Abstract:
:Numerous reports have appeared on the occurrence of undefined protein factors in male reproductive fluids that promote motility of mature sperm and initiate forward motility in the immature (immotile) caput-epididymal sperm. This study reports for the first time purification to apparent homogeneity of a motility initiating protein (MIP) from epididymal plasma and its characterization using the caprine sperm model. It is a 125 kDa (approximately) dimeric protein made up of two subunits: 70 and 54 kDa. MIP is an acidic protein with an isoelectric point of 4.75. The motility protein at 30 microg/ml (240 nM) level showed nearly maximal motility-promoting activity. MIP is heat stable and it is maximally active at pH 8. It is a glycoprotein that binds with high affinity to concanavalin A and it contains mannose, galactose, and N-acetyl glucosamine approximately in the ratios of 6:1:6. It is sensitive to the actions of alpha-mannosidase and beta-N-acetylglucoseaminidase thereby demonstrating that the sugar side chain of the glycoprotein is essential for its biological activity. Epididymal plasma is its richest source. It is also capable of enhancing forward motility of mature cauda-sperm. Its antibody markedly inhibits sperm motility. MIP antibody is highly immunospecific and it recognizes both the subunits. MIP causes significant increase of the intrasperm level of cyclic AMP. MIP: the physiological motility-activating protein has potential for use as a contraceptive vaccine and for solving some of the problems of human infertility and animal breeding.
journal_name
J Cell Physioljournal_title
Journal of cellular physiologyauthors
Jaiswal BS,Das K,Saha S,Dungdung SR,Majumder GCdoi
10.1002/jcp.21947subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2010-01-01 00:00:00pages
254-63issue
1eissn
0021-9541issn
1097-4652journal_volume
222pub_type
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