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Chaturvedi S, Vasen G, Pablo M, Chen X, Beutler N, Kumar A, Tanner E, Illouz S, Rahgoshay D, Burnett J, Holguin L, Chen PY, Ndjamen B, Ott M, Rodick R, Rogers T, Smith DM, Weinberger LS. Identification of a therapeutic interfering particle-A single-dose SARS-CoV-2 antiviral intervention with a high barrier to resistance. Cell 2021; 184:6022-6036.e18. [PMID: 34838159 PMCID: PMC8577993 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2021.11.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2021] [Revised: 09/22/2021] [Accepted: 11/02/2021] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
Abstract
Viral-deletion mutants that conditionally replicate and inhibit the wild-type virus (i.e., defective interfering particles, DIPs) have long been proposed as single-administration interventions with high genetic barriers to resistance. However, theories predict that robust, therapeutic DIPs (i.e., therapeutic interfering particles, TIPs) must conditionally spread between cells with R0 >1. Here, we report engineering of TIPs that conditionally replicate with SARS-CoV-2, exhibit R0 >1, and inhibit viral replication 10- to 100-fold. Inhibition occurs via competition for viral replication machinery, and a single administration of TIP RNA inhibits SARS-CoV-2 sustainably in continuous cultures. Strikingly, TIPs maintain efficacy against neutralization-resistant variants (e.g., B.1.351). In hamsters, both prophylactic and therapeutic intranasal administration of lipid-nanoparticle TIPs durably suppressed SARS-CoV-2 by 100-fold in the lungs, reduced pro-inflammatory cytokine expression, and prevented severe pulmonary edema. These data provide proof of concept for a class of single-administration antivirals that may circumvent current requirements to continually update medical countermeasures against new variants.
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- Sonali Chaturvedi
- Gladstone|UCSF Center for Cell Circuitry, Gladstone Institutes, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA; Gladstone Institute of Virology, Gladstone Institutes, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA.
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- Gladstone|UCSF Center for Cell Circuitry, Gladstone Institutes, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA; Gladstone Institute of Virology, Gladstone Institutes, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
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- Gladstone|UCSF Center for Cell Circuitry, Gladstone Institutes, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA; Gladstone Institute of Virology, Gladstone Institutes, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
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- Gladstone|UCSF Center for Cell Circuitry, Gladstone Institutes, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA; Gladstone Institute of Virology, Gladstone Institutes, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA 92121, USA
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- Gladstone|UCSF Center for Cell Circuitry, Gladstone Institutes, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA; Gladstone Institute of Virology, Gladstone Institutes, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
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- Gladstone|UCSF Center for Cell Circuitry, Gladstone Institutes, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA; Gladstone Institute of Virology, Gladstone Institutes, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
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- Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope, Duarte, CA 91010, USA
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- Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope, Duarte, CA 91010, USA
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- Gladstone Institute of Virology, Gladstone Institutes, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
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- Histology and Light Microscopy Core, Gladstone Institutes, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
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- Gladstone Institute of Virology, Gladstone Institutes, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA 92121, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA 92121, USA
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- Gladstone|UCSF Center for Cell Circuitry, Gladstone Institutes, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA; Gladstone Institute of Virology, Gladstone Institutes, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA; Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA; Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA.
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Vasen G, Dunayevich P, Constantinou A, Colman-Lerner A. GPCR receptor phosphorylation and endocytosis are not necessary to switch polarized growth between internal cues during pheromone response in S. cerevisiae. Commun Integr Biol 2020; 13:128-139. [PMID: 33014265 PMCID: PMC7518455 DOI: 10.1080/19420889.2020.1806667] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2020] [Revised: 07/28/2020] [Accepted: 07/31/2020] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Chemotactic/chemotropic cells follow accurately the direction of gradients of regulatory molecules. Many G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCR) function as chemoattractant receptors to guide polarized responses. In "a" mating type yeast, the GPCR Ste2 senses the α-cell's pheromone. Previously, phosphorylation and trafficking of this receptor have been implicated in the process of gradient sensing, where cells dynamically correct growth. Correction is often necessary since yeast have intrinsic polarity sites that interfere with a correct initial gradient decoding. We have recently showed that when actively dividing (not in G1) yeast are exposed to a uniform pheromone concentration, they initiate a pheromone-induced polarization next to the mother-daughter cytokinesis site. Then, they reorient their growth to the intrinsic polarity site. Here, to study if Ste2 phosphorylation and internalization are involved in this process, we generated receptor variants combining three types of mutated signals for the first time: phosphorylation, ubiquitylation and the NPFX1,2D Sla1-binding motif. We first characterized their effect on endocytosis and found that these processes regulate internalization in a more complex manner than previously shown. Interestingly, we showed that receptor phosphorylation can drive internalization independently of ubiquitylation and the NPFX1,2D motif. When tested in our assays, cells expressing either phosphorylation or endocytosis-deficient receptors were able to switch away from the cytokinesis site to find the intrinsic polarity site as efficiently as their WT counterparts. Thus, we conclude that these processes are not necessary for the reorientation of polarization.
