TCTEX1D2 is Essential for Sperm Flagellum Formation in Mice

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Journal Sci Rep

Date 2025 Jan 18

PMID 39827215

Authors

Ryua Harima

Kenshiro Hara

Kentaro Tanemura

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Abstract

Flagella and cilia are widely conserved motile structures, in mammalian, sperm possess flagella. Large protein complexes called dynein, including cytoplasmic dynein 2 and axonemal dynein, play a role in the formation of cilia and flagella. The function of each subunit component of dynein complexes in sperm flagellum formation remains unclear. One such subunit is TCTEX1D2. Co-immunoprecipitation studies showed that TCTEX1D2 interacted with cytoplasmic dynein 2 subunits WDR34, WDR60, and DYNLT1 in the testes. Furthermore, TCTEX1D2 also interacted with WDR63 and WDR78, subunits of inner dynein arm, which is axonemal dynein. Tctex1d2 mice generated in this study exhibited male infertility due to flagellar dysplasia, and the axonemal structures were disrupted inside the flagella. Further, the localization of cytoplasmic dynein 2 subunits was abnormal in in Tctex1d2 mice. In contrast, the motile cilia of Tctex1d2 mice were normal. Overall, we revealed that TCTEX1D2 is important for the assembly of cytoplasmic dynein 2 and inner dynein arm and functions in two distinct dynein complexes during mouse sperm flagellum formation. This is only in sperm flagellum formation, not in cilia formation.

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