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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
Pt 22
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-12-12
pubmed:abstractText
The mouse zona pellucida glycoprotein, mZP2, is thought to be the secondary receptor on eggs for retention of acrosome-reacted sperm during fertilization. Here, we present evidence that one of its complementary binding proteins on sperm is proacrosin/acrosin. mZP2 binds to proacrosin null sperm considerably less effectively than to wild-type sperm. Binding is mediated by a strong ionic interaction between polysulphate groups on mZP2 and basic residues on an internal proacrosin peptide. The stereochemistry of both sulphate groups and basic amino acids determines the specificity of binding. Structurally relevant sulphated polymers and suramin, a polysulphonated anticancer drug, compete with mZP2 for complementary binding sites on proacrosin/acrosin in solid-phase binding assays. The same competitors also displace attached sperm from the zona pellucida of eggs in an in vitro fertilization system. This combination of genetic, biochemical and functional data supports the hypothesis that mZP2-proacrosin interactions are important for retention of acrosome-reacted sperm on the egg surface during fertilization. Safe mimetics of suramin have potential as non-steroidal antifertility agents.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0021-9533
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
114
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
4127-36
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11739644-Acrosin, pubmed-meshheading:11739644-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11739644-Antineoplastic Agents, pubmed-meshheading:11739644-Egg Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11739644-Enzyme Precursors, pubmed-meshheading:11739644-Female, pubmed-meshheading:11739644-Fertilization, pubmed-meshheading:11739644-Iodine Radioisotopes, pubmed-meshheading:11739644-Male, pubmed-meshheading:11739644-Membrane Glycoproteins, pubmed-meshheading:11739644-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:11739644-Mice, Transgenic, pubmed-meshheading:11739644-Molecular Structure, pubmed-meshheading:11739644-Ovum, pubmed-meshheading:11739644-Protein Binding, pubmed-meshheading:11739644-Receptors, Cell Surface, pubmed-meshheading:11739644-Spermatozoa, pubmed-meshheading:11739644-Sulfates, pubmed-meshheading:11739644-Suramin, pubmed-meshheading:11739644-Zona Pellucida
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Interactions between mouse ZP2 glycoprotein and proacrosin; a mechanism for secondary binding of sperm to the zona pellucida during fertilization.
pubmed:affiliation
Signalling Programme, The Babraham Institute, Cambridge CB2 4AT, UK.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't