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Signaling Pathways for Modulation of Mouse Sperm Motility by Adenosine and Catecholamine Agonists¹

Departments of Physiology and Biophysics³ and Pharmacology,⁴ University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195 Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics,⁵ Division of Reproductive Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California 94305

ABSTRACT

Capacitation of mammalian sperm, including alterations in flagellar motility, is presumably modulated by chemical signals encountered in the female reproductive tract. This work investigates signaling pathways for adenosine and catecholamine agonists that stimulate sperm kinetic activity. We show that 2-chloro-2'-deoxyadenosine and isoproterenol robustly accelerate flagellar beat frequency with EC₅₀s near 10 and 0.05 µM, respectively. The several-fold acceleration is maximal by 60 sec. Although extracellular Ca²⁺ is required for agonist action on the flagellar beat, agonist treatment does not elevate sperm cytosolic [Ca²⁺] but does increase cAMP content. Acceleration does not require the conventional transmembrane adenylyl cyclase ADCY3, since it persists in sperm of ADCY3 knockout mice and in wild-type sperm in the presence of the inhibitors of conventional adenylyl cyclases SQ-22536, MDL-12330A, or 2', 5'-dideoxyadenosine. In contrast, the acceleration by these agents is absent in sperm that lack the predominant atypical adenylyl cyclase, SACY. Responses to these agonists are also absent in sperm from mice lacking the sperm-specific C₂ catalytic subunit of protein kinase A (PRKACA). Agonist responses also are strongly suppressed in wild-type sperm by the protein kinase inhibitor H-89. These results show that adenosine and catecholamine analogs activate sperm motility by mechanisms that require extracellular Ca²⁺, the atypical sperm adenylyl cyclase, cAMP, and protein kinase A.

ACIII, adenosine, C₂, catecholamines, cyclic adenosine monophosphate, gamete biology, sAC, signal transduction, soluble adenylyl cyclase, sperm motility and transport

² Correspondence: Donner F. Babcock, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, MS 357290, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-7290. FAX: 206 685 0619; donner{at}u.washington.edu

¹ Supported by U54-HD12629 of the Specialized Cooperative Centers Program in Reproduction Research of NICHD (B.H. and D.F.B.), and by NICHD grant HD31544 (M.C.). S.M.S. was supported in part by NIH 5T32 HD07183. A.E.C. was supported in part by NRSA T32 GM07270 from NIGMS.

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