Sperm–egg binding: Identification of a species‐specific sperm receptor from eggs of strongylocentrotus purpuratus
- 1 January 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Supramolecular Structure and Cellular Biochemistry
- Vol. 15 (4), 347-358
- https://doi.org/10.1002/jsscb.1981.380150405
Abstract
We have attempted to identify a surface component of echinoderm eggs that is involved in the species‐specific binding of sperm. Cell surface membranes from eggs of the sea urchins Strongylocentrotus purpuratus or Arbacia punctulata were radioiodinated, detergent‐treated, and subjected to density‐gradient centrifugation. In the presence of bindin, the complementary binding protein isolated from sperm, one component of the membranes sedimented to a different density. This membrane component bound‐species specifically to sperm that had undergone the acrosome reaction. This binding led to an inhibition of the ability of treated sperm to fertilize eggs. Exhaustive proteolytic digestion of this receptor fraction yields a high molecular weight glycopeptide that can also bind to bindin. It therefore appears that this egg surface membrane fraction contains a functionally intact, species‐specific receptor for sperm.Keywords
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