title: Regulation of the human sperm tyrosine kinase c-yes. Activation by cyclic adenosine 3',5'-monophosphate and inhibition by Ca(2+).
abstract: During the process of capacitation, spermatozoa go through a whole set of signaling cascade events in order to become fully competent at fertilizing the egg. An increase in sperm protein tyrosine phosphorylation has been described during this final maturational event in different animal species as well as in humans. Although the phosphotyrosine content of sperm protein is modulated by cAMP, Ca(2+), BSA, oxygen derivatives, and cholesterol, no protein tyrosine kinase (PTK) nor the phosphotyrosine protein phosphatase (PTPase) directly involved in the control of the phosphotyrosine content of sperm protein has been identified. Therefore, the goal of the present study was to identify the tyrosine kinases putatively responsible for the increases in sperm protein phosphotyrosine content. In the present study, we show that the src-related tyrosine kinase c-yes is present in the head of human spermatozoa in both membranes and Triton X-100-insoluble extracts. Our hypothesis was that c-yes is a tyrosine kinase responsible for at least some of the capacitation-induced increase in protein tyrosine phosphorylation. When spermatozoa were previously incubated in the presence of 3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine or 1,2-bis-(o-aminophenoxy)-ethane-N,N,N',N'-tetraacetic acid, treatments known to increase the phosphotyrosine content of human sperm proteins, an increase in the kinase activity of immunoprecipitated yes was measured using enolase as a substrate. These results suggest that cAMP activates while Ca(2+) inhibits human sperm c-yes kinase activity.
authors.affiliation: Endocrinologie de la Reproduction, Department of OB/GYN, Centre de Recherche du CHUQ, Université Laval, Pavillon Saint-François d'Assise 10, de l'Espinay, Quebec, PQ, Canada G1L 3L5. pierre.leclerc@crsfa.ulaval.ca
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Leclerc
authors.forename: Serge
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Goupil
mesh_terms: D015056:1-Methyl-3-isobutylxanthine / Q000494:pharmacology; D002118:Calcium / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000502:physiology*; D004533:Egtazic Acid / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology; D004789:Enzyme Activation / Q000187:drug effects; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D019084:Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Indirect; D015971:Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000276:immunology; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D010726:Phosphodiesterase Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D011233:Precipitin Tests; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism*; D051575:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-yes; D029589:Seminal Plasma Proteins / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism*; D013075:Sperm Capacitation / Q000502:physiology; D013094:Spermatozoa / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D013347:Subcellular Fractions / Q000201:enzymology
chemical_list: D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D010726:Phosphodiesterase Inhibitors; D029589:Seminal Plasma Proteins; D004533:Egtazic Acid; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D051575:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-yes; C489834:YES1 protein, human; C025603:1,2-bis(2-aminophenoxy)ethane-N,N,N',N'-tetraacetic acid; D002118:Calcium; D015056:1-Methyl-3-isobutylxanthine