重组于脂双层的人精子质膜Ca2+通道的膜片箝研究

跨膜离子流动在启动配子间的相互作用,如顶体反应过程中有重要作用。．但由于精子太小,无用论细胞内记录或膜片箝技术都难以对哺乳动物精子膜的离子通病进行研究。本工作将通道蛋白重组于脂双层,在电压箝位下记录了人精子膜的Ｃａ＾２＋通道电流。由１２个健康人的精子分离的膜蛋白通过融合重组于脂双层后,在ＣａＣｌ２溶液中（ｃｉｓ５０／／ｔｒａｎｓ １０ｍｍｏｌ／Ｌ）记录到两类单通道活动,它们的平衡电位都接近Ｃａ＾２     

剪切力诱导微血管内皮细胞K~+通道的开放

利用膜片针及内皮细胞流动小室方法对大鼠脑微血管内皮细胞在剪切力作用下内上细胞壁Ｋ＾＋通道的开放进行了初步研究。结果提示脑微务人皮细胞膜上存在剪切力敏感的Ｔ＾＋通道,剪切方作用后,内皮丰Ｋ＾＋电流明显增大,此电流有明显的短智延迟现象也可以被胞外施抑制,符合ＩＫＶ特征。流动剪切力可以影响内皮细胞膜上的Ｋ＾＋通道的开放引身 离子通透性的增加,进而引起细胞内Ｃａ６２＋的变化,在Ｋ＾＋、Ｃａ＾２＋等离子浓度     

跨膜Ca~（2＋）梯差通过调节膜脂流动性影响G_s激活腺苷酸环化酶

将牛脑皮层激活型Ｇ－蛋白（Ｇｓ）和腺苷酸环化酶（ＡＣ）重建于大豆磷脂脂质体,形成具有或不具有１０００倍跨膜Ｃａ＾２＋梯差的四种脂酶体,研究了跨膜Ｃａ＾２＋梯差对Ｇｓ功能的影响及其与膜脂物理状态的关系。结果表明,在具有与生理条件相似的正向跨膜Ｃａ＾２＋梯差的脂酶体Ａ中,ＡＣ的基础活力和Ｇｓ对ＡＣ的激活活力均最大;而跨膜Ｃａ＾２＋梯差与生理条件相反时（脂酶体Ｄ）,ＡＣ的基础活力和Ｇｓ对ＡＣ的激活作用最     

心肌细胞内pH调节

心肌细胞具有自身的酸碱缓冲能力,并且通过Ｎａ＾＋／Ｈ＾＋交换蛋白、Ｎａ＾＋／ＨＣＯ＾－３同向转运和乳酸的跨膜运转使Ｈ＾＋外向转运,通过Ｃｌ＾－／ＨＣＯ＾－３交换使Ｈ＾＋内向转运等途径以维持细胞内生理ＰＨ,心肌细胞内Ｃａ＾２＋浓度受ＰＨ变化的影响。     

植物质膜钾离子转运体研究进展

近年,随着分子生物学技术的不断发展和广泛应用,有关植物质膜钾离子转运体的研究取得重要进展。目前已经克隆到多种质膜钾离子转运体基因并对钾离子转运体生化特性以及结构功能进行广泛研究。研究认为,质膜钾离子转运体可分为钾离子载体和钾离子通道。钾离子通道又可分为内向性Ｋ＾＋通道α亚基、Ｋ＾＋通道β亚基及外生Ｋ＾＋通道等三类。本文对上述质膜钾离子转运体的生化特性以及结构功能研究的进展进行了综述。     

两类Ca^2＋通道拮抗剂对脑缺血时Ca^2＋／CaM PKhⅡ活性抑制的保护 …

本文以蒙古沙土鼠双颈总动脉结扎（ＢＣＡＯ）前脑缺血模型Ｃａ＾２＋／ＣａＭ ＰＫⅡ活性变化为指标,研究了以氯胺酮（ＫＴ）、右美沙芬（ＤＭ）、苄丙咯（ＢＰ）及硝苯吡啶（ＮＤ）为代表的配体门控Ｃａ＾２＋通道（ＬＧＣＣ）及电压门控Ｃａ＾２＋通道（ＶＧＣＣ）两类Ｃａ＾２＋通道拮抗剂对缺血性脑损伤的保护作用。结果如下：（１）脑缺血后,胞浆型及颗粒型Ｃａ＾２＋／ＣａＭ ＰＫⅡ活性均明显下降;（２）缺血前单独用药     

