人类受精
铜
化学
细胞生物学
内分泌学
内科学
生物
解剖
医学
有机化学
作者
Rina Su,Ruizhuo Liu,Yangyang Sun,Su Huimin,Wanjin Xing
标识
DOI:10.1016/j.theriogenology.2024.10.016
摘要
In mammalian reproduction, testis-specific protein IZUMO1 and its receptor JUNO on the oocyte surface are essential for sperm-oocyte recognition, binding, and membrane fusion. However, these factors alone are insufficient to accomplish cytoplasmic membrane fusion. It is believed that other gametic proteins interact with them to facilitate sperm-oocyte interaction on the head and mid-tail of rat spermatozoa as well as on the surface of oocytes. In this study, Copper Transport Protein 2 (CTR2) has been identified on the head and mid-tail of rat spermatozoa as well as on the surface of oocytes. CTR2 directly interacts with both IZUMO1 and JUNO, colocalizing with IZUMO1 on the sperm head and with JUNO on the oocyte membrane. Treatment of the capacitated sperm and zona pellucida-free oocytes with anti-CTR2 antibody resulted in a significant decrease in fertilization rates in IVF experiments. These findings suggest that CTR2 plays an important role in mammalian fertilization by interacting with IZUMO1 and JUNO, providing new insights into the molecular mechanisms of mammalian sperm-oocyte adhesion and fusion.
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