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- Gustavo Vasen
- Department of Physiology, Molecular and Cellular Biology, School of Exact and Natural Sciences, University of Buenos Aires (UBA), Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Institute of Physiology, Molecular Biology and Neurosciences, National Council of Scientific and Technical Research (IFIBYNE-UBA-CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Department of Physiology, Molecular and Cellular Biology, School of Exact and Natural Sciences, University of Buenos Aires (UBA), Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Institute of Physiology, Molecular Biology and Neurosciences, National Council of Scientific and Technical Research (IFIBYNE-UBA-CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Department of Physiology, Molecular and Cellular Biology, School of Exact and Natural Sciences, University of Buenos Aires (UBA), Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Institute of Physiology, Molecular Biology and Neurosciences, National Council of Scientific and Technical Research (IFIBYNE-UBA-CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Department of Physiology, Molecular and Cellular Biology, School of Exact and Natural Sciences, University of Buenos Aires (UBA), Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Institute of Physiology, Molecular Biology and Neurosciences, National Council of Scientific and Technical Research (IFIBYNE-UBA-CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Dunayevich P, Baltanás R, Clemente JA, Couto A, Sapochnik D, Vasen G, Colman-Lerner A. Heat-stress triggers MAPK crosstalk to turn on the hyperosmotic response pathway. Sci Rep 2018; 8:15168. [PMID: 30310096 PMCID: PMC6181916 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-33203-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2018] [Accepted: 09/21/2018] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Cells make decisions based on a combination of external and internal signals. In yeast, the high osmolarity response (HOG) is a mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway that responds to a variety of stimuli, and it is central to the general stress response. Here we studied the effect of heat-stress (HS) on HOG. Using live-cell reporters and genetics, we show that HS promotes Hog1 phosphorylation and Hog1-dependent gene expression, exclusively via the Sln1 phosphorelay branch, and that the strength of the activation is larger in yeast adapted to high external osmolarity. HS stimulation of HOG is indirect. First, we show that HS causes glycerol loss, necessary for HOG activation. Preventing glycerol efflux by deleting the glyceroporin FPS1 or its regulators RGC1 and ASK10/RGC2, or by increasing external glycerol, greatly reduced HOG activation. Second, we found that HOG stimulation by HS depended on the operation of a second MAPK pathway, the cell-wall integrity (CWI), a well-known mediator of HS, since inactivating Pkc1 or deleting the MAPK SLT2 greatly reduced HOG activation. Our data suggest that the main role of the CWI in this process is to stimulate glycerol loss. We found that in yeast expressing the constitutively open channel mutant (Fps1-Δ11), HOG activity was independent of Slt2. In summary, we suggest that HS causes a reduction in turgor due to the loss of glycerol and the accompanying water, and that this is what actually stimulates HOG. Thus, taken together, our findings highlight a central role for Fps1, and the metabolism of glycerol, in the communication between the yeast MAPK pathways, essential for survival and reproduction in changing environments.
