RRC ID 30504
著者 Wang H, Wan H, Li X, Liu W, Chen Q, Wang Y, Yang L, Tang H, Zhang X, Duan E, Zhao X, Gao F, Li W.
タイトル Atg7 is required for acrosome biogenesis during spermatogenesis in mice.
ジャーナル Cell Res
Abstract The acrosome is a specialized organelle that covers the anterior part of the sperm nucleus and plays an essential role in the process of fertilization. The molecular mechanism underlying the biogenesis of this lysosome-related organelle (LRO) is still largely unknown. Here, we show that germ cell-specific Atg7-knockout mice were infertile due to a defect in acrosome biogenesis and displayed a phenotype similar to human globozoospermia; this reproductive defect was successfully rescued by intracytoplasmic sperm injections. Furthermore, the depletion of Atg7 in germ cells did not affect the early stages of development of germ cells, but at later stages of spermatogenesis, the proacrosomal vesicles failed to fuse into a single acrosomal vesicle during the Golgi phase, which finally resulted in irregular or nearly round-headed spermatozoa. Autophagic flux was disrupted in Atg7-depleted germ cells, finally leading to the failure of LC3 conjugation to Golgi apparatus-derived vesicles. In addition, Atg7 partially regulated another globozoospermia-related protein, Golgi-associated PDZ- and coiled-coil motif-containing protein (GOPC), during acrosome biogenesis. Finally, the injection of either autophagy or lysosome inhibitors into testis resulted in a similar phenotype to that of germ cell-specific Atg7-knockout mice. Altogether, our results uncover a new role for Atg7 in the biogenesis of the acrosome, and we provide evidence to support the autolysosome origination hypothesis for the acrosome.
巻・号 24(7)
ページ 852-69
公開日 2014-7-1
DOI 10.1038/cr.2014.70
PII cr201470
PMID 24853953
PMC PMC4085765
MeSH Acrosome / physiology* Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing Animals Autophagy / drug effects Autophagy-Related Protein 7 Carrier Proteins / biosynthesis Germ Cells Golgi Matrix Proteins Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins Male Mice, Knockout Microtubule-Associated Proteins / physiology* Spermatogenesis / genetics Spermatogenesis / physiology* Spermatozoa / abnormalities
IF 20.507
引用数 102
WOS 分野 CELL BIOLOGY
リソース情報
実験動物マウス RBRC02759