Abstract:
:Previously, we cloned and sequenced a sperm specific antigen, designated as HSS (EMBL nomenclature human sperm associated antigen 9: hSPAG9) from human testis (Shankar et al.: Biochem Biophys Res Commun 243:561-565, 1998). The present study was conducted to isolate baboon proteomic homologue in order to find out whether the baboon can provide a suitable model for examining its immunocontraception effects. Baboon SPAG9 (bSPAG9) was cloned and sequenced from the baboon testis cDNA library. The baboon cDNA contained open reading frame encoding 760 amino acids. A 90.6 and 96.8% homology between baboon and human SPAG9 was found at protein and DNA levels. Analysis for tissue specificity by Northern blot procedure using various baboon tissues indicated that bSPAG9 was specifically expressed only in the baboon testis. Further, cell type expression analysis by in situ hybridization in baboon testis demonstrated the expression of bSPAG9 mRNA transcript only in the round spermatid suggesting haploid germ cell expression. Anti-human SPAG9 antibodies recognized the acrosomal compartment region of baboon sperm in indirect immunofluorescence (IIF). Flow cytometry analysis showed surface localization of bSPAG9 in live baboon sperm. The amino acid sequence data for nonhuman primate SPAG9 suggest that antibodies generated by vaccinating baboon with hSPAG9 will recognize nonhuman primate SPAG9, supporting the testing of SPAG9 contraceptive vaccine based on hSPAG9 in the nonhuman primate model.
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Mol Reprod Devjournal_title
Molecular reproduction and developmentauthors
Shankar S,Mohapatra B,Verma S,Selvi R,Jagadish N,Suri Adoi
10.1002/mrd.20164keywords:
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Has Abstractpub_date
2004-10-01 00:00:00pages
186-93issue
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1040-452Xissn
1098-2795journal_volume
69pub_type
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