Abstract
Meiosis, a highly conserved process in organisms from fungi to mammals, is subjected to protein phosphorylation regulation. Due to the low abundance of phosphorylation, there is a lack of systemic characterization of phosphorylation regulation of meiosis in mammals. Using the phosphoproteomic approach, we profiled large-scale phosphoproteome of purified primary spermatocytes undergoing meiosis I, and identified 14,660 phosphorylation sites in 4419 phosphoproteins. Kinase-substrate phosphorylation network analysis followed by in vitro meiosis study showed that CDK9 was essential for meiosis progression to metaphase I and had enriched substrate phosphorylation sites in proteins involved in meiotic cell cycle. In addition, histones and epigenetic factors were found to be widely phosphorylated. Among those, HASPIN was found to be essential for male fertility. Haspin knockout led to misalignment of chromosomes, apoptosis of metaphase spermatocytes and a decreased number of sperm by deregulation of H3T3ph, chromosomal passenger complex (CPC) and spindle assembly checkpoint (SAC). The complicated protein phosphorylation and its important regulatory functions in meiosis indicated that in-depth studies of phosphorylation-mediated signaling could help us elucidate the mechanisms of meiosis.
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The mass spectrometry proteomics data have been deposited to the ProteomeXchange Consortium (http://proteomecentral.proteomexchange.org) via the iProX [66] partner repository with the dataset identifier PXD032089 (password: rp45).
Abbreviations
- CDK:
-
Cyclin-dependent kinase
- HASPIN:
-
Haploid germ cell-specific nuclear protein
- H3T3:
-
Histone H3 threonine 3
- CPC:
-
Chromosomal passenger complex
- SAC:
-
Spindle assembly checkpoint
- PP2A:
-
Serine-threonine protein phosphatase 2A
- H2AX:
-
H2A Histone family, member X
- SYCP3:
-
Synaptonemal complex protein 3
- Ti4+-IMAC:
-
Titanium (IV) ion-immobilized metal affinity chromatography
- LC–MS:
-
Liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry
- REC8:
-
Meiotic recombination protein REC8 homolog
- STAG3:
-
Cohesin subunit SA-3
- SMC3:
-
Structural maintenance of chromosomes protein 3
- SMC1:
-
Structural maintenance of chromosomes protein 1
- KSPN:
-
Kinase-substrate phosphorylation network
- iGPS:
-
GPS algorithm with the interaction filter
- SRPK1:
-
Serine/arginine-rich protein-specific kinase 1
- OA:
-
Okadaic acid
- H3S10:
-
Histone H3 serine 10
- H1FNT:
-
Testis-specific H1 histone
- H1T:
-
Testicular H1 histone
- HILS1:
-
Putative spermatid-specific linker histone H1-like protein
- PcG:
-
Polycomb group
- TUNEL:
-
TdT-mediated dUTP nick end labeling
- Aurora B:
-
Serine/threonine-protein kinase aurora B
- INCENP:
-
Inner centromere protein
- BUBR1:
-
Bub1-related kinase
- CENP-E:
-
Centromere-associated protein E
- MCAK:
-
Mitotic centromere-associated kinesin
- PTM:
-
Post-translational modification
- DOT1L:
-
DOT1 like histone lysine methyltransferase
- EZH1:
-
Enhancer of zeste homolog 1
- VRK1:
-
Serine/threonine-protein kinase VRK1
- KAT6B:
-
Histone acetyltransferase KAT6B
- KDM7C:
-
Histone-lysine demethylase 7C
- ARID5B:
-
AT-rich interactive domain-containing protein 5B
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This study was supported by the National Key R&D Program of China (2021YFC2700200), the Chinese National Natural Science Foundation (Grants Nos. 32071133, 82001611, 81971439), and the Fok Ying Tung Education Foundation (Grant No. 161037).
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XG, CS and YL conceived and designed the study. HL, HC, XZ, YQ, YW and LY performed most of the experiments. XZ and YG performed mass spectrometry experiments. BW conducted all of the mass spectrometry data analysis. YC constructed mouse models. JR, YZ, TZ, YC and HZ, analyzed the data. YL, CS and XG supervised the project. HL, YL, CS and XG wrote the manuscript, which was reviewed by all authors.
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Li, H., Chen, H., Zhang, X. et al. Global phosphoproteomic analysis identified key kinases regulating male meiosis in mouse. Cell. Mol. Life Sci. 79, 467 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00018-022-04507-8
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