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@ARTICLE{Ingold:137962,
author = {Ingold, Irina and Aichler, Michaela and Yefremova, Elena
and Roveri, Antonella and Buday, Katalin and Doll, Sebastian
and Tasdemir, Adrianne and Hoffard, Nils and Wurst, Wolfgang
and Walch, Axel and Ursini, Fulvio and Friedmann Angeli,
José Pedro and Conrad, Marcus},
title = {{E}xpression of a {C}atalytically {I}nactive {M}utant
{F}orm of {G}lutathione {P}eroxidase 4 ({G}px4) {C}onfers a
{D}ominant-negative {E}ffect in {M}ale {F}ertility.},
journal = {The journal of biological chemistry},
volume = {290},
number = {23},
issn = {0021-9258},
address = {Bethesda, Md.},
publisher = {Soc.60645},
reportid = {DZNE-2020-04284},
pages = {14668-14678},
year = {2015},
abstract = {The selenoenzyme Gpx4 is essential for early embryogenesis
and cell viability for its unique function to prevent
phospholipid oxidation. Recently, the cytosolic form of Gpx4
was identified as an upstream regulator of a novel form of
non-apoptotic cell death, called ferroptosis, whereas the
mitochondrial isoform of Gpx4 was previously shown to be
crucial for male fertility. Here, we generated and analyzed
mice with a targeted mutation of the active site
selenocysteine of Gpx4 $(Gpx4_U46S).$ Mice homozygous for
$Gpx4_U46S$ died at the same embryonic stage (E7.5) as
Gpx4(-/-) embryos as expected. Surprisingly, male mice
heterozygous for $Gpx4_U46S$ presented subfertility.
Subfertility was manifested in a reduced number of litters
from heterozygous breeding and an impairment of spermatozoa
to fertilize oocytes in vitro. Morphologically, sperm
isolated from heterozygous $Gpx4_U46S$ mice revealed many
structural abnormalities particularly in the spermatozoa
midpiece due to improper oxidation and polymerization of
sperm capsular proteins and malformation of the
mitochondrial capsule surrounding and stabilizing sperm
mitochondria. These findings are reminiscent of sperm
isolated from selenium-deprived rodents or from mice
specifically lacking mitochondrial Gpx4. Due to a strongly
facilitated incorporation of Ser in the polypeptide chain as
compared with selenocysteine at the UGA codon, expression of
the catalytically inactive $Gpx4_U46S$ was found to be
strongly increased. Because the stability of the
mitochondrial capsule of mature spermatozoa depends on the
moonlighting function of Gpx4 both as an enzyme oxidizing
capsular protein thiols and as a structural protein, tightly
controlled expression of functional Gpx4 emerges as a key
for full male fertility.},
keywords = {Amino Acid Substitution / Animals / Catalytic Domain /
Cells, Cultured / Embryo Loss: genetics / Embryo Loss:
metabolism / Embryo Loss: pathology / Female / Glutathione
Peroxidase: genetics / Glutathione Peroxidase: metabolism /
Heterozygote / Homozygote / Infertility, Male: genetics /
Infertility, Male: metabolism / Infertility, Male: pathology
/ Male / Mice / Mice, Transgenic / Phospholipid
Hydroperoxide Glutathione Peroxidase / Selenocysteine:
genetics / Serine: genetics / Spermatogenesis / Spermatozoa:
metabolism / Spermatozoa: pathology / Spermatozoa:
ultrastructure / Selenocysteine (NLM Chemicals) / Serine
(NLM Chemicals) / Phospholipid Hydroperoxide Glutathione
Peroxidase (NLM Chemicals) / Glutathione Peroxidase (NLM
Chemicals)},
cin = {AG Wurst},
ddc = {540},
cid = {I:(DE-2719)1140001},
pnm = {342 - Disease Mechanisms and Model Systems (POF3-342)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF3-342},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pubmed = {pmid:25922076},
pmc = {pmc:PMC4505533},
doi = {10.1074/jbc.M115.656363},
url = {https://pub.dzne.de/record/137962},
}