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- Paula Dunayevich
- Departamento de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Celular, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (FCEN), Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA), Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Instituto de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Neurociencias (IFIBYNE), CONICET-UBA, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Departamento de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Celular, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (FCEN), Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA), Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Instituto de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Neurociencias (IFIBYNE), CONICET-UBA, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Departamento de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Celular, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (FCEN), Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA), Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Instituto de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Neurociencias (IFIBYNE), CONICET-UBA, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- CIHIDECAR-Departamento de Química Orgánica, FCEN, UBA, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Departamento de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Celular, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (FCEN), Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA), Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Instituto de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Neurociencias (IFIBYNE), CONICET-UBA, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Departamento de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Celular, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (FCEN), Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA), Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Instituto de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Neurociencias (IFIBYNE), CONICET-UBA, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Departamento de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Celular, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (FCEN), Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA), Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- Instituto de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Neurociencias (IFIBYNE), CONICET-UBA, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Bush A, Vasen G, Constantinou A, Dunayevich P, Patop IL, Blaustein M, Colman-Lerner A. Yeast GPCR signaling reflects the fraction of occupied receptors, not the number. Mol Syst Biol 2016; 12:898. [PMID: 28034910 PMCID: PMC5199120 DOI: 10.15252/msb.20166910] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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According to receptor theory, the effect of a ligand depends on the amount of agonist-receptor complex. Therefore, changes in receptor abundance should have quantitative effects. However, the response to pheromone in Saccharomyces cerevisiae is robust (unaltered) to increases or reductions in the abundance of the G-protein-coupled receptor (GPCR), Ste2, responding instead to the fraction of occupied receptor. We found experimentally that this robustness originates during G-protein activation. We developed a complete mathematical model of this step, which suggested the ability to compute fractional occupancy depends on the physical interaction between the inhibitory regulator of G-protein signaling (RGS), Sst2, and the receptor. Accordingly, replacing Sst2 by the heterologous hsRGS4, incapable of interacting with the receptor, abolished robustness. Conversely, forcing hsRGS4:Ste2 interaction restored robustness. Taken together with other results of our work, we conclude that this GPCR pathway computes fractional occupancy because ligand-bound GPCR-RGS complexes stimulate signaling while unoccupied complexes actively inhibit it. In eukaryotes, many RGSs bind to specific GPCRs, suggesting these complexes with opposing activities also detect fraction occupancy by a ratiometric measurement. Such complexes operate as push-pull devices, which we have recently described.
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- Alan Bush
- Department of Physiology, Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.,Institute of Physiology, Molecular Biology and Neurosciences, National Research Council (CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Department of Physiology, Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.,Institute of Physiology, Molecular Biology and Neurosciences, National Research Council (CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Department of Physiology, Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.,Institute of Physiology, Molecular Biology and Neurosciences, National Research Council (CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Department of Physiology, Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.,Institute of Physiology, Molecular Biology and Neurosciences, National Research Council (CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Department of Physiology, Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.,Institute of Physiology, Molecular Biology and Neurosciences, National Research Council (CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Department of Physiology, Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.,Institute of Physiology, Molecular Biology and Neurosciences, National Research Council (CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Department of Physiology, Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina .,Institute of Physiology, Molecular Biology and Neurosciences, National Research Council (CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Ernesto JI, Weigel Muñoz M, Battistone MA, Vasen G, Martínez-López P, Orta G, Figueiras-Fierro D, De la Vega-Beltran JL, Moreno IA, Guidobaldi HA, Giojalas L, Darszon A, Cohen DJ, Cuasnicú PS. CRISP1 as a novel CatSper regulator that modulates sperm motility and orientation during fertilization. J Cell Biol 2015; 210:1213-24. [PMID: 26416967 PMCID: PMC4586743 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201412041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
Abstract
Ca(2+)-dependent mechanisms are critical for successful completion of fertilization. Here, we demonstrate that CRISP1, a sperm protein involved in mammalian fertilization, is also present in the female gamete and capable of modulating key sperm Ca(2+) channels. Specifically, we show that CRISP1 is expressed by the cumulus cells that surround the egg and that fertilization of cumulus-oocyte complexes from CRISP1 knockout females is impaired because of a failure of sperm to penetrate the cumulus. We provide evidence that CRISP1 stimulates sperm orientation by modulating sperm hyperactivation, a vigorous motility required for penetration of the egg vestments. Moreover, patch clamping of sperm revealed that CRISP1 has the ability to regulate CatSper, the principal sperm Ca(2+) channel involved in hyperactivation and essential for fertility. Given the critical role of Ca(2+) for sperm motility, we propose a novel CRISP1-mediated fine-tuning mechanism to regulate sperm hyperactivation and orientation for successful penetration of the cumulus during fertilization.
