Proteômica da matriz nuclear espermática suína

Abstract

The objective of this study was to perform the isolation and identification of proteins of sperm nuclear matrix of a pig breeder. It was used pre-chilled diluted boar semen obtained from an apparently healthy breeder boar, with normal morphology and chromatin condensation tests, from a commercial line landrace X large white X pietran, with 22 weeks of age, usually used in an artificial insemination central, located in Uberlândia, Minas Gerais. The semen was processed to separate the sperm heads, extraction of chromatin and nuclear matrix, protein quantification and analysis by mass spectrometry (Equipment LTQ-Orbitrap Elite). The most abundant family corresponded of ribosomal proteins (18%), followed by uncharacterized (15,6%), cytoskeleton (11,4%), histones (3,8%), proteasome subunits (2,8% ) and heat shock (1,9%). The other proteins were grouped into other families and corresponded to 46,5% of total proteins described. Were identified 211 different proteins in the sample and 149 of these (70,7%) have been described previously as present in the somatic or sperm nucleus of other species, 29 (13,7%) did not have nuclear presence previously described and 33 (15,6%) have not been characterized. Protamine 2 was first identified in swine, however protamine 1 has not been described. It follows that the proteins isolation of the nuclear matrix of swine spermatozoid was satisfactory, showing that the protocol used was efficient. Some protein families have been identified and described. However it was not possible to identify some protein structures. Therefore this study contributes to a catalog of protein structures that may be useful in future proteomics studies.