Apoptosis is physiologically restricted to a specialized cytoplasmic compartment in rat spermatids

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Blanco-Rodríguez, J [1 ]
Martínez-García, C [1 ]
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[1] Univ Valladolid, Sch Med, Dept Cell Biol, E-47005 Valladolid, Spain
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10.1095/biolreprod61.6.1541
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Q [生物科学];
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Cytoplasmic caudal tags of maturing spermatids condense and are detached from the spermatidal cells just before the spermatids are released as spermatozoa. The detached cytoplasmic masses are termed "residual bodies." Features of residual bodies seem to be compatible with those of apoptosis and, just as occurs with apoptotic bodies, residual bodies are phagocytosed by Sertoli cells. Since in vitro studies have demonstrated that nucleus and cytoplasm apoptosis events can be independent phenomena, we reasoned that apoptosis pathways might be restricted to the caudal tag of the maturing spermatids in order to originate residual bodies. Consistent with this idea, here we showed that annexin V specifically bound the membranes of isolated residual bodies and that expression levels of caspase-1, c-jun, p53, and p21 were specifically increased in these cytoplasmic compartments, Electron microscopy of cytoplasmic lobes and residual bodies confirmed that their ultrastructural features were those of apoptosis. These data indicate that the mechanism responsible for the formation of residual bodies is similar to that for apoptotic bodies; and the study presents evidence, for the first time, that apoptotic signaling molecules can be restricted to a cytoplasmic compartment and proceed in the presence of a healthy nucleus.
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