The Role of Taste Receptor mTAS1R3 in Chemical Communication of Gametes

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Alternative codes found

RIV/60460709:41210/20:81702

Result on the web

<a href="https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/21/7/2651/htm" target="_blank" >https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/21/7/2651/htm</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms21072651" target="_blank" >10.3390/ijms21072651</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

The Role of Taste Receptor mTAS1R3 in Chemical Communication of Gametes

Original language description

Fertilization is a multiple step process leading to the fusion of female and male gametes and the formation of a zygote. Besides direct gamete membrane interaction via binding receptors localized on both oocyte and sperm surface, fertilization also involves gamete communication via chemical molecules triggering various signaling pathways. This work focuses on a mouse taste receptor, mTAS1R3, encoded by the Tas1r3 gene, as a potential receptor mediating chemical communication between gametes using the C57BL/6J lab mouse strain. In order to specify the role of mTAS1R3, we aimed to characterize its precise localization in testis and sperm using super resolution microscopy. The testis cryo-section, acrosome-intact sperm released from cauda epididymis and sperm which underwent the acrosome reaction (AR) were evaluated. The mTAS1R3 receptor was detected in late spermatids where the acrosome was being formed and in the acrosomal cap of acrosome intact sperm. AR is triggered in mice during sperm maturation in the female reproductive tract and by passing through the egg surroundings such as cumulus oophorus cells. This AR onset is independent of the extracellular matrix of the oocyte called zona pellucida. After AR, the relocation of mTAS1R3 to the equatorial segment was observed and the receptor remained exposed to the outer surroundings of the female reproductive tract, where its physiological ligand, the amino acid L-glutamate, naturally occurs. Therefore, we targeted the possible interaction in vitro between the mTAS1R3 and L-glutamate as a part of chemical communication between sperm and egg and used an anti-mTAS1R3-specific antibody to block it. We detected that the acrosome reacted spermatozoa showed a chemotactic response in the presence of L-glutamate during and after the AR, and it is likely that mTAS1R3 acted as its mediator.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10608 - Biochemistry and molecular biology

Project

Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.

Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2020

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

ISSN

1422-0067

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

21

Issue of the periodical within the volume

7

Country of publishing house

CH - SWITZERLAND

Number of pages

14

Pages from-to

2651

UT code for WoS article

000535574200393

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85083411857