Paper Info
Title
Comprehensive proteomic analysis of bovine spermatozoa of varying fertility rates and identification of biomarkers associated with fertility.
Abstract
Male infertility is a major problem for mammalian reproduction. However, molecular details including the underlying mechanisms of male fertility are still not known. A thorough understanding of these mechanisms is essential for obtaining consistently high reproductive efficiency and to ensure lower cost and time-loss by breeder.Using high and low fertility bull spermatozoa, here we employed differential detergent fractionation multidimensional protein identification technology (DDF-Mud PIT) and identified 125 putative biomarkers of fertility. We next used quantitative Systems Biology modeling and canonical protein interaction pathways and networks to show that high fertility spermatozoa differ from low fertility spermatozoa in four main ways. Compared to sperm from low fertility bulls, sperm from high fertility bulls have higher expression of proteins involved in: energy metabolism, cell communication, spermatogenesis, and cell motility. Our data also suggests a hypothesis that low fertility sperm DNA integrity may be compromised because cell cycle: G2/M DNA damage checkpoint regulation was most significant signaling pathway identified in low fertility spermatozoa.This is the first comprehensive description of the bovine spermatozoa proteome. Comparative proteomic analysis of high fertility and low fertility bulls, in the context of protein interaction networks identified putative molecular markers associated with high fertility phenotype.
Year
DOI
Venue
2008
10.1186/1752-0509-2-19
BMC systems biology
Keywords
DocType
Volume
fertility rate,proteomics,signaling pathway,algorithms,cell communication,cell motility,dna damage,genetic selection,fertility,bioinformatics,cell cycle,spermatogenesis,system biology,birth rate,systems biology,tandem mass spectrometry
Journal
2
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
1
1752-0509
6
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.51
2
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Divyaswetha Peddinti160.51
Bindu Nanduri21088.72
Abdullah Kaya360.51
Jean M Feugang460.51
Shane C. Burgess519712.66
Erdogan Memili660.51