Phospholipase Cdelta4 associates with glutamate receptor interacting protein 1 in testis

J Biochem. 2005 Oct;138(4):451-6. doi: 10.1093/jb/mvi135.

Abstract

We reported previously that phospholipase C (PLC) delta4 is required for calcium mobilization in the zona pellucida-induced acrosome reaction in sperm. Here we focused on the function of the C2 domain of PLCdelta4 and report that glutamate receptor-interacting protein1 (GRIP1) was identified as a binding protein of the PLCdelta4-C2 domain on yeast two-hybrid screening. Physiological interaction of GRIP1 with PLCdelta4 in mouse testis was confirmed by immunoprecipitation with anti-PLCdelta4 antibodies and the association seemed to correlate with the maturation stage of sperm. We also determined that a PDZ-binding motif at the C-terminus of the PLCdelta4-C2 domain is responsible for GRIP1 binding, whereas the sixth or seventh PDZ domain of GRIP1 is essential and sufficient for association with the PLCdelta4-C2 domain. These results indicate that PLCdelta4 binds via its C2 domain to the PDZ6 or PDZ7 domain of GRIP1, and that this association may play a role in spermatogenesis.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing
  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Animals
  • Binding Sites
  • COS Cells
  • Calcium / pharmacology
  • Calcium Signaling
  • Carrier Proteins / metabolism*
  • Chlorocebus aethiops
  • Humans
  • Isoenzymes / metabolism*
  • Male
  • Mice
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Nerve Tissue Proteins / metabolism*
  • Phospholipase C delta
  • Protein Binding
  • Receptors, Cell Surface
  • Spermatogenesis / physiology*
  • Testis / metabolism*
  • Type C Phospholipases / metabolism*
  • Zona Pellucida

Substances

  • Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing
  • Carrier Proteins
  • Grip1 protein, mouse
  • Isoenzymes
  • Nerve Tissue Proteins
  • Receptors, Cell Surface
  • Type C Phospholipases
  • PLCD4 protein, human
  • Phospholipase C delta
  • Plcd4 protein, mouse
  • Calcium