Evidence that a functional fertilin-like ADAM plays a role in human sperm-oolemmal interactions

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 433-440

  Bronson, R A ^a   Fusi, F M ^b   Calzi, F ^b   Doldi, N ^b   Ferrari, A ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

ADAM; Fertilin; Fertilization; Integrins; RGD

Indexed keywords

CELL SURFACE PROTEIN; DISINTEGRIN; FERTILIN; METALLOPROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL INTERACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIGAND BINDING; MALE; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON PENETRATION;

ADAM PROTEINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL ADHESION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HUMANS; INTEGRINS; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; METALLOENDOPEPTIDASES; OOCYTES; PEPTIDES; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SPERMATOZOA; SULFOXIDES;

CAVIA PORCELLUS; MAMMALIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0032952616     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/5.5.433     Document Type: Article

References (56)

1. Adham, I.M., Kim, Y., Shamsadin, R. et al. (1998) Molecular cloning. chromosomal localization, and expression analysis of CYRN1 and CYRN2, two human genes coding for cyritestin, a sperm protein involved in gamete interaction. DNA Cell Biol., 17, 161-168.
2. 1 functions as a sperm receptor. Cell, 81, 1095-1104.
3. Barker, P.L., Bullens, S., Bunting, S. et al. (1992) Cyclic RGD peptide analogues as anti-platelet antithrombotics. J. Med. Chem., 35, 2040-2048.
4. Blobel, C.P., Wolfsberg, T.G., Turek, C.W. et al. (1992) A potential fusion peptide and an integrin ligand domain in a protein active in sperm-egg fusion. Nature, 356, 248-252.
5. Bronson, R.A. (1998) Is the oocyte a non-professional phagocyte? Hum. Reprod. Update, 4, 763-775.
6. Bronson, R.A. and Fusi, F.M. (1990a) Sperm-oolemmal interaction: role of the RGD adhesion peptide. Fertil. Steril., 54, 527-529.
7. Bronson, R.A. and Fusi, F.M. (1990b) Evidence that and Arg-Gly-Asp (RGD) sequence plays a role in mammalian fertilization. Biol. Reprod., 43, 1019-1025.
8. Bronson, R.A. and Fusi, F.M. (1996) Integrins and human reproduction. Mol. Hum. Reprod., 2, 859-866.
9. Bronson, R.A., Cooper, G.W. and Rosenfeld, D.L. (1981) Ability of antibody-bound human sperm to penetrate zona-free hamster ova. Fertil. Steril., 36, 778-783.
10. Burkin, H.R., Burkin, D.J., Davey, P.M. et al. (1997) Mapping, sequence, and expression analysis of the human fertilin-beta gene (FTBG). Genomics, 40, 190-192.
11. 1 integrin is the receptor for sperm fertilin β. Chem. Biol., 6, 1-10.
12. Diamond, M.S. and Springer, T.A. (1994) The dynamic regulation of integrin adhesiveness. Curr. Biol. 4, 506-517.
13. Evans, J.P., Schultz, R.M. and Kopf, G.S. (1995) Mouse sperm-egg plasma interactions: analysis of roles of egg integrins and the mouse sperm homologue of PH-30 (fertilin). J. Cell Sci., 108, 3267-3278.
14. Evans, J.P., Kopf, G.S. and Schultz, R.M. (1997a) Characterization of the binding of recombinant mouse sperm fertilin beta subunit to mouse eggs:evidence for adhesive activity via an egg beta 1 integrin-mediated interaction. Dev. Biol. 187, 79-93.
15. Evans, J.P., Schultz, R.M. and Kopf, G.S. (1997b) Characterization of the binding of recombinant mouse sperm fertilin alpha to mouse eggs: evidence for function as a cell adhesion molecule in sperm-egg binding. Dev. Biol., 187, 94-106.
