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Fertilization-Part 3: Sperm-Oolemma Fusion & Oocyte Activation

Fertilization-Part 3: Sperm-Oolemma Fusion & Oocyte Activation. Ma il seme affinche esecriti la sua azione nei girini, deve insinuarsi nei loro corpicelli, sembrando che non possa animarli con la semplice impressione da esso fatta su la loro cute.

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Fertilization-Part 3: Sperm-Oolemma Fusion & Oocyte Activation

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  1. Fertilization-Part 3:Sperm-Oolemma Fusion & Oocyte Activation

  2. Ma il seme affinche esecriti la sua azione nei girini, deve insinuarsi nei loro corpicelli, sembrando che non possa animarli con la semplice impressione da esso fatta su la loro cute. L. SPALANZANI. “DISSERTAZIONI DI FISICA ANIMALE E VEGETABILE” VOL. II., MODENA, 1780 However, for the semen to exert its effect on the eggs, it must enter their little bodies, as it seems unlikely that it could animate them by the mere contact with their skin.

  3. Fertilization: A Series of Irreversible, Precisely Orchestrated Events • Sperm-egg recognition √ • Sperm binding to zona pellucida (ZP), acrosomal exocytosis and ZP-penetration√ • Sperm-egg plasma membrane fusion and sperm perinuclear theca solubilization • Egg activation and anti-polyspermy defense • Centrosome reconstitution and formation of sperm aster • Pronuclear development and apposition • Degradation of redundant sperm accessory structures

  4. AE Prepares Sperm Head for Fusion With the Oolemma

  5. Sperm-Oolemma Binding & Fusion • Mediated by sperm ES and oocyte microvilli • Species specific • Can acrosome-intact spermatozoa fuse with oolemma? • Wu G-M et al., 2004. Birth of piglets by in vitro fertilization of zona-free porcine oocytes. Theriogenology62, 1544-1556

  6. Cumulus ZP-surface ZP Interior Per. Space Egg Cortex Ooplasm Cascade of Sperm-Egg Interactions During Fertilization

  7. Sperm-Oolemma Binding: Actin-Rich Microvilli

  8. Ligands & Receptors: Sperm Ligand Oolemma Receptor Izumo (Immunoglobulin superfamily) CD9/Tetraspanin PH30/Fertilin β (ADAM 2), cyritestin (ADAM 3) Integrin α6β1 GPI-anchored sperm proteins ??? Epid. proteins CRES, DE; cadherins ???

  9. Tetraspanin CD9 on the Oolemma • Egg surface molecule with 4 membrane-spanning domains • KO causes male infertility • Mutations in its Ser-Phe-Gln (SFG) domain block membrane fusion • Recombinant Immunoglobulin superfamily ligand PSG17 blocks sperm-oolemma binding during IVF

  10. Izumo -/- Spermatozoa Can Reach & Penetrate ZP, but Fail to Fuse with Oolemma

  11. ADAM* Family Disintegrins on Sperm PM *ADisintegrin and AMetaloproteinase Domain Proteins Found in snake venome Contain RGD (Arg-Gly-Asp), TDE (Thr-Asp-Glu), QDE (Gln-Asp-Glu), or KDQ (Lys-Asp-Gln) domains Bind to integrins via the above domains Integrins are plasma membrane receptors for ECM proteins Cyritestin & fertilin KO and double KO did NOT cause infertility

  12. Sperm-Oolemma Fusion is Followed by Oocyte Activation • Release from CSF block (CSF=MPF+MAP+p90rsk) • Completion of oocyte meiosis • CG exocytosis • Calcium oscillations • Cytoplasmic reorganization • PN development • Embryo cleavage and development

  13. Contact & Fusion Hypothesis of Oocyte Activation Runft LL, Jaffe LA, Mehlmann LM. Egg Activation at fertilization: where it all begins. Dev Biol. (2002) 245:237-54. Review.

  14. Calcium Signaling During Fertilization is Evolutionarily Conserved

  15. Calcium Release at Fertilization Mouse Sea urchin

  16. Model of Ooocyte Activation by The Sperm-Borne, Oocyte Activating Factor (SOAF)

  17. Criteria: What is the SOAF? • Triggers CG exocytosis/PN development/embryo cleavage • Induces Ca-oscillations • A male germ cell/testis specific gene product • Released by spermatozoon upon sperm-oolemma fusion • Soluble, present in the freeze-thaw sperm extracts • A signaling molecule • Present in the acrosome-reacted sperm head and absent from the sperm flagellum • Absent from round spermatids lacking SOAF activity • Absent from round headed spermatozoa lacking the SOAF activity • Evolutionarily conserved/inter-specific

  18. Candidate SOAF Molecules/Components* • Oscillin* (Parrington et al., Nature. 1996, 379:364-8 ) • Truncated c-Kit tyrosine kinase (trKIT; Sette et al., J Cell Biol. 1998; 142:1063-74 ) • PLC-z (Saunders et al., Development. 2002; 129:3533-44 ) • Nitric Oxide (Thaler CD, Epel D, Curr Pharm Des. 2003;9(5):399-409) • RGD peptides (Fenichel P, Durand-Clement M., Hum Reprod. 1998 Dec;13 Suppl 4:31-46. ) • PAWP (Wu et al. 2007, J Biol Chem 282(16):12164-75) • Citrate synthase (Newt; Harada et al., 2007; Dev Biol 306: 797-808) *Oscillin is NOT a signaling molecule, NOT the SOAF *SOAF may be a multi-component factor

  19. PLCz • Soluble PLC species • mRNA injection into oocyte cause calcium oscillations somewhat similar to those induced by the spermatozoon • After activation, the overexpressed PLCz is sequestered in pronuclei • No KO available (still) • Localization in sperm unclear

  20. Anti-Polyspermy Defense Primary (fast): plasma membrane potential change (invertebrates) Secondary (slow): CG exocytosis & zona hardening

  21. CG exocytosis ↓ Zona Hardening ↓ Secondary Block of Polyspermy

  22. ZP Hardening: Proteolytic Cleavage of ZP2 Protein by CG Exudate Yi et al., 2007 Soc Reprod Fertil Suppl. 2007;63:385-408. Review Intact ZP2 Cleaved ZP2 M-II IVF MG 132

  23. Factors Reducing Polyspermy • Oviductal fluid glycoproteins • Timing of sperm release from oviductal sperm reservoir • Oocyte maturity/ZP integrity • Oocyte age

  24. Cytoplasmic Remodeling After Oocyte Activation • Cytoplasmic relocation of tyrosine kinase c - Yes • Organelle remodeling (mitochodnria, Golgi, ER) • Organele rearangement or movement (mitochondria, cytoskeleton) • Maternal mRNA recruitment & tarnslation • Maternal RNA degradation • Maternal protein degradation

  25. Next : Are We (Males) Really So Worthless?

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