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Mouse Oocyte Microinjection, Maturation and Ploidy Assessment
Published on: July 23, 2011
マウスのゲメトの認識は,卵のゾナ・ペルルシダタンパク質の割裂状態に依存しています
Gagandeep Gahlay1, Lyn Gauthier, Boris Baibakov
1Laboratory of Cellular and Developmental Biology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
Science (New York, N.Y.)
|July 10, 2010
まとめ
精子受精にはZP2の割れ方が必要で,ゾナ・ペルルシダの結合だけではない. 修正されたゾナ・ペルルシダタンパク質 (ZP2とZP3) は,ZP2の割れが精子と卵の認識とアクロソームのエクソシトーシスに不可欠であることを明らかにしました.
科学分野:
- 生殖生物学 生殖生物学
- 分子生物学は分子生物学である.
- 細胞生物学 細胞生物学
背景:
- 精子がゾナ・ペルルシダ (ZP) に結合することは受精に不可欠です.
- 2つの主要なモデルが存在します:ZP2割れとゾナグリカン放出.
- これらのモデルは,精子-卵子認識のためのメカニズムを提案しています.
研究 の 目的:
- マウスの精子・卵の認識におけるZP2割れとZP3グリカンの役割を調査する.
- ZP2割れモデルとグリカン放出モデルをテストするために.
主な方法:
- 切断不可能なZP2 (Zp2(Mut)) または,O-グリカンが欠けているZP3 (Zp3(Mut)) の遺伝子組み換えマウス胚を使用した.
- 観察された精子の結合,受精,およびアクロソームエクソサイトーシス.
- ゾナ・ペルルシダ表面での精子の行動を評価した.
主要な成果:
- 精子はZp2 (((Mut)) 胚に結合し,受精と皮質の粒子のエクソサイトーシスを引き起こします.
- 精子はZp3 (((Mut)) の卵を成功裏に受精させ,グリカン放出モデルと矛盾した.
- 精子は2時間以上ZP表面にアクロソーム無傷のままあり,他の精子によって置き換えられました.
結論:
- 精子-卵の認識は,ZP2.2の分裂状態に依存しています.
- ゾナ・ペルルシダ表面への結合だけでは,精子アクロソームエクソサイトーシスを引き起こすには不十分です.
- ZP2分裂モデルが支持され,グリカン放出モデルが異議を唱える.
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