体外培养新生大鼠大脑皮层星形神经元钾通道的特性及膜外钾离子浓度对其影响

用膜片钳技术中的细胞贴附方式和内面向外方式,首次在新生大鼠大脑皮层星形神经元胞体膜上记录到一类电压依赖性钾通道。此通道可被２０ｍｍｏｌ／Ｌ ＴＥＡ,５ｍｍｏｌ／Ｌ Ｂａ＾２＋,１４０ｍｍｏｌ／Ｌ Ｃｓ＾＋阻断,不受２０ｍｍｏｌ／Ｌ４－ＡＰ影响,其激活不依赖Ｃａ＾２＋。膜外钾离子浓度对通道的特性有显著的影响,逆转电位随Ｋ＾＋的增大而增大,并表现出一定的饱和现象,两者的对数呈线性关系;同一驱动电位下,     

心脏K^＋通道

Ｋ＾＋通道是生物膜上一种调节Ｋ＾＋流的跨膜蛋白质,广泛存在于各种可兴奋的细胞。在维持心脏正常功能方面发挥重要作用。本主要讨论内向整流Ｋ＾＋通道,延迟整流Ｋ＾＋通道,瞬进外向电流Ｋ＾＋通道,毒蕈碱／腺激活Ｋ＾＋通道,ＡＴＰ敏感性Ｋ＾＋通道的基本特性,及其在心脏电生理作用中的重功能,和相关的分子生物学信息。     

跨膜Ca^2＋梯度对肌质网Ca^2＋—ATP酶调节的特异性

我们曾报道跨膜Ｃａ＾２＋梯度可通过膜脂影响肌质网Ｃａ＾２＋－ＡＴＰ酶的构象和活性。本文就跨膜Ｃａ＾２＋－ＡＴＰ酶的构象和活性。本文就跨膜Ｃａ＾２＋梯度对肌质网Ｃａ＾２＋－ＡＴＰ酶的调节是否具有特异性作进一步研究。结果表明这种特异性表现在两方面：一是跨膜Ｃａ＾２＋梯度对肌质网Ｃａ＾２＋－ＡＴＰ酶功能的调节不能归结于跨膜Ｃａ＾２＋深度梯度所导致的膜电位的作用,离子载体ＦＣＣＰ可消除跨膜电位但并不影响肌     

大熊猫精子获能和顶体反应过程中钙分布变化规律的研究

应用焦锑酸钾原位定位法对大熊猫精子获能和顶体反应过程中进行钙定位研究,发现未获能精子的 Ｃａ２＋主要结合于顶体前区和赤道段质膜外侧和顶体内膜内侧（核膜侧）;随着获能的进行,Ｃａ２＋进入精子内部并主要结合于顶体区质膜内侧和顶体外膜外侧;顶体反应的精子,Ｃａ２＋结合于顶体内膜外侧、顶体后区质膜外侧和分散存在于释放的顶体内容物中,有些顶体反应精子的顶体内膜外侧结合的Ｃａ２＋特别丰富。精子尾部的Ｃａ２＋主要分布于中段线粒体内,且其内所含Ｃａ２＋含量随着获能和顶体反应而增加。另外尾部致密纤维和轴丝处也有少量Ｃａ２＋分布。     

Patch-clamp 'mapping' of ion channel activity in human sperm reveals regionalisation and co-localisation into mixed clusters

Ion channels are pivotal to many aspects of sperm physiology and function. We have used the patch clamp technique to investigate the distribution of ion channels in the plasma membrane of the head of human spermatozoa. We report that three types of activity are common in the equatorial and acrosomal regions of the sperm head. Two of these (a chloride-permeable anion channel showing long stable openings and a second channel which flickered between open and closed states and was dependent upon cytoplasmic factors for activity) were localised primarily to the equatorial segment. A third type, closely resembling the flickering activity but with different voltage sensitivity of P(open), was more widely distributed but was not detectable over the anterior acrosome. In the anterior acrosomal area channels were present but showed very low levels of spontaneous activity. A unique feature of channel activity in the sperm equatorial region was co-localisation into mixed clusters, most patches were devoid of activity but 'active' patches typically contained two or more types of activity (in a single 200-300 nM diameter patch). We conclude that ion channels in the sperm membrane show regionalisation of type and activity and that the channels are clustered into functional groups, possibly interacting through local effects on membrane potential.     

