Liu Qiannan, Lu Xiaoyan, Deng Yao, Zhang Han, Wei Rumeng, Li Hongrui, Feng Ying, Wei Juan, Ma Fang, Zhang Yan, Zou Xia
Key Laboratory of Systems Biomedicine (Ministry of Education), Shanghai Center for Systems Biomedicine, Center for Chemical Glycobiology, Zhang Jiang Institute for Advanced Study, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
West China School of Basic Medical Sciences & Forensic Medicine, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
Nat Commun. 2025 Mar 18;16(1):2676. doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-57980-7.
Protein O-glycosylation plays critical roles in sperm formation and maturation. However, detailed knowledge on the mechanisms involved is limited due to lacking characterization of O-glycoproteome of testicular germ cells. Here, we performed a systematic analysis of site-specific O-glycosylation in mouse testis, and established an O-glycoproteome map with 349 O-glycoproteins and 799 unambiguous O-glycosites. Moreover, we comprehensively investigated the distribution properties of O-glycosylation in testis and identified a region near the N-terminal of peptidase S1 domain that is susceptible to O-glycosylation. Interestingly, we found dynamic changes with an increase Tn and a decrease T structure from early to mature developmental stages. Notably, the importance of O-glycosylation was supported by its effects on the stability, cleavage, and interaction of acrosomal proteins. Collectively, these data illustrate the global properties of O-glycosylation in testis, providing insights and resources for future functional studies targeting O-glycosylation dysregulation in male infertility.
蛋白质O-糖基化在精子形成和成熟过程中发挥着关键作用。然而,由于缺乏对睾丸生殖细胞O-糖蛋白质组的表征,对其相关机制的详细了解有限。在此,我们对小鼠睾丸中的位点特异性O-糖基化进行了系统分析,并建立了一个包含349种O-糖蛋白和799个明确O-糖基化位点的O-糖蛋白质组图谱。此外,我们全面研究了O-糖基化在睾丸中的分布特性,并确定了肽酶S1结构域N端附近一个易发生O-糖基化的区域。有趣的是,我们发现从早期到成熟发育阶段,Tn增加而T结构减少的动态变化。值得注意的是,O-糖基化对顶体蛋白的稳定性、切割和相互作用的影响支持了其重要性。总的来说,这些数据阐明了睾丸中O-糖基化的整体特性,为未来针对男性不育中O-糖基化失调的功能研究提供了见解和资源。