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suREJ proteins: new signalling molecules in sea urchin spermatozoa

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 July 2018

Kathryn J. Mengerink ,
Gary W. Moy  and
Victor D. Vacquier
Kathryn J. Mengerink
Affiliation:
Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0202, USA
Gary W. Moy
Affiliation:
Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0202, USA
Victor D. Vacquier
Affiliation:
Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0202, USA
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In Strongylocentrotus purpuratus, the fucose sulphate polymer (FSP) of egg jelly induces the sperm acrosome reaction (AR; Vacquier & Moy, 1997). Protease treatment of sperm renders the cells insensitive to FSP, indicating that sperm membrane receptors mediate the signal transduction events underlying the AR. Monoclonal antibodies to a 210 kDa membrane glycoprotein induce Ca2+ influx into sperm and trigger the AR (Trimmer et al., 1986; Moy et al., 1996). Purified 210 kDa protein binds species-specifically to egg jelly and blocks AR induction by antibody (Podell & Vacquier, 1985; Moy et al., 1996). FSP binds to the 210 kDa protein attached to Sepharose (Vacquier & Moy, 1997). Monoclonal antibodies localise the 210 kDa protein on the plasma membrane over the acrosome and also on the sperm flagellum. The 210 kDa protein has the attributes of a sperm receptor for egg jelly and is henceforth named suREJ1 (Moy et al., 1996). We describe here the three REJ proteins found thus far in S. purpuratus sperm.

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Zygote , Volume 8 , supplement S1: Proceedings of the International Symposium on Fertilization and Development of Sea Urchin and Marine Invertebrates , December 1999 , pp. S28 - S30
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1999

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