Abstract:
:The major bovine seminal plasma protein, PDC-109, binds to choline phospholipids of the sperm plasma membrane and induces an efflux of cholesterol and choline phospholipids (cholesterol efflux), which is crucial for sperm capacitation. PDC-109 also exhibits chaperone-like activity and protects target proteins against various kinds of stress. Here we show that the polyamines spermine and spermidine, present in high concentration in the seminal plasma of various mammals, increase the ability of PDC-109 to perturb membrane structure as well as its chaperone-like activity. Interestingly, spermine/spermidine alone did not perturb membrane structure but exhibited chaperone-like activity by protecting target proteins against thermal and oxidative stress. When spermine/spermidine was used along with PDC-109, the observed chaperone-like activity was considerably higher than that expected for a simple additive effect, suggesting that PDC-109 and the polyamines act in a synergistic fashion. These results indicate that at the high concentrations present in the seminal plasma spermine/spermidine exhibit a positive modulatory effect on the chaperone-like activity of PDC-109 and may also function as chemical chaperones and protect other seminal plasma proteins from various kinds of stress.
journal_name
Biochem Biophys Res Communjournal_title
Biochemical and biophysical research communicationsauthors
Singh BP,Saha I,Nandi I,Swamy MJdoi
10.1016/j.bbrc.2017.09.148subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2017-12-02 00:00:00pages
1418-1424issue
4eissn
0006-291Xissn
1090-2104pii
S0006-291X(17)31929-0journal_volume
493pub_type
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