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Endogenously produced LG3/4/5-peptide protects testes against toxicant-induced injury.


ABSTRACT: Laminin-?2 chain is one of the major constituent proteins of the basement membrane in the mammalian testis. The laminin-type globular (LG) domains of LG3, 4 and 5 (LG3/4/5, an 80?kDa fragment) can be cleaved from laminin-?2 chain at the C-terminus via the action of matrix metalloproteinase 9 (MMP-9). This LG3/4/5 is a biologically active fragment, capable of modulating the Sertoli cell blood-testis barrier (BTB) function by tightening the barrier both in vitro and in vivo. Overexpression of LG3/4/5 cloned into a mammalian expression vector pCI-neo in Sertoli cells in a Sertoli cell in vitro model with a functional BTB also protected Sertoli cells from cadmium chloride (CdCl2, an environmental toxicant) mediated cell injury. Importantly, overexpression of LG3/4/5 in the testis in vivo was found to block or rescue cadmium-induced BTB disruption and testis injury. LG3/4/5 was found to exert its BTB and spermatogenesis promoting effects through corrective spatiotemporal expression of actin- and MT-based regulatory proteins by maintaining the cytoskeletons in the testis, illustrating the therapeutic implication of this novel bioactive fragment.

SUBMITTER: Li L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7280515 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Endogenously produced LG3/4/5-peptide protects testes against toxicant-induced injury.

Li Linxi L   Mao Baiping B   Wu Siwen S   Li Huitao H   Lv Lixiu L   Ge Renshan R   Cheng C Yan CY  

Cell death & disease 20200608 6


Laminin-α2 chain is one of the major constituent proteins of the basement membrane in the mammalian testis. The laminin-type globular (LG) domains of LG3, 4 and 5 (LG3/4/5, an 80 kDa fragment) can be cleaved from laminin-α2 chain at the C-terminus via the action of matrix metalloproteinase 9 (MMP-9). This LG3/4/5 is a biologically active fragment, capable of modulating the Sertoli cell blood-testis barrier (BTB) function by tightening the barrier both in vitro and in vivo. Overexpression of LG3/  ...[more]

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