16. Falkow, S., Isberg, R.R. and Portnoy, D.A. (1992) The interaction of bacteria with mammalian cells, Ann. Rev. Cell. Biol., 8, 333-363.
17. Frayne, J. and Hall, L. (1998) The gene for the human tMDC I sperm surface protein is noon-functional: implications for its proposed role in mammalian sperm-egg recognition. Biochem. J., 334, 171-176.
18. Fusi, F.M. and Bronson, R.A. (1992) Sperm surface fibronectin, expression following capacitation. J. Androl., 13, 28-35.
19. Fusi, F.M., Lorenzetti, I., Vignali, M. and Bronson, R.A. (1992) Sperm surface proteins following capacitation: expression of vitronectin on the equatorial segment and laminin on sperm tail. J. Androl., 13, 488-497.
20. Fusi, F.M., Vignali, M., Gailet, J. and Bronson, R.A. (1993) Mammalian oocytes exhibit specific recognition of the RGD (Arg-Gly-Asp) tripeptide and express oolemmal integrins. Mol. Reprod. Dev., 39, 212-219.
21. Fusi, F.M., Lorenzetti, I., Mangili, F. et al. (1994) Vitronectin is present within the acrosomal matrix of human spermatozoa and is released during the acrosome reaction. Mol. Reprod. Dev., 39, 337-343.
22. Fusi, F.M., Bernocchi, N., Ferrari, A. and Bronson, R.A. (1996) Is vitronectin the velcro that binds the gametes together? Mol. Hum. Reprod., 2, 859-866.
23. Gichuhi, P.M., Ford, W.C.L. and Hall, L. (1997). Evidence that peptides derived from the disintegrin domain of primate fertilin and containing the ECD motif block the binding of human spermatozoa to the zona-free hamster oocyte. Int. J. Androl., 20, 165-170.
24. Glander, H.J. Hemnann, K. and Haustein, U.E. (1987) The equatorial fibronectin band (EFB) on human spermatozoa: a diagnostic help for male infertility? Andrologia, 19, 456-459.
25. Greenberg, S. (1995) Signal transduction of phagocytosis. Trends Cell Biol., 5, 93-99.
26. Gupta, S.K., Alves, K., Palladino, L.O. et al. (1996) Molecular cloning of the human fertilin-beta subunit. Biochem. Biophys Res. Comm., 224, 318-326.
27. Hardy, C.M., Clarke, L.G., Nixon, B. et al. (1997) Examination of the immunocontraceptive potential of recombinant fertilin subunits in rabbit. Biol. Reprod., 51, 879-886.
28. Hemler, M.E. (1990) VLA proteins in the integrin family. Ann. Rev. Immunol., 8, 365-400.
29. Huovila, A.-P.J., Almeida, E.A.C. and White, J.M. (1996) ADAMs and cell fusion. Curr. Opin. Cell Biol., 8, 692-699.
30. Hynes, R.O. (1992) Integrins: Versatility, modulation, and signaling in cell adhesion. Cell, 69, 11-25.
31. Isberg, R.R., Tran Van Nhieu, G. (1995) The mechanism of phagocytic uptake promoted by invasin-integrin interaction. Trends Cell Biol., 120-124.
32. Johnson, A., Bassham, B., Lipshultz, L.I. and Lamb, D.J. (1995) A quality control system for the optimized sperm penetration assay. Fertil. Steril., 64, 832-837.
33. Jury, J.A., Frayne, J. and Hall, L. (1997) The human fertilin alpha gene is non-functional: Implications for its proposed role in fertilization. Biochem. J., 321, 577-581.
34. Jury, J.A., Frayne, J. and Hall, L. (1998) Sequence analysis of a variety of primate fertilin alpha genes: evidence for non-functional gene in the gorilla and man. Mol. Reprod. Dev., 51, 92-97.
35. McDowell, R.S. and Gadek, T.R. (1992) Structural studies of potent constrained RGD peptides. Am. Chem. Soc., 114, 9245-9253.
36. Miranda, P.V. and Tezon, J.G. (1992) Characterization of fibronectin as a marker for human epididymal sperm maturation. Mol. Reprod. Dev., 33, 443-450.
37. Myles, D. (1993) Molecular mechanisms of sperm-egg membrane binding and fusion in mammals. Dev. Biol., 158, 35-45.
