Mutations of t-complex testis expressed gene 5 transcripts in the testis of sterile t-haplotype mutant mouse

• 来源期刊: 亚洲男性学杂志（英文版）
• 年，卷（期）: 2008,（2）
• 页码范围: 219-226
• 页数: 8页
• 语种: 英文

摘要

Aim: To determine the possible roles of the t-complex testis expressed gene 5 (Tctex5) on sperm functions, the full-length sequence of mRNA was studied and compared in the testis between the normal wild-type and the sterile t-haplotype mutant mice. Methods: We applied rapid amplification of cDNA ends, Northern blot and reverse tran-scription polymerase chain reaction to analyze the full length of Tctex5 mRNAs isolated from testes of the wild-type and the t-haplotype mice. Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction was used to semi-quantitatively compare expression of Tctex5 transcripts in the 16 tissues and 9.5 day stage embryos in the wild-type mice. E-translation was applied to estimate the amino acid sequences. Results: One long and one short transcript of Tctex5 mRNA were discovered in mouse testis of wild-type (Tctex5long-+ and Tctex5short-+) and t-haplotype(Tctex5long-t and Tctex5short-t)mice,respectively. Being enhanced only in the testis, Tctex5long-t had 17 point mutations and one 15-bp-deletion in the exon 1 region, comparing with the Tctex5long-+, whereas the Tctex5short-t was similar to the Tctex5short-+. The short isoforms of Tctex5 rnRNAs in the two models encoded exactly the same peptides, but the long isoforms did not. The estimated peptide encoded by Tctex5long-t had significant mutations on putative sites of phosphorylation and PP1 binding.Conclusion: We established that mutations that occur in the Tctex5 long transcript of the t-haplotype mice are important for normal sperm function, whereas the short transcript of Tctex5 might have a conserved function among different tissues.