Effect of prostatein, the major protein produced by the rat ventral prostate, on phagocytic cell functions

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 473-480

  Maccioni, Mariana ^a   Cabezas, Laura E ^a   Rivero, Virginia Elena ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Immunosuppression; Phagocytosis; Rat prostatic steroid binding protein; Reactive oxygen species

Indexed keywords

N(G) METHYLARGININE; NITROBLUE TETRAZOLIUM; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; PHORBOL 13 ACETATE 12 MYRISTATE; PROSTATE PROTEIN; PROSTATEIN; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL VIABILITY; COLORIMETRY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; IN VITRO STUDY; INHIBITION KINETICS; INTRACELLULAR KILLING; LEUKOCYTE; MACROPHAGE FUNCTION; MALE; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE VENTRAL LOBE; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ANDROGEN-BINDING PROTEIN; ANIMALS; ASCITIC FLUID; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; PHAGOCYTES; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PROSTATE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REACTIVE NITROGEN SPECIES; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SEMEN; UTEROGLOBIN;

EID: 0344898850     PISSN: 87558920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.8755-8920.2003.00110.x     Document Type: Article

References (31)

1. Kelly RW, Critchley HO: Immunomodulation by human seminal plasma: A benefit for spermatozoon and pathogen? Hum Reprod 1997; 12:2200-2207.
2. Miao D, Skibinski G, James K: The effects of human plasma and PGE2 on mitogen induced proliferation and cytokine production of human splenic lymphocytes and peripheral blood mononuclear cells. J Reprod Immunol 1996; 30:97-114.
3. Skibinski G, Kelly RW, Harkiss D, James K: Immunosuppression by human seminal plasma-extracellular organelles (prostasomes) modulate activity of phagocytic cells. Am J Reprod Immunol 1996; 28:97-103.
4. Skibinski G, Kelly RW, James K: Expression of a common secretory granule specific protein as a marker for the extracellular organelles (prostasomes) in human semen. Fertil Steril 1996; 61:755-759.
5. Kelly RW: Immunosuppressive mechanisms in semen: Implications for contraception. Hum Reprod 1996; 10:1686-1693.
6. Forsgren B, Gustafsson JA, Pousette A, Hogberg B: Binding characteristics of a major protein in rat ventral prostate cytosol that interacts with estramustine, a nitrogen mustard derivative of 17 beta-estradiol. Cancer Res 1979; 39:5155-5164.
7. Forsgren B, Bjork P, Carlstrom K, Gustafsson JA, Pousette A, Hogberg B: Purification and distribution of a major protein in rat prostate that binds estramustine, a nitrogen mustard derivative of estradiol-17 beta. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1979; 76:3149-3153.
8. Parker M, Hurst H, Page M: Organization and expression of prostatic steroid binding protein genes. J Steroid Biochem 1979; 20:67-71.
9. Mukherjee AB, Kundu GC, Mantile-Selvaggi G, Yuan CJ, Mandal AK, Chattopadhyay S, Zheng F, Pattabiraman N, Zhang Z: Uteroglobin: A novel cytokine? Cell Mol Life Sci 1999; 55:771-787.
10. Beier HM: The discovery of uteroglobin and its significance for reproductive biology and endocrinology. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2000; 923:9-24.
11. Maccioni M, Riera CM, Rivero VE: Identification of rat prostatic steroid binding protein (PSBP) as an immunosuppressive factor. J Reprod Immunol 2001; 50:133-149.
12. Chen C, Schilling K, Hiipakka RA, Huang IY, Liao S: Prostate alpha protein. Isolation and characterization of the polypeptide components and cholesterol binding. J Biol Chem 1982; 257:116-121.
13. Maccioni M, Rivero VE, Riera CM: Prostatein (or rat prostatic steroid binding protein) is a major autoantigen in experimental autoimmune prostatitis. Clin Exp Immunol 1998; 112:159-65.
14. Cooper HM, Paterson Y: Production of antibodies. In Current Protocols in Immunology, JE Coligan, AM Kruisbeek, DH Margulies, EM Shevach, W Strober, New York. John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 1999, pp 241-249.
15. Parsons SJ, Lipshultz LI: The effects of prostatic secretions on male fertility. In The Prostate. JM Fitzpatrick, RJ Krane (eds). New York, Churchill Livingstone, 1989, pp 53-59.
16. Chow PH, Dockery P, Cheung MP, O WS: Effects of male accessory sex glands on fertilization, polyspermy and morphometry of early embryos in the golden hamster. Int J Androl 1994; 17:107-112.
17. Lasserre A, Barrozo R, Tezon JG, Miranda PV, Vazquez-Levin MH: Human epididymal proteins and sperm function during fertilization: An update. Biol Res 2001; 34:165-178.
18. Elzanaty S, Richthoff J, Malm J, Giwercman A: The impact of epididymal and accessory sex gland function on sperm motility. Hum Reprod 2002; 17:2904-2911.
19. Robert M, Gibbs BF, Jacobson E, Gagnon C: Characterization of prostate-specific antigen proteolytic activity on its major physiological substrate, the sperm motility inhibitor precursor/semenogelin I. Biochemistry 1997; 36:3811-3819.
20. Aumuller G, Renneberg H, Schiemann PJ, Wilhelm B, Seitz J, Konrad L, Wennemuth G: The role of apocrine released proteins in the post-testicular regulation of human sperm function. Adv Exp Med Biol 1997; 424:193-219.
21. Melichar B, Freedman RS: Immunology of the peritoneal cavity: Relevance for host-tumor relation. Int J Gynecol Cancer 2002; 12:3-17.
22. Miele L: Antiflammins. Bioactive peptides derived from uteroglobin. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2000; 923:128-140.
23. Lennartz MR, Lefkowith JB, Bromley FA, Brown EJ: Immunoglobulin G-mediated phagocytosis activates a calcium-independent, phosphatidylethanolamine-specific phospholipase. J Leukoc Biol 1993; 54:389-398.
24. Karimi K, Lennartz MR: Protein kinase C activation precedes arachidonic acid release during IgG-mediated phagocytosis. J Immunol 1995; 155:5786-5794.
25. Wang A, Fanning L, Anderson DJ, Loughlin KR: Generation of reactive oxygen species by leukocytes and sperm following exposure to urogenital tract infection. Arch Androl 1997; 39:11-17.
26. Whittington K, Ford WC: Relative contribution of leukocytes and of spermatozoa to reactive oxygen species production in human sperm suspensions. Int J Androl 1999; 22:229-235.
27. Ford WC, Whittington K, Williams AC: Reactive oxygen species in human sperm suspensions: Production by leukocytes and the generation of NADPH to protect sperm against their effects. Int J Androl 1997; 20 (Suppl. 3):44-49.
28. Ochsendorf FR. Infections in the male genital tract and reactive oxygen species. Hum Reprod Update 1999; 5:399-420.
29. Ochsendorf FR: Infection and reactive oxygen species. Andrologia 1998; 30 (Suppl. 1):81-86.
30. Potts RJ, Notarianni LJ, Jefferies TM: Seminal plasma reduces exogenous oxidative damage to human sperm, determined by the measurement of DNA strand breaks and lipid peroxidation. Mutat Res 2000; 447:249-256.
31. Chen H, Cheung MP, Chow PH, Cheung AL, Liu W, O WS: Protection of sperm DNA against oxidative stress in vivo by accessory sex gland secretions in male hamsters. Reproduction 2002; 124:491-499.