title: DNAJB13 is a radial spoke protein of mouse '9+2' axoneme.
abstract: It has been shown that DNAJB13, a type II heat shock protein 40, is highly expressed in the testis and is an axonemal component of mouse mature spermatozoa. By multi-tissue reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction, we found that Dnajb13 gene was expressed not only in the testis but also in several other ciliated cell-containing tissues like brain, lung and oviduct. Immunohistochemistry on mouse trachea and oviduct sections shown that DNAJB13 was present in the motile cilia of those tissues. To define further its localization in the axoneme, immunoelectron microscopy of mouse sperm flagella was performed and shown that DNAJB13 was localized to radial spokes of the axoneme. Taken together, our data indicate that DNAJB13 is a radial spoke protein of the mouse '9+2' axoneme.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Guan
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ekwurtzel
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Kvist
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hultenby
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Yuan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D051017:Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins; D054468:Axoneme / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000502:physiology; D050956:HSP40 Heat-Shock Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D016253:Microscopy, Immunoelectron; D018832:Molecular Chaperones; D021381:Protein Transport
chemical_list: D051017:Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins; C531170:DNAJB13 protein, mouse; D050956:HSP40 Heat-Shock Proteins; D018832:Molecular Chaperones