RRC ID 83228
著者 Kaneda Y, Lu Y, Sun J, Shimada K, Emori C, Noda T, Koyano T, Matsuyama M, Miyata H, Ikawa M.
タイトル TEX38 localizes ZDHHC19 to the plasma membrane and regulates sperm head morphogenesis in mice.
ジャーナル Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
Abstract Sperm morphogenesis is a tightly regulated differentiation process, disruption of which leads to sperm malfunction and male infertility. Here, we show that Tex38 knockout (KO) male mice are infertile. Tex38 KO spermatids exhibit excess retention of residual cytoplasm around the head, resulting in abnormal sperm morphology with backward head bending. TEX38 interacts and colocalizes with ZDHHC19, a testis-enriched acyltransferase catalyzing protein S-palmitoylation, at the plasma membrane of spermatids. ZDHHC19 and TEX38 are each downregulated in mouse testes lacking the other protein. TEX38 stabilizes and localizes ZDHHC19 to the plasma membrane of cultured cells and vice versa, consolidating their interdependence. Mice deficient in ZDHHC19 or harboring a C142S mutation that disables the palmitoyltransferase activity of ZDHHC19 display phenotypes resembling those of Tex38 KO mice. Strikingly, ZDHHC19 palmitoylates ARRDC5, an arrestin family protein regulating sperm differentiation. Overall, our findings indicate that TEX38 forms a stable complex with ZDHHC19 at the plasma membrane of spermatids, which governs downstream S-palmitoylation of proteins essential for morphological transformation of spermatids.
巻・号 122(10)
ページ e2417943122
公開日 2025-3-11
DOI 10.1073/pnas.2417943122
PMID 40030029
MeSH Acyltransferases* / genetics Acyltransferases* / metabolism Animals Cell Membrane* / metabolism Infertility, Male / genetics Infertility, Male / metabolism Lipoylation* Male Mice Mice, Knockout* Morphogenesis Sperm Head* / metabolism Spermatids* / metabolism Spermatogenesis / genetics Spermatogenesis / physiology Testis / metabolism
IF 9.412
リソース情報
ヒト・動物細胞 COS-7(RCB0539)