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ArticleDevelopmental biology2017

Sperm-oocyte contact induces outside-in signaling via PYK2 activation.

Huizhen Wang, Jinping Luo, Carol Carlton, Lynda K McGinnis, William H Kinsey

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Article in Developmental biology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Huizhen WangDepartment of Anatomy & Cell Biology, Univ. of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS 66160, USA.
Jinping LuoDepartment of Anatomy & Cell Biology, Univ. of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS 66160, USA; Applied StemCell Inc., Milpitas, CA 95035, USA.
Carol CarltonDepartment of Anatomy & Cell Biology, Univ. of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS 66160, USA.
Lynda K McGinnisDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA.
William H KinseyDepartment of Anatomy & Cell Biology, Univ. of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS 66160, USA. Electronic address: wkinsey@kumc.edu.
University of Kansas Medical Center · USApplied StemCell (United States) · USUniversity of Southern California · US

Funding

Transgenic and Gener-Targeting CoreP20GM104936 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER · PI SAADI, IRFAN · 2012 to 2016
$10.9M
Molecular Regulation of Cell Development and Differentiation Phase III COBREP30GM122731 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER · PI ABRAHAMSON, DALE R · 2017 to 2021
$5.6M
PYK2 function during fertilizationR01HD062860 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER · PI KINSEY, WILLIAM H. · 2010 to 2020
$2.9M
NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD062860NIGMS NIH HHS P20 GM104936NIGMS NIH HHS P30 GM122731
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fertilization is a multi-step process that begins with plasma membrane interactions that enable sperm - oocyte binding followed by fusion of the sperm and oocyte plasma membranes. Once membrane fusion has occurred, sperm incorporation involves actin remodeling events within the oocyte cortex that allow the sperm head to penetrate the cortical actin layer and gain access to the ooplasm. Despite the significance for reproduction, the control mechanisms involved in gamete binding, fusion, and sperm incorporation are poorly understood. While it is known that proline - rich tyrosine kinase 2 (PYK2 or PTK2b) kinase activity plays an important role in fertilization, its specific function has not been addressed. The present study made use of a zona-free mouse oocyte fertilization assay to investigate the relationship between PYK2 activity and sperm - oocyte binding and fusion, as well as localized changes in actin polymerization and sperm incorporation. In this assay, the majority of bound sperm had no apparent effect on the oocyte and only a few became incorporated into the ooplasm. However, a subset of bound sperm were associated with a localized response in which PYK2 was recruited to the oocyte cortex where it frequently co-localized with a ring or disk of f-actin. The frequency of sperm-oocyte binding sites that exhibited this actin response was reduced in pyk2

Indexed as

ActinsAnimalsBinding SitesCell MembraneFemaleFertilizationFocal Adhesion Kinase 2MaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutOocytesSignal TransductionSpermatozoaSperm-Ovum InteractionsActinsFocal Adhesion Kinase 2Ptk2b protein, mouseActinFertilizationPYK2Sperm incorporation

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PMID28527703
PMCPMC5539980
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