Comparison of Phosphorylated Proteins in Intact Rat Spermatozoa from Caput and Cauda Epididymidis1
- 1 February 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Biology of Reproduction
- Vol. 26 (1), 197-207
- https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod26.1.197
Abstract
Spermatozoa from rat epididymis were incubated with [32P] orthophosphate and the radioactively labeled proteins were solubilized for analysis by electrophoresis in SDS-gels or in two-dimensional gels by isoelectric focusing and SDS electrophoresis. Three major phosphorylated protein bands of Mr 42,700, 56,200, and 76,200 were identified together with several minor phosphorylated proteins. The phosphorylated proteins of Mr 42,700 and 76,200 were more heterogeneous in charge than the one of Mr 56,000. The major phosphorylated proteins were not found in the isolated heads of cytosol derived from sperm sonicate. They were not solubilized by 1% Triton X-100 and 2 mM DTT, which removed the plasma membrane and mitochondria, but they were solubilized by 6 M urea and 5 mM DTT away from the insoluble fibrous sheath which contained no appreciable radioactivity. Most of the major phosphorylated bands were solubilized by 2% SDS and 4 mM DTT, leaving the insoluble outer dense fiber-connecting piece (ODF-CP) complex with some of the proteins. The ODF-CP complex of the spermatozoa from the cauda epididymis contained more of the major phosphorylated bands than did that of the spermatozoa from the caput region. Treatment with 1% SDS alone can solubilize about half of the major phosphorylated bands from the spermatozoa of the caput region and essentially none from the spermatozoa of the caudal part. The latter required 1% SDS and 13 mM DTT to achieve solubilization, suggesting the formation of disulfide bonds holding the three major phosphorylated proteins to some intracellular structure during sperm maturation.This publication has 8 references indexed in Scilit:
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