Publication Date:
2017-02-14
Description:
by Joaquin Paillamanque, Ana Sanchez-Tusie, Emerson M. Carmona, Claudia L. Treviño, Carolina Sandoval, Francisco Nualart, Nelson Osses, Juan G. Reyes Arachidonic acid (AA), a compound secreted by Sertoli cells (SC) in a FSH-dependent manner, is able to induce the release of Ca 2+ from internal stores in round spermatids and pachytene spermatocytes. In this study, the possible site(s) of action of AA in round spermatids, the signalling pathways associated and the intracellular Ca 2+ stores targeted by AA-induced signalling were pharmacologically characterized by measuring intracellular Ca 2+ using fluorescent Ca 2+ probes. Our results suggest that AA acts by interacting with a fatty acid G protein coupled receptor, initiating a G protein signalling cascade that may involve PLA2 and ERK activation, which in turn opens intracellular ryanodine-sensitive channels as well as NAADP-sensitive channels in acidic intracellular Ca 2+ stores. The results presented here also suggest that AMPK and PKA modulate this AA-induced Ca 2+ release from intracellular Ca 2+ stores in round spermatids. We propose that unsaturated free fatty acid lipid signalling in the seminiferous tubule is a novel regulatory component of rat spermatogenesis.
Electronic ISSN:
1932-6203
Topics:
Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
