title: Palladin is a regulator of actin filament bundles at the ectoplasmic specialization in adult rat testes.
abstract: In rat testes, the ectoplasmic specialization (ES) at the Sertoli-Sertoli and Sertoli-spermatid interface known as the basal ES at the blood-testis barrier and the apical ES in the adluminal compartment, respectively, is a testis-specific adherens junction. The remarkable ultrastructural feature of the ES is the actin filament bundles that sandwiched in between the cisternae of endoplasmic reticulum and apposing plasma membranes. Although these actin filament bundles undergo extensive reorganization to switch between their bundled and debundled state to facilitate blood-testis barrier restructuring and spermatid adhesion/transport, the regulatory molecules underlying these events remain unknown. Herein we report findings of an actin filament cross-linking/bundling protein palladin, which displayed restrictive spatiotemporal expression at the apical and the basal ES during the epithelial cycle. Palladin structurally interacted and colocalized with Eps8 (epidermal growth factor receptor pathway substrate 8, an actin barbed end capping and bundling protein) and Arp3 (actin related protein 3, which together with Arp2 form the Arp2/3 complex to induce branched actin nucleation, converting bundled actin filaments to an unbundled/branched network), illustrating its role in regulating actin filament bundle dynamics at the ES. A knockdown of palladin in Sertoli cells in vitro with an established tight junction (TJ)-permeability barrier was found to disrupt the TJ function, which was associated with a disorganization of actin filaments that affected protein distribution at the TJ. Its knockdown in vivo also perturbed F-actin organization that led to a loss of spermatid polarity and adhesion, causing defects in spermatid transport and spermiation. In summary, palladin is an actin filament regulator at the ES.
authors.affiliation: Mary M. Wohlford Laboratory for Male Contraceptive Research, Center for Biomedical Research, Population Council, 1230 York Ave, New York, New York 10065, USA.
authors.forename: Xiaojing
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Qian
authors.forename: Dolores D
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Mruk
authors.forename: Elissa W P
authors.initials: EW
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.forename: Pearl P Y
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Lie
authors.forename: C Yan
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Cheng
mesh_terms: D008841:Actin Cytoskeleton / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D000367:Age Factors; D000818:Animals; D001814:Blood-Testis Barrier / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D006834:Hydrazines / Q000494:pharmacology; D007191:Indazoles / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D055647:Rats, Transgenic; D012708:Sertoli Cells / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D013737:Testis / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D019108:Tight Junctions / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: C432482:1-(2,4-dichlorobenzyl)indazole-3-carbohydrazide; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins; D006834:Hydrazines; D007191:Indazoles; C485874:LOC103693936; D010750:Phosphoproteins
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