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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
33
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-8-11
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
We report a new member of the Ly-6/urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor (uPAR) superfamily of receptors, SAMP14, which is retained on the inner acrosomal membrane of the human spermatozoan following the acrosome reaction and may play a role in fertilization. The SAMP14 sequence predicted a glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI)-anchored protein with a signal peptide, a transmembrane domain near the carboxyl terminus, and a putative transamidase cleavage site in the proprotein. Attachment of SAMP14 to the membrane by a lipid anchor was confirmed by its sensitivity to phosphatidylinositol phospholipase C. SAMP14 has a single functional domain similar to the Ly-6 and urokinase plasminogen activator receptor superfamily of proteins, and the gene mapped to 19q13.33, near the PLAUR locus for uPAR at 19q13.2. Northern and dot blotting showed that SAMP14 expression was testis-specific. Indirect immunofluorescence and immunoelectron microscopy with antisera to purified recombinant SAMP14 localized the protein to outer and inner acrosomal membranes as well as the acrosomal matrix of ejaculated human sperm. Acrosome-reacted sperm demonstrated SAMP14 immunofluorescence, indicating its retention on the inner acrosomal membrane following the acrosome reaction. However, SAMP14 localized to the entire sperm when unwashed swim-up sperm from the ejaculate were stained, indicating that some SAMP14 is loosely associated with the plasma membrane. Antibodies against recombinant SAMP14 inhibited both the binding and the fusion of human sperm to zona free hamster eggs, suggesting that SAMP14 may have a role in sperm-egg interaction. SAMP14 represents a GPI-anchored putative receptor in the Ly-6/uPAR family that is exposed on the inner acrosomal membrane after the acrosome reaction.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
278
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
30506-15
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12788941-Acrosome, pubmed-meshheading:12788941-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:12788941-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:12788941-Antibodies, pubmed-meshheading:12788941-Antigens, Ly, pubmed-meshheading:12788941-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:12788941-Blotting, Western, pubmed-meshheading:12788941-Cricetinae, pubmed-meshheading:12788941-Female, pubmed-meshheading:12788941-Fertilization, pubmed-meshheading:12788941-Glycosylphosphatidylinositols, pubmed-meshheading:12788941-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:12788941-Male, pubmed-meshheading:12788941-Membrane Glycoproteins, pubmed-meshheading:12788941-Membrane Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12788941-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:12788941-Microscopy, Immunoelectron, pubmed-meshheading:12788941-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:12788941-Multigene Family, pubmed-meshheading:12788941-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:12788941-Rats, Inbred Lew, pubmed-meshheading:12788941-Rats, Sprague-Dawley, pubmed-meshheading:12788941-Receptors, Cell Surface, pubmed-meshheading:12788941-Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, pubmed-meshheading:12788941-Species Specificity, pubmed-meshheading:12788941-Sperm-Ovum Interactions, pubmed-meshheading:12788941-Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
SAMP14, a novel, acrosomal membrane-associated, glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored member of the Ly-6/urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor superfamily with a role in sperm-egg interaction.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Cell Biology, Center for Research in Contraceptive and Reproductive Health, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't