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- Juan I Ernesto
- Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, C1428ADN Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, C1428ADN Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, C1428ADN Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, C1428ADN Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Departamento de Genética del Desarrollo y Fisiología Molecular, Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Morelos 62250, México
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- Departamento de Genética del Desarrollo y Fisiología Molecular, Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Morelos 62250, México
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- Departamento de Genética del Desarrollo y Fisiología Molecular, Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Morelos 62250, México
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- Departamento de Genética del Desarrollo y Fisiología Molecular, Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Morelos 62250, México
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- Centro de Biología Celular y Molecular, Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas y Tecnológicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, X5016GCA Córdoba, Argentina
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- Centro de Biología Celular y Molecular, Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas y Tecnológicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, X5016GCA Córdoba, Argentina
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- Departamento de Genética del Desarrollo y Fisiología Molecular, Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Morelos 62250, México
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- Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, C1428ADN Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, C1428ADN Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Vasen G, Battistone MA, Croci DO, Brukman NG, Weigel Muñoz M, Stupirski JC, Rabinovich GA, Cuasnicú PS. The galectin-1-glycan axis controls sperm fertilizing capacity by regulating sperm motility and membrane hyperpolarization. FASEB J 2015; 29:4189-200. [PMID: 26136479 DOI: 10.1096/fj.15-270975] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2015] [Accepted: 06/15/2015] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
Abstract
Lectin-glycan recognition systems play central roles in many physiologic and pathologic processes. We identified a role for galectin-1 (Gal-1), a highly conserved glycan-binding protein, in the control of sperm function. We found that Gal-1 is expressed in the epididymis and associates with sperm during epididymal maturation. Exposure of sperm to Gal-1 resulted in glycan-dependent modulation of the acrosome reaction (AR), a key event in the fertilization process. Gal-1-deficient (Lgals1(-/-)) mice revealed the essential contribution of this lectin for full sperm fertilizing ability both in vitro and in vivo. Mechanistically, Lgals1(-/-) sperm exhibited defects in their ability to develop hyperactivation, a vigorous motility required for penetration of the egg vestments. Moreover, Lgals1(-/-) sperm showed a decreased ability to control cell volume and to undergo progesterone-induced AR, phenotypes that were rescued by exposure of the cells to recombinant Gal-1. Interestingly, the AR defect was associated with a deficiency in sperm membrane potential hyperpolarization. Our study highlights the relevance of the Gal-1-glycan axis in sperm function with critical implications in mammalian reproductive biology.
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- Gustavo Vasen
- *Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental (IBYME-CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina; and Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- *Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental (IBYME-CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina; and Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- *Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental (IBYME-CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina; and Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- *Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental (IBYME-CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina; and Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- *Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental (IBYME-CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina; and Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- *Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental (IBYME-CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina; and Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- *Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental (IBYME-CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina; and Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- *Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental (IBYME-CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina; and Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Ventura AC, Bush A, Vasen G, Goldín MA, Burkinshaw B, Bhattacharjee N, Folch A, Brent R, Chernomoretz A, Colman-Lerner A. Utilization of extracellular information before ligand-receptor binding reaches equilibrium expands and shifts the input dynamic range. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2014; 111:E3860-9. [PMID: 25172920 PMCID: PMC4169960 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1322761111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
Abstract
Cell signaling systems sense and respond to ligands that bind cell surface receptors. These systems often respond to changes in the concentration of extracellular ligand more rapidly than the ligand equilibrates with its receptor. We demonstrate, by modeling and experiment, a general "systems level" mechanism cells use to take advantage of the information present in the early signal, before receptor binding reaches a new steady state. This mechanism, pre-equilibrium sensing and signaling (PRESS), operates in signaling systems in which the kinetics of ligand-receptor binding are slower than the downstream signaling steps, and it typically involves transient activation of a downstream step. In the systems where it operates, PRESS expands and shifts the input dynamic range, allowing cells to make different responses to ligand concentrations so high as to be otherwise indistinguishable. Specifically, we show that PRESS applies to the yeast directional polarization in response to pheromone gradients. Consideration of preexisting kinetic data for ligand-receptor interactions suggests that PRESS operates in many cell signaling systems throughout biology. The same mechanism may also operate at other levels in signaling systems in which a slow activation step couples to a faster downstream step.
