Inhibitors of phosphoinositide 3-kinase, LY294002 and wortmannin, affect sperm capacitation and associated phosphorylation of proteins differently: Ca2+-dependent divergences

Journal of Andrology
Veronica NaucC Gagnon

Abstract

Sperm capacitation is regulated by multiple pathways that also control sperm motility and tyrosine (Tyr) phosphorylation of several sperm proteins. Among the reported pathways, phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K) signaling and its role in modulating sperm postejaculatory changes and motility remain elusive. It was shown that wortmannin, a selective inhibitor of PI3K, prevents human sperm acrosome reaction. Using LY294002 (2-(4-morphlinyl)-8-phenyl-4H-1-benzopyran-4-one), another chemically different inhibitor of PI3K, it was suggested that this enzyme inhibits human sperm motility. In this study, we used the 2 known inhibitors of PI3K to investigate their effect on sperm capacitation and associated protein phosphorylation events. Our data show that sperm incubated with LY294002 undergo capacitation and increased Tyr phosphorylation of specific sperm proteins in a manner similar to that promoted by the capacitation inducer fetal cord serum ultrafiltrate (FCSu), as well as double phosphorylation of the threonine (Thr)-glutamine (Glu)-Tyr motif. Under similar conditions, wortmannin did not affect these sperm functions on its own, although it did prevent the effect induced by FCSu. Consistently, wortmannin decreased the phospho (P)-Ty...Continue Reading

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