Repository logo
 

Identification and Quantification of Sperm Head Plasma Membrane Proteins Associated with Male Fertility

dc.contributor.committeeMemberAnzar, Muhammad
dc.contributor.committeeMemberBrook, Ryan Kendall
dc.contributor.committeeMemberBuhr, Mary Margaret
dc.contributor.committeeMemberSutovsky, Peter
dc.contributor.committeeMemberHogan, Natacha
dc.contributor.committeeMemberPettitt, Murray James
dc.contributor.committeeMemberKatselis, Georgios Simeon
dc.creatorImran, Muhammad
dc.creator.orcid0000-0002-4143-8389
dc.date.accessioned2023-01-24T15:11:35Z
dc.date.available2023-01-24T15:11:35Z
dc.date.copyright2022
dc.date.created2022-12
dc.date.issued2023-01-24
dc.date.submittedDecember 2022
dc.date.updated2023-01-24T15:11:35Z
dc.description.abstractThe major objective was to characterize proteins in head plasma membrane (HPM) of sperm from animals of two species to identify species’ and proteins’ differences related to fertility. HPM’s sodium/potassium-ATPase (Na+⁄K+-ATPase) acts as a receptor, inducing capacitation when bound by its hormone ouabain. Na+/K+-ATPase is an α/β dimer, each with several isoforms (α1, α2, α3, α4, β1, β2, β3) whose exact relationship to in vivo fertility and capacitation is unknown. In the first study, specific Na+/K+-ATPase isoforms in sperm HPM of boars with different Direct Boar Effects (DBEs) for farrowing rate (FR) and litter size, differed between low and high fertility boars (LF, HF, n=6/each; DBE-based). SDS-PAGE and immunoblotting detected more α3 (P<0.05) in HF HPM, correlating with FR; immunocytochemistry identified differing α3 and α2 localizations in HF vs LF whole sperm. In second study, tandem mass spectrometry (spectra aligned to UniProtKB ‘mammals’) revealed that non-ATPase HPM proteins differ between bulls of HF and LF Bull Fertility Index (BFI, BFI > or <100; Semex evaluated). Statistical analysis identified 67 differential abundance proteins (DAPs) between HF and LF (n=3/group; P<0.05), which associated by meta-analysis to BFI. Gene ontology assigned 48 up-regulated HF proteins to sperm fertilization, and 19 down-regulated to catalytic and transporter activity. 38-up-regulated DAPs (HF and LF, n=16) correlated positively (r2=0.29 to 0.66; P≤0.05) and 6 down-regulated negatively (r2=0.26 to 0.44; P≤0.05) to BFI. The third study characterized HPM Na+/K+-ATPase in 16 bulls with differing BFI but similar sperm motility kinetics. Normalized Spectral Abundance Factor (NSAF) of α1 was significantly greater in 8 higher- vs 8 lower-fertility bulls. Linear regression positively correlated BFI to NSAF of α1 and β2 (r2=0.42 and 0.47, respectively; P≤0.05), and negatively correlated BFI to α4 (r2=0.37; P≤0.05), confirmed by bioinformatics predictions. These results suggest involvement of α1 and β2 in fertilization as potential fertility biomarkers. Overall, specific Na+/K+-ATPase isoforms identified in boar and bull sperm HPM significantly correlate with in vivo fertility, as do other specific bull HPM proteins. Elucidating potential fertility biomarkers in two species improves understanding of key proteins and their roles in various, complex mechanisms that enable successful sperm fertilization.
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10388/14442
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectSperm Fertility
dc.subjectFertilization, bull fertility
dc.subjectboar fertility, proteomics
dc.subjectsperm proteomics
dc.subjectfertility biomarkers
dc.subjectmale fertility, sperm physiology
dc.subjectsperm bioinformatics
dc.subjectcapacitation, sperm head plasma membrane
dc.subjectsperm signaling pathways
dc.subjectsperm mass spectrometry
dc.titleIdentification and Quantification of Sperm Head Plasma Membrane Proteins Associated with Male Fertility
dc.typeThesis
dc.type.materialtext
thesis.degree.departmentAnimal and Poultry Science
thesis.degree.disciplinePhysiology
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Saskatchewan
thesis.degree.levelDoctoral
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

Files

Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Loading...
Thumbnail Image
Name:
IMRAN-DISSERTATION-2022.pdf
Size:
4.1 MB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
License bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
No Thumbnail Available
Name:
LICENSE.txt
Size:
2.27 KB
Format:
Plain Text
Description: