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Journal of Cell Science, Vol 109, Issue 6 1545-1553, Copyright © 1996 by Company of Biologists
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C Gagnon, D White, J Cosson, P Huitorel, B Edde, E Desbruyeres, L Paturle-Lafanechere, L Multigner, D Job and C Cibert
Urology Research Laboratory, Royal Victoria Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
To investigate whether a specific isotype of tubulin is involved in flagellar motility, we have developed and screened a panel of monoclonal antibodies (mAb) generated against sea urchin sperm axonemal proteins. Antibodies were selected for their ability to block the motility of permeabilized sperm models. The antitubulin mAb B3 completely inhibited, at low concentrations, the flagellar motility of permeabilized sperm models from four sea urchin species. On immunoblots, B3 recognized predominantly alpha-tubulin in sea urchin sperm axonemes and equally well brain alpha- and beta-tubulins. Subtilisin cleavage of tubulin removed the B3 epitope, indicating that it was restricted to the last 13 amino acid residues of the C-terminal domain of alpha-tubulin. In enzyme-linked immunosorbant assays, B3 reacted with glutamylated alpha-tubulin peptides from sea urchin or mouse brain but did not bind to the unmodified corresponding peptide, indicating that it recognized polyglutamylated motifs in the C-terminal domain of alpha-tubulin. On the other hand, other tubulin antibodies directed against various epitopes of the C-terminal domain, with the exception of the antipolyglutamylated mAb GT335, had no effect on motility while having binding properties similar to that of B3. B3 and GT335 acted by decreasing the beating amplitude without affecting the flagellar beat frequency. B3 and GT335 were also capable of inhibiting the motility of flagella of Oxyrrhis marina, a 400,000,000 year old species of dinoflagellate, and those of human sperm models. Localization of the antigens recognized by B3 and GT335 by immunofluorescence techniques revealed their presence along the whole axoneme of sea urchin spermatozoa and flagella of O. marina, except for the distal tip and the cortical microtubule network of the dinoflagellate. Taken together, the data reported here indicate that the polyglutamylated lateral chain of alpha-tubulin plays a dynamic role in a dynein-based motility process.
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