pachytene spermatocytes and round spermatids but no synthesis in condensing spermatids. This polypeptide is N-glycosylated but does not undergo further processing as determined by pulse/chase labeling and treatment with endoglycosidase H. In contrast, the α-fucosidase synthesized by cultured clone 9 cells (a rat liver-derived cell line) undergoes processing from a 54-kDa precursor to a slightly larger intermediate centered at 56 kDa on SDS-PAGE (via carbohydrate modification) and finally to a 52-kDa mature polypeptide. Immunoblotting confirms the presence of the 54-kDa form of α-fucosidase in testicular germ cells and shows the existence of a 52-kDa mature polypeptide in epididymal sperm. In addition, immunoreactive polypeptide is more prominent in caput epididymal sperm preparations; this is consistent with the increase in enzyme activity. In the absence of α-fucosidase synthesis beyond the round spermatid stage of development, it appears that α-fucosidase may be acquired from the luminal fluid by sperm during transit through the excurrent duct system. This hypothesis is supported by evidence that metabolically labeled cultured epididymal epithelial cells synthesize and secrete into culture medium an immunoprecipitable 58-kDa α-fucosidase polypeptide. Analysis of sperm isolated from the first part of the caput epididymis indicates that both acquisition and processing of sperm-associated α-fucosidase takes place prior to or concomitant with arrival of sperm in the epididymis.
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影响因子:
3.7
作者:
Huang,TT;Yanagimachi,R
通讯作者:
Yanagimachi,R
影响因子:
3.6
作者:
SYLVESTER, SR;MORALES, C;GRISWOLD, MD
通讯作者:
GRISWOLD, MD
DOI:
10.1002/mrd.1120120102
发表时间:
1985
期刊:
Gamete research
影响因子:
--
作者:
Wolgemuth,DJ;Gizang-Ginsberg,E;Engelmyer,E;Gavin,BJ;Ponzetto,C
通讯作者:
Ponzetto,C
影响因子:
--
作者:
Luis S. Mayorga;Francisco Bertini
通讯作者:
Francisco Bertini
影响因子:
3.6
作者:
Joseph C. Hall;Gary J. Killian
通讯作者:
Gary J. Killian