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- Alejandra C Ventura
- Institute of Physiology, Molecular Biology, and Neuroscience (IFIBYNE), University of Buenos Aires (UBA)-National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET), Department of Physiology, Molecular, and Cell Biology, School of Exact and Natural Sciences (FCEN)
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- Institute of Physiology, Molecular Biology, and Neuroscience (IFIBYNE), University of Buenos Aires (UBA)-National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET), Department of Physiology, Molecular, and Cell Biology, School of Exact and Natural Sciences (FCEN)
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- Institute of Physiology, Molecular Biology, and Neuroscience (IFIBYNE), University of Buenos Aires (UBA)-National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET), Department of Physiology, Molecular, and Cell Biology, School of Exact and Natural Sciences (FCEN)
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- Institute of Physiology, Molecular Biology, and Neuroscience (IFIBYNE), University of Buenos Aires (UBA)-National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET), Department of Physiology, Molecular, and Cell Biology, School of Exact and Natural Sciences (FCEN)
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- Institute of Physiology, Molecular Biology, and Neuroscience (IFIBYNE), University of Buenos Aires (UBA)-National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET), Department of Physiology, Molecular, and Cell Biology, School of Exact and Natural Sciences (FCEN)
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195; and
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- Fundación Instituto Leloir, C1405BWE Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Physics Institute of Buenos Aires (IFIBA), CONICET, and Department of Physics, FCEN, UBA, C1428EGA Buenos Aires, Argentina; Fundación Instituto Leloir, C1405BWE Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Institute of Physiology, Molecular Biology, and Neuroscience (IFIBYNE), University of Buenos Aires (UBA)-National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET), Department of Physiology, Molecular, and Cell Biology, School of Exact and Natural Sciences (FCEN),
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Cohen DJ, Maldera JA, Weigel Muñoz M, Ernesto JI, Vasen G, Cuasnicu PS. Cysteine-rich secretory proteins (CRISP) and their role in mammalian fertilization. Biol Res 2011; 44:135-138. [PMID: 22513415] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023] Open
Abstract
Epididymal protein CRISPI is a member of the CRISP (Cysteine-RIch Secretory proteins) family and is involved in sperm-egg fusion through its interaction with complementary sites on the egg surface. Results from our laboratory have shown that this binding ability resides in a 12-amino-acid region corresponding to a highly conserved motif of the CRISP family, named Signature 2 (S2). In addition to this, our results revealed that CRISP1 could also be involved in the previous step of sperm binding to the zona pellucida, identifying a novel role for this protein in fertilization. As another approach to elucidate the participation of CRISP1 in fertilization, a mouse line containing a targeted disruption of CRISP1 was generated. Although CRISP1-deficient mice exhibited normal fertility, CRISP1-defficient sperm presented a decreased level of protein tyrosine phosphorylation during capacitation, and an impaired ability to fertilize both zona-intact and zona-free eggs in vitro, confirming the proposed roles for the protein in fertilization. Evidence obtained in our laboratory indicated that testicular CRISP2 would also be involved in sperm-egg fusion. Competition assays between CRISP1 and CRISP2, as well as the comparison of their corresponding S2 regions, suggest that both proteins bind to common complementary sites in the egg. Together, these results suggest a functional cooperation between CRISP1 and CRISP2 to ensure the success of fertilization.
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- Débora J Cohen
- Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental, IBYME, CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Cohen DJ, Maldera JA, Vasen G, Ernesto JI, Munoz MW, Battistone MA, Cuasnicu PS. Epididymal Protein CRISP1 Plays Different Roles During the Fertilization Process. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011; 32:672-8. [DOI: 10.2164/jandrol.110.012922] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Cohen DJ, Maldera JA, Weigel Muñoz M, Ernesto JI, Vasen G, Cuasnicu PS. Cysteine-Rich Secretory Proteins (CRISP) and their role in mammalian fertilization. Biol Res 2011. [DOI: 10.4067/s0716-97602011000200004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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