GABA/progesterone-induced polyphosphoinositide (PPI) breakdown and its role in the acrosome reaction of guinea pig spermatozoa in vitro

To investigate whether GABA/progesterone (P4) stimulates PPI breakdown and its role in the acrosome reaction (AR), spermatozoa of guinea pig were preincubated in MCM-LCa2+ for 5.5 h and then labeled with [32P]pi for 1 h. Samples were washed through a three-step gradient Percoll, adjusted to 5×107 cells/mL and exposed to 2 mmol/L Ca2+, 5 mmol/L GABA, 10 mmol/L P4 and other agents. Lipids were separated by t.l.c. and radioactivity in spots determined by scintillation counting. The AR was assessed by phase-contrast microscopy. The results showed that (i) when spermato-zoa were treated with GABA, 32P-label diminished rapidly in phosphatidylinositol 4, 5-bisphosphate (PIP2), phosphatidylinositol 4-phosphate (PIP), and increased in phosphatidic acid (PA). The loss of label from PPI was almost completed by 10 min. The time-course of the AR was much slower than PPI when spermatozoa reached a maximal response by 15 min; (ii) the pattern of PPI hydrolysis and stimulation of AR was similar for the three agonists tested；their potency followed the order A23187＞progesterone≥GABA; (iii) GABA-induced PIP2 hydrolysis and rise in PA and the AR were prevented by inclusion of 10 mmol/L neomycin; (iv) the loss of PIP2 labeling and the increase in PA labeling abolished when spermatozoa were exposed to EGTA or Ca2+ channel blocker. These re-sults indicate that GABA or P4-induced PPI breakdown is an important and essential event in the series of changes to membrane fusion during the AR of guinea pig spermatozoa and this effect is mediated via calcium by activation of phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C.     

透明带/Ca~(2+)激活磷脂酶A_2及其在豚鼠精子顶体反应中的作用

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GABA/孕酮激发豚鼠精子聚磷酸肌醇降解及其在顶体反应中的作用

为了研究GABA/孕酮(P₄)激发精子聚磷酸肌醇(PPI)降解及其在顶体反应(AR)中的作用,将豚鼠精子在MCM培养基获能培养5.5 h,³²P-标记精子1h,经Percoll密度梯度离心洗涤,然后以AR刺激剂激发精子AR,并对精子膜脂进行提取、分离和鉴定,同时,以相差显微镜评价精子AR%.结果为:(i)GABA刺激二磷酸磷脂酰肌醇(PIP₂)和一磷酸磷脂酰肌醇(PIP)迅速降解,而磷脂酸(PA)增加;在5min时PIP₂和PIP明显下降,10min几近完成,而AR明显滞后,15min才达到峰值;(ii)A23187,P₄和GABA均可激发PPI降解和AR增加,其能力依次为A23187＞P₄≥GABA;(iii)新霉素可明显地抑制Ca²⁺/GABA 或P₄及A23187刺激PIP₂和PIP降解、PA产生和AR增加;(iv)PPI降解需Ca²⁺参与.当EGTA或Ca²⁺通道阻滞剂(La³⁺)存在时,PIP₂和PIP降解,PA产生和AR升高均被明显抑制.上述结果表明,天然激动剂GABA或P₄刺激豚鼠精子膜PPI降解是引起AR的基础,该作用是通过Ca²⁺介导、激活膜磷脂酰肌醇特异磷脂酶C(PIC)而完成的.     

GABA/progesterone-induced polyphosphoinositide (PPI) breakdown and its role in the acrosome reaction of guinea pig spermatozoa in vitro

To investigate whether GABA/progesterone (P4) stimulates PPI breakdown and its role in the acrosome reaction (AR), spermatozoa of guinea pig were preincubated in MCM-LCa2+ for 5.5 h and then labeled with [32P]pi for 1 h. Samples were washed through a three-step gradient Percoll, adjusted to 5×107 cells/mL and exposed to 2 mmol/L Ca2+, 5 μmol/L GABA, 10 μmol/L P4 and other agents. Lipids were separated by t.l.c. and radioactivity in spots determined by scintillation counting. The AR was assessed by phase-contrast microscopy. The results showed that (i) when spermatozoa were treated with GABA, 32P-label diminished rapidly in phosphatidylinositol 4, 5-bisphosphate (PIP2), phosphatidylinositol 4-phosphate (PIP), and increased in phosphatidic acid (PA). The loss of label from PPI was almost completed by 10 min. The time-course of the AR was much slower than PPI when spermatozoa reached a maximal response by 15 min; (ii) the pattern of PPI hydrolysis and stimulation of AR was similar for the three agonists