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Rotational motion and rheotaxis of human sperm do not require functional CatSper channels and transmembrane Ca2+ signaling.


ABSTRACT: Navigation of sperm in fluid flow, called rheotaxis, provides long-range guidance in the mammalian oviduct. The rotation of sperm around their longitudinal axis (rolling) promotes rheotaxis. Whether sperm rolling and rheotaxis require calcium (Ca2+ ) influx via the sperm-specific Ca2+ channel CatSper, or rather represent passive biomechanical and hydrodynamic processes, has remained controversial. Here, we study the swimming behavior of sperm from healthy donors and from infertile patients that lack functional CatSper channels, using dark-field microscopy, optical tweezers, and microfluidics. We demonstrate that rolling and rheotaxis persist in CatSper-deficient human sperm. Furthermore, human sperm undergo rolling and rheotaxis even when Ca2+ influx is prevented. Finally, we show that rolling and rheotaxis also persist in mouse sperm deficient in both CatSper and flagellar Ca2+ -signaling domains. Our results strongly support the concept that passive biomechanical and hydrodynamic processes enable sperm rolling and rheotaxis, rather than calcium signaling mediated by CatSper or other mechanisms controlling transmembrane Ca2+ flux.

SUBMITTER: Schiffer C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7024840 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Rotational motion and rheotaxis of human sperm do not require functional CatSper channels and transmembrane Ca<sup>2+</sup> signaling.

Schiffer Christian C   Rieger Steffen S   Brenker Christoph C   Young Samuel S   Hamzeh Hussein H   Wachten Dagmar D   Tüttelmann Frank F   Röpke Albrecht A   Kaupp U Benjamin UB   Wang Tao T   Wagner Alice A   Krallmann Claudia C   Kliesch Sabine S   Fallnich Carsten C   Strünker Timo T  

The EMBO journal 20200119 4


Navigation of sperm in fluid flow, called rheotaxis, provides long-range guidance in the mammalian oviduct. The rotation of sperm around their longitudinal axis (rolling) promotes rheotaxis. Whether sperm rolling and rheotaxis require calcium (Ca<sup>2+</sup> ) influx via the sperm-specific Ca<sup>2+</sup> channel CatSper, or rather represent passive biomechanical and hydrodynamic processes, has remained controversial. Here, we study the swimming behavior of sperm from healthy donors and from in  ...[more]

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