A DEPOLARIZATION CAN TRIGGER CA2+ UPTAKE AND THE ACROSOME REACTION WHEN PRECEDED BY A HYPERPOLARIZATION IN L-PICTUS SEA-URCHIN SPERM
A DEPOLARIZATION CAN TRIGGER CA2+ UPTAKE AND THE ACROSOME REACTION WHEN PRECEDED BY A HYPERPOLARIZATION IN L-PICTUS SEA-URCHIN SPERM
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DOI:
10.1016/0012-1606(92)90018-c
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发表时间:
1992-03-01
影响因子:
2.7
通讯作者:
DARSZON, A
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作者:
GONZALEZMARTINEZ, MT;GUERRERO, A;DARSZON, A
The acrosome reaction (AR) is an exocytotic event that allows sperm to recognize and fuse with the egg. In the sea urchin sperm this reaction is triggered by the outer investment of the egg, the jelly, which induces ionic movements leading to increases in intracellular Ca2+([Ca2+]i) and intracellular pH (pHi), a K+-dependent transient hyperpolarization which may involve K+channels, and a depolarization which depends on external Ca2+. The present paper explores the role of the hyperpolarization in the triggering of the acrosome reaction. The artificial hyperpolarization ofLytechinus pictussperm with valinomycin in K+-free seawater raised the pHi, caused a small increase in45Ca2+uptake, and triggered some AR. When the cells were depolariźed with KCl (30 mM) 40–60 sec after the induced hyperpolarization, the pHidecreased and there was a significant increase in45Ca2+uptake, [Ca2+]i, and the AR. This waiting time was necessary in order to allow the pHichange required for the AR to occur. Thus, the jelly-induced hyperpolarization may lead to the intracellular alkalinization required to trigger the AR, and, on its own or via pHi, may regulate Ca2+transport systems involved in this process. Because of the key role played by K+in the triggering of the AR, the presence and characteristics of ion channels inL. pictusisolated sperm plasma membranes are being explored. Planar lipid bilayers into which these membranes were incorporated by fusion displayed 85 pS single channel transitions which were cation selective.