title: Use of phosphoproteomics to study tyrosine kinase activity in capacitating boar sperm. Kinase activity and capacitation.
abstract: It is generally accepted that sperm capacitation is associated with the protein kinase A-mediated appearance of tyrosine phosphoproteins, although the substrates and kinase(s) involved have not been identified. We described a Mr 32,000 tyrosine phosphoprotein, "p32", appearing in porcine sperm coincident with capacitation. We also discovered a tyrosine kinase-like enzyme in boar sperm of Mr 32,000 ("TK-32") with enhanced activity during capacitation. The present work was conducted to further characterize and to identify these capacitation-related protein(s). Fresh porcine sperm were incubated to induce capacitation then immunoprecipitation, immunoblotting and proteomic analysis revealed seven tyrosine-phosphorylated proteins aligned in the range of Mr 30,000 with different isoelectric pH values (pI). Therefore, p32 may be composed of several tyrosine phosphoproteins. Three were identified as acrosin-binding sp32 (pI 6.5), and two triosephosphate isomerase isoforms (pI 7.1 and 7.9). At present, however, proteonomic analysis has not revealed any kinase at Mr 32,000. Immunoprecipitation experiments show that p32 and TK-32 are different molecules, as TK-32 activity remains in the supernatant of the antiphosphotyrosine precipitates. Finally, in-gel renaturation and immunoblotting suggest that TK-32 is a mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK). The discovery of p32 and the MAPK-like TK-32 provides new insight regarding the mechanisms underlying capacitation in the pig.
authors.affiliation: Centre de Recherche en Biologie de la Reproduction, Département des Sciences Animales, Pavillon Paul-Comtois, Université Laval, Sainte-Foy, Québec, Canada G1K 7P4. janice.bailey@crbr.ulaval.ca
authors.forename: Janice L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Bailey
authors.forename: Steve
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tardif
authors.forename: Charlotte
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dubé
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Beaulieu
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Reyes-Moreno
authors.forename: Linda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lefièvre
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Leclerc
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015180:Electrophoresis, Gel, Two-Dimensional; D008297:Male; D008970:Molecular Weight; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D019000:Phosphotyrosine / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D040901:Proteomics / Q000379:methods*; D019032:Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization; D013075:Sperm Capacitation / Q000502:physiology*; D013552:Swine
chemical_list: D010750:Phosphoproteins; D019000:Phosphotyrosine; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases