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Effects of Sperm-Activating Peptide I on Hemicentrotus pulcherrimus Spermatozoa in High Potassium Sea Water
Authors:Tatsuo Harumi  Katsuaki Hoshino  Norio Suzuki
Affiliation:Noto Marine Laboratory, Kanazawa University, Ogi, Uchiura, Ishikawa 927–05, Japan.
Abstract:
The effects of sperm-activating peptide I (SAP-I: Gly-Phe-Asp-Leu-Asn-Gly-Gly-Gly-Val-Gly) on Hemicentrotus pulcherrimus spermatozoa in high [K+] sea water were examined. In high [K+] sea water, the respiration rates and motility of H. pulcherrimus spermatozoa were lower than those in normal sea water. SAP-I did not stimulate the lowered respiration rate or motility, although the peptide bound to the spermatozoa as it does in normal sea water. SAP-I elevated the sperm cGMP level in 100 mM K+ sea water (from 0.37 to 4.81 pmol/mg wet weight spermatozoa) more than those in normal sea water (from 0.21 to 0.93 pmol/mg wet weight). A phosphodiesterase inhibitor, 3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine (IBMX) and SAP-I synergistically elevated the cGMP level from 0.35 to 33.08 pmol/mg wet weight in 100 mM K+ sea water. However, in high [K+] sea water, SAP-I did not increase the cAMP level even in the presence of IBMX. SAP-I caused rapid, transient elevation of the intracellular pH and Ca2+ concentration of spermatozoa in normal sea water but not in 100mM K+ sea water. SAP-I did not decrease the apparent molecular weight of sperm guanylate cyclase from 131,000 to 128,000 in high [K+] sea water. These results suggest that the SAP-I-induced elevation of the cGMP level in sea urchin spermatozoa occurs before or independently of membrane hyperpolarization induced by the opening of K+ channels.
Keywords:(sperm-activating peptide    cGMP    intracellular pH    intracellular Ca2+ concentration    sea urchin spermatozoa
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