精子膜表面配体依赖性离子通道与精子顶体反应

配体依赖性离子通道是一类由神经递质调控的跨膜离子通道。研究发现它们在精子的顶体反应中起了重要作用,顶体反应是精子完成受精的一个关键步骤。至今已发现3种配体依赖性离子通道受体存在于精子头部的质膜上,它们是乙酰胆碱受体、甘氨酸受体和GABAa受体。尽管乙酰胆碱受体和甘氨酸受体已被清楚的证明参与了ZP3诱导的顶体反应,GABAa受体的功能则相对复杂,需进一步研究。这类受体在精子膜电压变化中起的作用和由此导致的膜电位改变对于精子顶体反应的重要性,为精子顶体反应提供了一个可能的信号传递途径。     

Sperm motility in fishes. (II) Effects of ions and osmolality: a review

The spermatozoa of most fish species are immotile in the testis and seminal plasma. Therefore, motility is induced after the spermatozoa are released into the aqueous environment during natural reproduction or into the diluent during artificial reproduction. There are clear relationships between seminal plasma composition and osmolality and the duration of fish sperm motility. Various parameters such as ion concentrations (K+, Na+, and Ca2+), osmotic pressure, pH, temperature and dilution rate affect motility. In the present paper, we review the roles of these ions on sperm motility in Salmonidae, Cyprinidae, Acipenseridae and marine fishes, and their relationship with seminal plasma composition. Results in the literature show that: 1. K+ is a key ion controlling sperm motility in Salmonidae and Acipenseridae in combination with osmotic pressure; this control is more simple in other fish species: sperm motility is prevented when the osmotic pressure is high (Cyprinidae) or low (marine fishes) compared to that of the seminal fluid. 2. Cations (mostly divalent, such as Ca2+) are antagonistic with the inhibitory effect of K+ on sperm motility. 3. In many species, Ca2+ influx and K+ or Na+ efflux through specific ionic channels change the membrane potential and eventually lead to an increase in cAMP concentration in the cell, which constitutes the initiation signal for sperm motility in Salmonidae. 4. Media that are hyper- and hypo-osmotic relative to seminal fluid trigger sperm motility in marine and freshwater fishes, respectively. 5. The motility of fish spermatozoa is controlled through their sensitivity to osmolality and ion concentrations. This phenomenon is related to ionic channel activities in the membrane and governs the motility mechanisms of axonemes.     

Sea urchin sperm cation-selective channels directly modulated by cAMP

Components of the sea urchin outer egg jelly layer such as speract drastically change second messenger levels and membrane permeability in sperm. Ion channels are deeply involved in the sperm-egg dialogue in sea urchin and other species. Yet, due to the small size of sperm, studies of ion channels and their modulation by second messengers in sperm are scarce. In this report we offer the first direct evidence that cation-selective channels upwardly regulated by cAMP operate in sea urchin sperm. Due to their poor selectivity among monovalent cations, channel activation in seawater could contribute to sperm membrane repolarization during the speract response.     

Altering the speract-induced ion permeability changes that generate flagellar Ca2+ spikes regulates their kinetics and sea urchin sperm motility

Speract, an egg-derived sperm-activating peptide, induces changes in intracellular Ca2+, Na+, pH, cAMP, cGMP, and membrane potential in sperm of the sea urchin Strongylocentrotus purpuratus. Ca2+ is a key regulator of motility in all sperm and, in many marine species, is required for generating turns interspersed with straighter swimming paths that are essential for chemotaxis towards the egg. We show that speract triggers a train of increases in flagellar Ca2+, and that each individual Ca2+ fluctuation induces a transient increase in flagellar asymmetry that leads to a turn. We also find that modifying the amplitude, duration and interval between individual Ca2+ fluctuations by treating sperm with niflumic acid, an inhibitor of Ca2+-activated Cl(-) channels, correspondingly alters the properties of the sperm turns. We conclude that Ca2+ entry through a fast flagellar pathway not only induces sperm turns, but the kinetics of Ca2+ entry may shape the nature of these turns, and that these kinetics are tuned by other channels, possibly including Cl(-) channels. In addition, the speract-induced changes in sperm motility closely resemble those seen during chemotaxis in other marine organisms, yet speract is not a chemoattractant. This implies the Ca2+-induced motility changes are necessary but not sufficient for chemotaxis.     