38. Myles, D.G., Kimmel, L.H., Blobel, C.P. et al. (1994) Identification of a binding site in the disintegrin domain of fertilin required for sperm-egg fusion. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA, 91, 4195-4198.
39. Nemerow, G.R., Cheresh, D.A. and Wickham, T.J. (1994) Adenovirus entry into host cells: A role for alpha-v integrins. Trends Cell Biol., 4, 52-55.
40. Nuovo, G.J., Preissner, K. and Bronson, R.A. (1995) PCR-amplified vitronectin mRNA localizes in situ to spermatocytes and round spermatids in the human testis. Mol. Hum. Reprod., 1, see Hum. Reprod., 10, 2187-2191.
41. Nuovo, G.J., Preissner, K. and Bronson, R.A. (1995) PCR-amplified vitronectin mRNA localizes in situ to spermatocytes and round spermatids in the human testis. Mol. Hum. Reprod., 1, see Hum. Reprod., 10, 2187-2191.
42. Perry, A.C.F., Jones, R., Barker, P.J. and Hall, L. (1992) A mammalian epididymal protein with remarkable sequence similarity to snake venom haemmorrhagic peptides. Biochem. J., 286, 671-675.
43. Perry, A.C.F., Barker, H.L., Jones, R. and Hall, L. (1994) Genetic evidence for an additional member of the metalloproteinase-like, disintegrin-like, cysteine-rich (MDC) family of mammalian proteins and its abundant expression in the testis. Biochim. Biophys. Acta, 1207, 134-137.
44. Primakoff, P., Hyatt, H. and Tredick-Kline, J. (1987) Identification and purification of a sperm surface protein with a potential role in sperm-egg membrane fusion. J. Cell Biol., 104, 1141-1149.
45. 3 integrin, the vitronectin receptor. Virology, 203, 357-365.
46. Ruoslahti, E. and Piershbacher, M.D. (1986) Arg-Gly-Asp: a versatile cell recognition signal. Cell, 44, 517-518.
47. Scarborough, R.M., Rose, J.W., Hsu, M.A. et al. (1991) Barbourin:a GPIIb-IIa specific integrin antagonist from the venom of Sistrurus M. barbouri. J. Biol. Chem. 2066, 9359-9362.
48. Van Huijsduijen, R.H. (1998) ADAM 20 and 21; two novel human testis-specific membrane mettaloproteases with similarity to fertilin-α. Gene. 2206, 273-282.
49. Vidaeus, C.M., van Kap-Herr, C., Golden, W.L. et al. (1997) Human fertilin-β: Identification characterization, and chromosomal mapping of an ADAM gene member family. Mol. Reprod. Dev., 46, 363-369.
50. Vuento, M., Kuusela, P., Virkki, M. and Koskimies, A (1984) Characterization of fibronectin on human spermatozoa. Hoppe-Seyler's Z. Physiol. Chem., 365, 757-762.
51. White, J.W. (1995) Membrane fusion: the influenza paradigm. Cold Spring Harbor Symp. Quant. Biol. 60, 581-588.
52. Wickham, J., Mathias, P., Cheresh, D.A. and Nemerow, G.R. (1993) Integrins alpha v/beta 3 and alpha v/beta 5 promote adenovirus internalization but not virus attachment. Cell, 73, 309-319.
53. Wolfsberg, T.G., Primakoff, P., Myles, D.G. and White, J.M. (1995) ADAM, a novel family of membrane proteins containing A Disintegrin And Metalloproteinase domain: multipotential functions in cell-cell and cell-matrix interactions. J. Cell Biol., 131, 275-278.
54. Wolfsberg, T.G. and White, J.M. (1996) ADAMs in fertilization and development. Dev. Biol., 180, 389-401.
55. World Health Organization (1992) Laboratory Manual for the Examination of Human Semen and Semen-Cervical Mucus Interactions. Cambridge University Press, New York, USA, p. 27.
56. Yuan, R., Primakoff, P. and Myles, D.G. (1997) A role for the disintegrin domain of cyritestin, a sperm surface protein belonging to the ADAM family, in mouse sperm-egg plasma membrane adhesion and fusion. J. Cell. Biol., 137, 105-112.