Identification and functional analysis of human oocyte-specific linker histone H1

• Project/Area Number: 17591757
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Obstetrics and gynecology
• Research Institution: KEIO UNIVERSITY
• Principal Investigator: KUJI Naoaki Keio University, Department of Medicine, assistant professor, 医学部, 講師 (80169987)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): MIZUSAWA Yuri Keio University, Department of Medicine, assistant, 医学部, 助手 (10348716) ; YOSHIMURA Yasunori Keio University, Department of Medicine, professor, 医学部, 教授 (10129736) ; KATO Shingo Keio University, Department of Medicine, assistant, 医学部, 助手 (10177446)
• Project Period (FY): 2005 – 2006
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2006)
• Budget Amount: ¥3,500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,500,000); Fiscal Year 2006: ¥1,700,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000); Fiscal Year 2005: ¥1,800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,800,000)
• Keywords: oocytes / histones / H1 / decondensation / 移植・再生医療 / 医療・福祉 / 細胞・組織 / 蛋白質 / 発生・分化

Research Abstract

We investigated osH1 protein expression in the context of biologic significance in human fertilization. A polyclonal rabbit antibody raised against synthetic peptides representing parts of the osH1 sequence was used for Western blotting of extracts from oocytes and ovarian tissues, which demonstrated a band at 36kDa, the calculated molecular mass of osH1. Western analysis detected the protein in chromatin of germinal-vesicle-stage oocytes through two-cell embryos. Thirty four oocytes remaining unfertilized after intracytoplasmic sperm injection were examined by fluorescence immunohistochemistry. Chromatin of injected sperm remained condensed without osH1 in 45% ; remained condensed with osH1 incorporated in 10% ; and had decondensed with osH1 incorporated in 45%. No oocyte showed decondensed sperm chromatin without osH1. Thus, osH1 incorporation into sperm chromatin precedes sperm chromatin decondensation, although whether incorporation of osH1 is needed for development after its disappearance is unclear. Immunohistochemical analysis in ovarian tissues with polyclonal anti-osH1 antibody revealed that the osH1 protein was localized in oocytes of all stages from primordial follicles through Graafian follicles. No reactivity of anti-osH1 antibody was noted in granulosa or theca cells. While the signal was more intense in the nucleus, the cytoplasm also was stained in oocytes examined at all stages. Full length cDNA of the os H1 was cloned, and the recombinant osH1 protein was expressed using wheat germ cell-free protein synthesis technology.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Histone replacement of injected sperm head after ICSI. (2006)
  • Author(s): Mizusawa Y, Kuji N, Tanaka Y, Yoshida H, Hamatani T, Yoshimura Y, Kato S
  • Journal Title: Hum Reprod 21(suppl 1)
  • Description: 「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
• [Journal Article] Post-transcriptional regulation may be involved in expression of oocyte-specific H1 and somatic H1s during human embryogenesis. (2006)
  • Author(s): Yuri Mizusawa, Yudai Tanaka, Naoaki Kuji, Hiroyuki Yoshida, Shingo Kato, Yasunori Yoshimura
  • Journal Title: Hum Reprod 20(suppl 1)
  • Description: 「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
• [Journal Article] Related Articles, Links Global gene expression profiling of preimplantation embryos. (2006)
  • Author(s): Hamatani T, Ko MSh, Yamada M, Kuji N, Mizusawa Y, Shoji M, Hada T, Asada H, Maruyama T, Yoshimura Y
  • Journal Title: Hum Cell. 19(3) Pages: 98-117
  • Description: 「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
• [Journal Article] Complete removal of HIV-1 RNA and proviral DNA from semen by the swim-up method : assisted reproduction technique using spermatozoa free from HIV-1. (2006)
  • Author(s): Kato S, Hanabusa H, Kaneko S, Takakuwa K, Suzuki M, Kuji N, Jinno M, Tanaka R, Kojima K, Iwashita M, Yoshimura Y, Tanaka K
