Publication: Induction of the acrosome reaction in black tiger shrimp (Penaeus monodon) requires sperm trypsin-like enzyme activity
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2008-07-01
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00063363
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Mahidol University
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Biology of Reproduction. Vol.79, No.1 (2008), 134-141
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Hathairat Kruevaisayawan, Rapeepun Vanichviriyakit, Wattana Weerachatyanukul, Sitthichai Lamsaard, Boonsirm Withyachumnarnkul, Ajoy Basak, Nongnuj Tanphaichitr, Prasert Sobhon Induction of the acrosome reaction in black tiger shrimp (Penaeus monodon) requires sperm trypsin-like enzyme activity. Biology of Reproduction. Vol.79, No.1 (2008), 134-141. doi:10.1095/biolreprod.107.066316 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/18897
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Induction of the acrosome reaction in black tiger shrimp (Penaeus monodon) requires sperm trypsin-like enzyme activity
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Trypsin-like enzymes in egg water (EW), a natural acrosome reaction (AR) inducer, are known for their importance in shrimp AR. In this report, we describe a unique phenomenon of the AR of black tiger shrimp (Penaeus monodon) sperm. It was completed within 45-60 sec and comprised only the acrosomal exocytosis and depolymerization of the sperm head anterior spike. We used peptidyl fluorogenic substrates to show the presence of trypsin-like enzymes in P. monodon EW and sperm, but minimal activities of chymotrypsin-like enzymes. In sperm, these trypsin-like enzymes existed both on the sperm surface and in the acrosome. The acrosomal enzyme was revealed as a 45-kDa band by fluorogenic substrate in-gel zymography. Although EW possessed high trypsin-like enzyme activities, they were not essential for the AR induction; EW pretreated with an irreversible trypsin inhibitor, or heat-inactivated EW (HI-EW), to abolish the trypsin-like activities could still induce the AR. The HI-EW-induced AR was inhibited by the presence of a membrane impermeant soybean trypsin inhibitor (SBTI) in the sperm suspension, indicating the significance of sperm-borne trypsin-like enzymes (on the surface and/or in the acrosome) in this AR process. However, pretreatment of sperm with SBTI followed by its removal from the suspension still allowed the AR to occur within 5 min of sperm exposure to HI-EW. Since trypsin-like activity of the SBTI-pretreated sperm surface at 5 min after SBTI removal was at the minimal level, our results suggest the importance of the acrosomal trypsin-like enzyme in the AR process. © 2008 by the Society for the Study of Reproduction, Inc.