Interaction of mammalian seminal plasma proteins with membranes IV


Fn-type II proteins, cystein-rich secretory proteins (CRISP) and CUB-type proteins (spermadhesins) are secretory products of the male genital tract. During the post-testicular maturation and after ejaculation these seminal plasma proteins interact with the surface of the sperm cell. By that sperm cells acquire the ability for fertilization. E.g. these proteins are involved in the processes of capacitation, sperm-egg recognition and sperm-egg fusion. In order to excert their physiological role, the proteins has to bind and to interact to/with the plasma membrane of the sperm cell. However, the molecular mechanisms of this interaction and the functional role of seminal plasma proteins is unknown. The present project will characterise the interaction of seminal plasma proteins with lipids/membranes by investigating the impact of the proteins on the structure and function of membranes.


Principal investigators
Müller, Peter Dr. rer. nat. (Details) (Molecular Biophysics)

Financer
DFG: Sachbeihilfe

Duration of project
Start date: 10/2003
End date: 12/2004

Publications
Greube, A., Müller, K., Töpfer-Petersen, E., Herrmann, A., Müller P. (2001) Biochemistry 40, 8326-8334. Influence of the bovine seminal plasma protein PDC-109 on the physical state of membranes.

1.) Müller, P., Greube, A., Töpfer-Petersen, E., Herrmann A. (2002) Influence of the bovine seminal plasma protein PDC-109 on cholesterol in the presence of phospholipids. Europ. Biophys. J. 31, 438-447. 2.) Schiller, J., Müller, K., Süß, R., Arnhold, J., Gey, C., Herrmann, A., Leßig, J., Arnold, K., Müller, P. (2003) Analysis of the lipid composition of bull spermatozoa by MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry - A cautionary note. Chem. Phys. Lipids. 126, 85-94. 3.) Greube, A., Müller, K., Töpfer_Petersen, E., Herrmann, A., Müller, P. (2004) Interaction of Fn type II proteins with membranes: the stallion seminal plasma protein SP-1/2. Biochemistry 43, 464-472. 4.) Ekhlasi-Hundrieser, M., Schäfer, B., Kirchhoff, C., HESS, O., Bellair, S., Müller, P., Töpfer-Petersen, E. (2004) Structural and molecular characterization of equine sperm-binding Fibronectin-II Module Proteins. Molec. Reprod. Dev. 70, 45-57.
Schiller, J., Müller, K., Süß, R., Arnhold, J., Gey, C., Herrmann, A., Leßig, J., Arnold, K., Müller, P. (2003) Chem. Phys. Lipids. Analysis of the Lipid Composition of Bull Spermatozoa by MALDI_TOF Mass Spectrometry and 31P NMR Spectroscopy _ A cautionary note on routine MALDI-TOF- MS. In press.

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