Influence of arginine-glycine-aspartic acid (RGD), integrins (alphaV and alpha5) and osteopontin on bovine sperm-egg binding, and fertilization in vitro |
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Authors: | Gonçalves R F Wolinetz C D Killian G J |
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Affiliation: | The John O. Almquist Research Center, Department of Dairy and Animal Science, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA. |
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Abstract: | Osteopontin (OPN), a phosphoprotein containing an arginine-glycine-aspartic acid (RGD) sequence, has been identified in cow oviduct epithelium and fluid. To investigate the potential role OPN in fertilization, we evaluated the ability of RGD peptide (arginine-glycine-aspartic), RGE peptide (arginine-glycine-glutamic acid), integrins alphaV and alpha5 antibodies and OPN antibody to influence bovine in vitro sperm-egg binding and fertilization. Treatment of sperm or oocytes with the RGD peptide prior fertilization significantly decreased in vitro sperm-egg binding and fertilization compared to the non-treated controls or those treated with RGE peptide. Binding and fertilization were also significantly decreased when in vitro matured bovine oocytes or sperm were pre-incubated with integrins alphaV and alpha5 antibodies at concentration ranging from 5 to 20 microg/mL. Addition of a rabbit polyclonal IgG antibody against purified bovine milk OPN with sperm or/and oocytes decreased (P<0.05) fertilization compared to the in vitro-fertilized control. These data provided evidence that integrin ligands existed on bovine oocytes and spermatozoa that contained RGD recognition sequences, and that antibody to OPN, a protein that contains that RGD sequence, was capable of reducing sperm-egg binding and fertilization in vitro. |
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