Elife:Sun5异常导致无头精子症分子机制

2017-11-17 佚名 中科院动物研究所

中科院动物研究所李卫研究组通过CRISPR/Cas9技术构建SUN5敲除的小鼠,发现SUN5的缺失不影响雌性生殖力,却能导致雄鼠不育。初步研究发现,缺乏SUN5的精子与人类的圆头精子症非常相似。

精子作为携带雄性遗传物质的关键载体,其形态、活力、完整性对雄性生殖力都至关重要。人类无头精子症的报道已有几十年历史,典型症状是精液中精子只具有能运动的尾部及小团胞质,从而导致男性不育。中科院动物研究所李卫研究组通过CRISPR/Cas9技术构建SUN5敲除的小鼠,发现SUN5的缺失不影响雌性生殖力,却能导致雄鼠不育。初步研究发现,缺乏SUN5的精子与人类的圆头精子症非常相似。进一步的研究发现这些精子的头部不光没有顶体而且没有细胞核!因而事实上是一类无头精子,所有“精子”只含有能够摆动的尾部及未移除的少量胞质。经过小鼠模型中的超微结构观察发现,SUN5缺失之后,尽管精子头尾连接装置(Head to tail coupling apparatus, HTCA)可以正常组装,但在精子变形之初HTCA就从精子核膜植入窝(implantation fossa)处分离。随着精子不断延长,最终HTCA连同精子尾巴一起从精子头部脱落,产生没有受精功能的无头精子。该小鼠模型的表型与一些人类无头精子症高度类似。进一步的研究发现,SUN5精确定位在精子头尾连接处,并且这一定位在人、小鼠及多种哺乳动物中高度保守。

与此同时,安徽医科大学曹云霞研究组在临床研究中,通过对无头精子症患者进行外显子测序发现了SUN5基因10个位点的突变。因而实验动物模型和临床发现都提示,SUN5突变很可能是无头精子症的重要致病因素。由于这类精子依然能够运动,极易与临床上的另一类畸形精子症——圆头精子症混淆,因而提出将此类无头精子症命名为“伪圆头精子症”,以提醒大家在临床上切勿将此类无头精子症与圆头精子症混为一谈,从而造成错误的诊断和错误的治疗。在此基础上,通过仔细寻找不能运动的精子头部而不是能够运动的精子尾部,利用这些脱落的精子头使卵子受精,最终产生了健康的后代,从而克服了困扰这一类不育患者的难题。

该项研究来源于临床科学问题,通过基础研究手段进行了系统解答,并最终返回到临床上解决了部分男性患者的不育难题。相关文章近日发表在eLife杂志,得到国家重点研发计划(2016YFA0500901)和国家自然科学基金(31471277,91649202)等的支持。

原始出处:

Shang Y,et al.,Essential role for SUN5 in anchoring sperm head to the tail.Elife. 2017 Sep 25;6. pii: e28199.

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