Gadolinium,a mechano-sensitive channel blocker,inhibits osmosis-initiated motility of sea- and freshwater fish sperm,but does not affect human or ascidian sperm motility

Exposure to hypo-osmotic or hyperosmotic environment triggers the initiation of fish sperm motility. In this article, we report that calcium and potassium channel blockers do not influence motility of puffer fish sperm but calmodulin antagonists reversibly decrease it, suggesting that calmodulin-Ca(2+) interactions are prerequisite for the initiation of sperm motility in this species. Gadolinium (a stretch activated ion channel blocker) decreased the motility of puffer fish sperm from 92 +/- 3% to 6 +/- 3% and that of carp sperm from 91 +/- 7% to 3.5 +/- 4.3% in a dose-dependent manner (10-40 micro M). The effect of gadolinium was reversible, suggesting that stretch activated ion channels participate in the initiation of sperm motility of the two species. Gadolinium inhibits changes in the isoelectric point of certain proteins of puffer fish sperm, which occur when sperm motility is initiated in a hypertonic solution. Anisotropy measurements showed that hypo-osmotic treatment, which initiates carp sperm motility, increased membrane fluidity. When hypo-osmotic treatment was given in the presence of gadolinium, the sperm membrane remained as rigid as in quiescent cells, while motility was blocked. By contrast, gadolinium did not influence the motility parameters of Ciona or human sperm. Based on these lines of evidence, we suggest that conformational changes of mechanosensitive membrane proteins are involved in osmolality-dependent but not osmolality-independent sperm.     

Transmembrane ion transport by polyphosphate/poly-(R)-3-hydroxybutyrate complexes

Transmembrane ion transport, a critical process in providing energy for cell functions, is carried out by pore-forming macromolecules capable of discriminating among very similar ions and responding to changes in membrane potential. It is widely regarded that ion channels are exclusively proteins, relatively late arrivals in cell evolution. Here we discuss the formation of ion-selective, voltage-activated channels by complexes of two simple homopolymers, namely, inorganic polyphosphates (polyPs) and poly-(R)-3-hydroxybutyrates (PHBs), derived from phosphate and acetate, respectively. Each has unique molecular characteristics that facilitate ion selection, solvation, and transport. Complexes of the two polymers, isolated from bacterial plasma membranes or prepared from the synthetic polymers, form voltage-dependent, Ca2+-selective channels in planar lipid bilayers that are selective for divalent over monovalent cations, permeant to Ca2+, Sr2+, and Ba2+, and blocked by transition metal cations in a concentration-dependent manner. Recently, both polyP and PHB have been found to be components of ion-conducting proteins: namely, the human erythrocyte Ca2+-ATPase pump and the Streptomyces lividans potassium channel. The contribution of polyP and PHB to ion selection and/or transport in these proteins is yet unknown, but their presence gives rise to the hypothesis that these and other ion transporters are supramolecular structures in which proteins, polyP, and PHB cooperate in forming well-regulated and specific cation transfer systems.     

Progesterone induces hyperpolarization after a transient depolarization phase in human spermatozoa

Progesterone (P4) induces a membrane depolarization and various ion fluxes (chloride efflux, sodium and calcium influxes), which are required for the human sperm acrosome reaction (AR). By use of the potentiometric fluorescent dye DiSC3(5) and two different technical approaches, the present study aimed to quantify and further analyze P4-induced modifications in membrane potential in capacitated human spermatozoa. Spectrofluorimetric analysis revealed that the mean resting membrane potential of sperm was -58 +/- 2 mV (n = 12). When 10 microM P4 was added, the sperm membrane depolarized by approximately +15 mV, partly driven by a Cl- efflux. It subsequently repolarized to reach a significant lower potential than the initial resting potential in two thirds of the tested samples. The flow cytometry analysis showed a heterogeneous resting membrane potential and revealed that the depolarization-hyperpolarization events concerned only subpopulations, between 3% and 40% of the sperm cells according to the samples (n = 7). We hypothesize that P4 has a beneficial effect on the ability of zona pellucida to promote the AR in a sperm subpopulation by increasing the number of hyperpolarized cells presenting a membrane potential that is compatible with the opening of T-type calcium channels by subsequent zona pellucida-induced depolarization.