  • Journal Title: AIDS. 24;20(7) Pages: 967-973
  • Description: 「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
• [Journal Article] Histone replacement of injected sperm head after ICSI. (2006)
  • Author(s): Mizusawa Y, Kuji N, Tanaka Y, Yoshida H, Hamatani T, Yoshimura Y, Kato S.
  • Journal Title: Hum Reprod 21 21(suppl 1)
  • Description: 「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
• [Journal Article] Post-transcriptional regulation may be involved in expression of oocyte-specific H1 and somatic H1s during human embryogenesis. (2006)
  • Author(s): Yuri Mizusawa, Yudai Tanaka, Naoaki Kuji, Hiroyuki Yoshida, Shingo Kato, Yasunori Yoshimura.
  • Journal Title: Hum Reprod 21 21(suppl 1)
  • Description: 「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
• [Journal Article] Related Articles, Links Global gene expression profiling of Preimplantation embryos. (2006)
  • Author(s): Hamatani T, Ko MSh, Yamada M, Kuji N, Mizusawa Y, Shoji M, Hada T, Asada H, Maruyama T, Yoshimura Y.
  • Journal Title: Hum Cell. 19(3) Pages: 98-117
  • Description: 「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
• [Journal Article] Complete removal of HIV-1 RNA and proviral DNA from semen by the swim-up method : assisted reproduction technique using spermatozoa free from HIV-1. (2006)
  • Author(s): Kato S, Hanabusa H, Kaneko S, Takakuwa K, Suzuki M, Kuji N, Jinno M, Tanaka R, Kojima K, Iwashita M, Yoshimura Y, Tanaka K.
  • Journal Title: AIDS.24 20(7) Pages: 967-73
  • Description: 「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
• [Journal Article] Histone replacement of injected sperm head after ICSI. (2006)
  • Author(s): Mizusawa Y, Kuji N, Tanaka Y, Yoshida H, Hamatani T, Yoshimura Y, Kato S.
  • Journal Title: Hum Reprod. 21(suppl 1)
• [Journal Article] Related Articles, Links Global gene expression profiling of preimplantation embryos. (2006)
  • Author(s): Hamatani T, Ko MSh, Yamada M, Kuji N, Mizusawa Y, Shoji M, Hada T, Asada H, Maruyama T, Yoshimura Y.
  • Journal Title: Hum Cell. 19(3) Pages: 98-117
• [Journal Article] Complete removal of HIV-1 RNA and proviral DNA fron semen by the swim-up method : assisted reproduction technique using spermatozoa free from HIV-1. (2006)
  • Author(s): Kato S, Hanabusa H, Kaneko S, Takakuwa K, Suzuki M, Kuji N, Jinno M, Tanaka R, Kojima K, Iwashita M, Yoshimura Y, Tanaka K.
  • Journal Title: AIDS. 24;20(7)
• [Journal Article] Fine resolution of human sperm nucleoproteins by two-dimensional electrophoresis. (2005)
  • Author(s): Yoshii T, Kuji N, Komatsu S, Iwahashi K, Tanaka Y, Yoshida H, Wada A, Yoshimura Y
  • Journal Title: Mol Hum Reprod. Sep;11(9) Pages: 677-681
  • Description: 「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
• [Journal Article] Related Articles, Links Protein kinase A activity and protein phosphorylation during the mouse sperm acrosomal reaction. (2005)
  • Author(s): Kuji N, Tanaka Y, Komatsu S, Yoshimura Y
  • Journal Title: Arch Androl. 51(1) Pages: 55-64
  • Description: 「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
• [Journal Article] Fine resolution of human sperm nucleoproteins by two-dimensional electrophoresis. (2005)
  • Author(s): Yoshii T, Kuji N, Komatsu S, Iwahashi K, Tanaka Y, Yoshida H, Wada A, Yoshimura Y.
  • Journal Title: Mol Hum Reprod.Sep 11(9) Pages: 677-81
  • Description: 「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
• [Journal Article] Protein kinase A activity and protein phosphorylation during the mouse sperm acrosomal reaction. (2005)
  • Author(s): Kuji N, Tanaka Y, Komatsu S, Yoshimura Y.
  • Journal Title: Arch Androl. 51(1) Pages: 55-64
  • Description: 「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
• [Journal Article] Fine resolution of human sperm nucleoproteins by two-dimensional electrophoresis (2005)
  • Author(s): Yoshii T, Kuji N, komatsu S, Iwahashi K, Tanaka Y, Yoshida H, Wada A, Yoshimura Y.
  • Journal Title: Molecular Human Reproduction 11(9) Pages: 677-681