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Biochemical characterization of a glycosylphosphatidylinositol-linked hyaluronidase on mouse sperm. 1995

C D Thaler, and R A Cardullo

Department of Biology, University of California, Riverside 92521, USA.

On the basis of DNA homology to bee venom hyaluronidase, it was recently suggested that the GPI-linked mammalian sperm antigen, PH-20, may function as a cell surface hyaluronidase [Gmachl, M., & Kreil, G. (1993) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 90, 3569-3573]. We have quantified the activity of the soluble acrosomal hyaluronidase of mouse sperm and further demonstrate the existence of a membrane-bound hyaluronidase, detected on both acrosome-intact and acrosome-reacted mouse sperm, distinct from the soluble form of the enzyme. The membrane-bound hyaluronidase was specifically released by PI-PLC, indicating that it is GPI linked. Acrosome-intact and acrosome-reacted sperm released several polypeptides (68, 44, 39, 34, 17, and 15 kDa) when treated with PI-PLC. In addition, GPI-linked polypeptides unique to acrosome-intact or to acrosome-reacted sperm were identified. Fractionation of the PI-PLC-released components from acrosome-reacted sperm using size exclusion chromatography revealed a single peak of hyaluronidase activity which comigrates with a 68 kDa GPI-linked protein present in these fractions. Taken together, these data demonstrate the existence of at least two isoforms of hyaluronidase: a soluble form within the acrosomal vesicle which is released during acrosomal exocytosis and a GPI-linked form which is present on the surface of both acrosome-intact and acrosome-reacted sperm. Both forms may be necessary for successful penetration of the extracellular vestments that surround the egg prior to fertilization.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008297	Male		Males
D010727	Phosphoric Diester Hydrolases	A class of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of one of the two ester bonds in a phosphodiester compound. EC 3.1.4.	Phosphodiesterase,Phosphodiesterases,Hydrolases, Phosphoric Diester
D002451	Cell Compartmentation	A partitioning within cells due to the selectively permeable membranes which enclose each of the separate parts, e.g., mitochondria, lysosomes, etc.	Cell Compartmentations,Compartmentation, Cell,Compartmentations, Cell
D002462	Cell Membrane	The lipid- and protein-containing, selectively permeable membrane that surrounds the cytoplasm in prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells.	Plasma Membrane,Cytoplasmic Membrane,Cell Membranes,Cytoplasmic Membranes,Membrane, Cell,Membrane, Cytoplasmic,Membrane, Plasma,Membranes, Cell,Membranes, Cytoplasmic,Membranes, Plasma,Plasma Membranes
D006821	Hyaluronoglucosaminidase	An enzyme that catalyzes the random hydrolysis of 1,4-linkages between N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosamine and D-glucuronate residues in hyaluronate. (From Enzyme Nomenclature, 1992) There has been use as ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS to limit NEOPLASM METASTASIS.	Hyaluronidase,Duran-Reynals Permeability Factor,GL Enzyme,Hyaglosidase,Hyaluronate Hydrolase,Wydase,Duran Reynals Permeability Factor,Factor, Duran-Reynals Permeability,Hydrolase, Hyaluronate,Permeability Factor, Duran-Reynals
D000177	Acrosome	The cap-like structure covering the anterior portion of SPERM HEAD. Acrosome, derived from LYSOSOMES, is a membrane-bound organelle that contains the required hydrolytic and proteolytic enzymes necessary for sperm penetration of the egg in FERTILIZATION.	Acrosomes
D000818	Animals	Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA.	Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D013094	Spermatozoa	Mature male germ cells derived from SPERMATIDS. As spermatids move toward the lumen of the SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES, they undergo extensive structural changes including the loss of cytoplasm, condensation of CHROMATIN into the SPERM HEAD, formation of the ACROSOME cap, the SPERM MIDPIECE and the SPERM TAIL that provides motility.	Sperm,Spermatozoon,X-Bearing Sperm,X-Chromosome-Bearing Sperm,Y-Bearing Sperm,Y-Chromosome-Bearing Sperm,Sperm, X-Bearing,Sperm, X-Chromosome-Bearing,Sperm, Y-Bearing,Sperm, Y-Chromosome-Bearing,Sperms, X-Bearing,Sperms, X-Chromosome-Bearing,Sperms, Y-Bearing,Sperms, Y-Chromosome-Bearing,X Bearing Sperm,X Chromosome Bearing Sperm,X-Bearing Sperms,X-Chromosome-Bearing Sperms,Y Bearing Sperm,Y Chromosome Bearing Sperm,Y-Bearing Sperms,Y-Chromosome-Bearing Sperms
D017261	Glycosylphosphatidylinositols	Compounds containing carbohydrate or glycosyl groups linked to phosphatidylinositols. They anchor GPI-LINKED PROTEINS or polysaccharides to cell membranes.	GPI Membrane Anchor,GPI Membrane Anchors,Glycosyl-Phosphatidylinositol Membrane Protein Anchor,Glycosylated Phosphatidylinositol,Glycosylphosphatidylinositol Anchor,Glycosylphosphatidylinositol Anchors,Phosphatidylinositol Glycan,Gly-PtdIns,Glycoinositol Phospholipid Membrane Anchor,Glycosyl-Phosphatidylinositol,Glycosyl-Phosphatidylinositol Membrane Protein Anchors,Glycosylated Phosphatidylinositols,Glycosylphosphatidylinositol,Glycosylphosphatidylinositol Linkage,PI-Glycan,Anchor, GPI Membrane,Anchor, Glycosylphosphatidylinositol,Anchors, GPI Membrane,Anchors, Glycosylphosphatidylinositol,Glycan, Phosphatidylinositol,Glycosyl Phosphatidylinositol,Glycosyl Phosphatidylinositol Membrane Protein Anchor,Glycosyl Phosphatidylinositol Membrane Protein Anchors,Linkage, Glycosylphosphatidylinositol,Membrane Anchor, GPI,Membrane Anchors, GPI,PI Glycan,Phosphatidylinositol, Glycosylated,Phosphatidylinositols, Glycosylated
D043265	Phosphatidylinositol Diacylglycerol-Lyase	A phosphorus-oxygen lyase found primarily in BACTERIA. The enzyme catalyzes the cleavage of a phosphoester linkage in 1-phosphatidyl-1D-myo-inositol to form 1D-myo-inositol 1,2-cyclic phosphate and diacylglycerol. The enzyme was formerly classified as a phosphoric diester hydrolase (EC 3.1.4.10) and is often referred to as a TYPE C PHOSPHOLIPASES. However it is now known that a cyclic phosphate is the final product of this enzyme and that water does not enter into the reaction.	1-Phosphatidylinositol Phosphodiesterase,Monophosphatidylinositol Phosphodiesterase,1 Phosphatidylinositol Phosphodiesterase,Diacylglycerol-Lyase, Phosphatidylinositol,Phosphatidylinositol Diacylglycerol Lyase,Phosphodiesterase, 1-Phosphatidylinositol,Phosphodiesterase, Monophosphatidylinositol