The deliberate creation of human zygotes for biomedical research is unlikely to ever be free of religious, ethical, moral, political and financial complexities. Nevertheless, a detailed understanding of the cellular and molecular events during human fertilization is essential for diagnosing and treating infertility, as well as for developing new approaches for managing reproduction. To address these issues, this project poses fifteen questions in three specific aims to understand egg-mediated motility during fertilization in clinically relevant systems. I. Is the recruitment of maternal molecules to the sperm centrosome essential for the completion of fertilization, and does paternal centrin sever the sperm tail from the head and midpiece in a Ca++-dependent manner? II. What is the molecular basis of the motility which unites the male and female pronuclei? III. How do centrosomal and microtubule molecules behave during intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) and round spermatid injection/round spermatid nuclear injection (ROSI/ROSNI), and are there clinically useful diagnostic probes for assessing and/or predicting the normalcy of fertilization? Tested hypotheses include that Maternal -tubulin is attracted to, but not retained at, the sperm centrosome by microtubules and is itself responsible for microtubule nucleation; nuclear mitotic apparatus (NuMA) is also attracted to the zygote's centrosome by microtubules and is responsible for organizing the -tubulin nucleated microtubules into the radially symmetric sperm aster; Pericentrin, PCM-1 and PCM-2 are components of the zygote centrosome's substructure; Paternal centrin severs the sperm tail microtubules; Pronuclear motility in a cell-free model will demonstrate motor protein and/or microtubule dynamics in effecting genomic union; Microtubule and centrosome dynamics differ during ICSI and ROSI/ROSNI; Some oocytes discarded by infertility clinics as either unfertilized or fertilization failures display centrosome defects. Together these experiments will advance clinically-relevant knowledge about genomic union during fertilization, providing information on the biological events occurring during the new and well accepted, but poorly understood, methods of assisted reproductive technologies (ART). By exploring defects in interactions of the gametes, as well as subtle aspects of sperm function not detected with existing methods, the results may translate into applications for the diagnosis and treatment of infertility. RELEVENT PUBLICATIONS

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Center for Research Resources (NCRR)
Type
Primate Research Center Grants (P51)
Project #
5P51RR000163-39
Application #
6277375
Study Section
Project Start
1998-05-01
Project End
1999-04-30
Budget Start
1997-10-01
Budget End
1998-09-30
Support Year
39
Fiscal Year
1998
Total Cost
Indirect Cost
Name
Oregon Regional Primate Research Center
Department
Type
DUNS #
City
Beaverton
State
OR
Country
United States
Zip Code
97006
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