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发表刊物：
Clinical and Translational Medicine
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刊物所在地：
UK
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关键字：
D417N variant,female infertility,meiotic arrest,oocyte
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摘要：
Background: Numerous pathogenic variants causing human oocyte maturation arrest have been reported on the primate-specific TUBB8 gene. The main etiology is the dramatic reduction of tubulin α/β dimer, but still large numbers of variants remain unexplained.Methods: Using microinjection mRNA and genome engineering to reintroduce the conserved pathogenic missense variants into oocytes or in generating TUBB8 variant knock-in mouse models, we investigated that the human deleterious variants alter microtubule nucleation and spindle assembly during meiosis. Live-cell imaging and immunofluorescence were utilised to track the dynamic expression of microtubule plus end-tracking proteins in vivo and analysed microtubule nucleation or spindle assembly in vitro, respectively. Immunoprecipitation-mass spectrometry and ultramicro-quantitative proteomics were performed to identify the differential abundance proteins and affected interactome of TUBB8 protein.Results: First, we observed a significant depletion of the EB1 signal upon microinjection of mutated TUBB8 mRNA (including R262Q, M300I, and D417N missense variants), indicating disruption of microtubule nucleation caused by these introduced TUBB8 missense variants. Mechanically, we demonstrated that the in vivo TUBB8-D417N missense variant diminished the affinity of EB1 and microtubules. It also harmed the interaction between microtubules and CKAP5/TACC3, which are crucial for initiating microtubule nucleation. Attenuated Ran-GTP pathway was also found in TUBB8-D417N oocytes, leading to disrupted spindle assembly. Stable microtubule was largely abolished on the spindle of TUBB8-D417N oocytes, reflected by reduced tubulin acetylation and accumulated HDAC6. More importantly, selective inhibition of HDAC6 by culturing TUBB8-D417N oocytes with Tubacin or Tubastatin A showed morphologically normal spindle and drastically recovered polar-body extrusion rate. These rescue results shed light on the strategy to treat meiotic defects in a certain group of TUBB8 mutated patients. Conclusion: Our study provides a comprehensive mechanism elucidating how TUBB8 missense variants cause oocyte maturation arrest and offers new therapeutic avenues for treating female infertility in the clinic.
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第一作者：
Hui Luo
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通讯作者：
Ruizhi Feng
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全部作者：
Yun Qian,Congxiu Miao,Youqiang Su,Yao Chen,Yingnan Wang,Yanni He,Saifei Hu,Zhihan Guo,Yipin Wang,Guangping Yang,Siyue Yin,Tian Wu,Cao Li,Jianhua Chen
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论文类型：
Research Article
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论文编号：
10.1002/ctm2.70193
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卷号：
15
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期号：
1
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页面范围：
e70193
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ISSN号：
2001-1326
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是否译文：
否
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发表时间：
2025-01
